Model comparison

Gemma 3 4B vs Qwen3.5 Plus

Qwen3.5 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.9 to 28.1 on the Noometry Index. Gemma 3 4B costs 18× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3.5 Plus's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified October 10, 2026. 7 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 3 4B

Google

28.1

Rank #326 Confirmed

Qwen3.5 Plus

Alibaba (Qwen)

42.9

Rank #106 Confirmed

Summary

They share 7 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 3 4B scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.5 Plus in 4 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.5 Plus leads 46.0 to 11.8.
The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 7.5% for Gemma 3 4B and 86.7% for Qwen3.5 Plus.
Gemma 3 4B is cheaper at $0.04 / $0.08 per million input/output tokens, against $0.40 / $2.40 for Qwen3.5 Plus.
Qwen3.5 Plus accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 131K.
Gemma 3 4B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemma 3 4B and Qwen3.5 Plus specifications
	Gemma 3 4B	Qwen3.5 Plus
Provider	Google	Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index	28.1	42.9
Released	2025-03-12	2026-02-16
Weights	Open	Proprietary
Context window	131K	1M
Max output	4K	66K
Input $ / M tokens	$0.04	$0.40
Output $ / M tokens	$0.08	$2.40
Results tracked	22	15

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Gemma 3 4B: 35.9 (#215), Qwen3.5 Plus: —

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 4B	Qwen3.5 Plus
LMArena Coding	1230	—
ALE-Bench	—	621.92

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemma 3 4B: 20.9 (#142), Qwen3.5 Plus: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 4B	Qwen3.5 Plus
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard	19.6%	—
Vending-Bench 2	—	0.54

Reasoning Qwen3.5 Plus leads

Gemma 3 4B: 13.2 (#335), Qwen3.5 Plus: 32.8 (#74)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 4B	Qwen3.5 Plus
Chess Puzzles	0%	22%
DTBench	50.9%	80.5%
LMCA	2.8%	36.4%
Epoch Capabilities Index	116.02	146.78
Kagi LLM Benchmark	25.2%	—
LMArena Hard Prompts	1253	—
Mystery Game Puzzles	—	17%

Math Qwen3.5 Plus leads

Gemma 3 4B: 16.8 (#292), Qwen3.5 Plus: 49.6 (#61)

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 4B	Qwen3.5 Plus
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025	7.5%	86.7%
LMArena Math	1239	—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)	—	21%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)	—	2.1%

Knowledge Qwen3.5 Plus leads

Gemma 3 4B: 11.8 (#299), Qwen3.5 Plus: 46.0 (#83)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 4B	Qwen3.5 Plus
GPQA Diamond	23.2%	84.8%
Vectara Hallucination Rate	6.4%	10.7%
SimpleQA Verified	—	25.4%
LMArena Expert	1223	—

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemma 3 4B: 42.5 (#194), Qwen3.5 Plus: —

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 4B	Qwen3.5 Plus
LMArena Non-English	1273	—
LMArena German	1281	—
LMArena Russian	1294	—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemma 3 4B: 65.2 (#225), Qwen3.5 Plus: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 4B	Qwen3.5 Plus
LMArena Instruction Following	1239	—

Long Context Qwen3.5 Plus leads

Gemma 3 4B: 38.7 (#194), Qwen3.5 Plus: 43.0 (#113)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 4B	Qwen3.5 Plus
CL-bench	—	19.8%
CL-bench Life	—	12.4%
LMArena Longer Query	1273	—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemma 3 4B: 42.0 (#239), Qwen3.5 Plus: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 4B	Qwen3.5 Plus
LMArena Text	1291	—
LMArena Creative Writing	1271	—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing	1068	—
LMArena Multi-Turn	1255	—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 3 4B better than Qwen3.5 Plus?

Which is cheaper, Gemma 3 4B or Qwen3.5 Plus?

Gemma 3 4B is cheaper. It lists at $0.04 per million input tokens and $0.08 per million output tokens; Qwen3.5 Plus lists at $0.40 and $2.40.

Which has the bigger context window?

Qwen3.5 Plus does, with 1M tokens against 131K.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 3 4B and Qwen3.5 Plus share?

7 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 3 4B has 22 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 Plus has 15.