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Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B vs Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B

GGoogle: Gemma 4 26B A4B google/gemma-4-26b-a4b-itVSQQwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3Bqwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b

Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B wins on more metrics (4 of 7), but the right pick depends on what you optimize for — see the breakdown below.

MetricGoogle: Gemma 4 26B A4B Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B
Intelligence Index27.131.5✓
Coding Index29.1✓17.6
GPQA Diamond71%82%✓
Design Arena Elo——
Speed (tokens/sec)64177✓
Latency358ms264ms✓
Input price /M$0.060✓$0.150
Output price /M$0.330✓$1.00
Context window262K262K
CapabilitiesReasoningToolsJSONVisionReasoningToolsJSONVision
Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B details →Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B details →