Model comparison
Gemma 3 4B vs Qwen3.5 Max Preview
Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.7 to 27.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.
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Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 3 4B scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.5 Max Preview in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads 41.1 to 11.8.
- Gemma 3 4B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemma 3 4B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | |
| Noometry Index | 27.9 | 44.7 |
| Released | 2025-03-12 | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 131K | — |
| Max output | 4K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.04 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.08 | — |
| Results tracked | 22 | 17 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Gemma 3 4B: 35.3 (#214), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 43.4 (#79)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 4B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1230 | 1488 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemma 3 4B: 20.7 (#134), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 4B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 19.6% | — |
Reasoning Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Gemma 3 4B: 12.7 (#330), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 29.6 (#81)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 4B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1253 | 1483 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 25.2% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | — |
| DTBench | 50.9% | — |
| LMCA | 2.8% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 116.02 | — |
Math Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Gemma 3 4B: 15.8 (#286), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 37.3 (#99)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 4B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1239 | 1473 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 7.5% | — |
Knowledge Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Gemma 3 4B: 11.8 (#294), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 41.1 (#104)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 4B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1223 | 1489 |
| GPQA Diamond | 23.2% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.4% | — |
Multilingual Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Gemma 3 4B: 42.7 (#189), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 56.4 (#21)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 4B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1273 | 1465 |
| LMArena German | 1281 | 1487 |
| LMArena Russian | 1294 | 1472 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1534 |
| LMArena French | — | 1483 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1497 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1438 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1470 |
Instruction Following Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Gemma 3 4B: 65.4 (#219), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 77.2 (#28)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 4B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1239 | 1467 |
Long Context Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Gemma 3 4B: 38.6 (#189), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 45.2 (#44)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 4B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1274 | 1477 |
Writing & Preference Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Gemma 3 4B: 42.2 (#234), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 66.1 (#39)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 4B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1291 | 1471 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1270 | 1464 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1255 | 1478 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1068 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 3 4B better than Qwen3.5 Max Preview?
Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.7 to 27.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemma 3 4B or Qwen3.5 Max Preview better for coding?
Qwen3.5 Max Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.4 versus 35.3 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 3 4B and Qwen3.5 Max Preview share?
12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 3 4B has 22 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 Max Preview has 17.