Model comparison

Gemma 3 4B vs Qwen3.6 Flash

Qwen3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.8 to 28.1 on the Noometry Index. Gemma 3 4B costs 8.4× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3.6 Flash's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified October 11, 2026. 6 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 3 4B

Google

28.1

Rank #326 Confirmed

Qwen3.6 Flash

Alibaba (Qwen)

38.8

Rank #182 Confirmed

Summary

They share 6 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 3 4B scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.6 Flash in 3 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.6 Flash leads 42.1 to 11.8.
The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 7.5% for Gemma 3 4B and 84.4% for Qwen3.6 Flash.
Gemma 3 4B is cheaper at $0.04 / $0.08 per million input/output tokens, against $0.19 / $1.13 for Qwen3.6 Flash.
Qwen3.6 Flash 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 Qwen3.6 Flash specifications
	Gemma 3 4B	Qwen3.6 Flash
Provider	Google	Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index	28.1	38.8
Released	2025-03-12	2026-04-27
Weights	Open	Proprietary
Context window	131K	1M
Max output	4K	66K
Input $ / M tokens	$0.04	$0.19
Output $ / M tokens	$0.08	$1.13
Results tracked	22	13

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Gemma 3 4B: 35.9 (#215), Qwen3.6 Flash: —

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 4B	Qwen3.6 Flash
LMArena Coding	1230	—
ALE-Bench	—	326.4

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemma 3 4B: 20.9 (#142), Qwen3.6 Flash: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 4B	Qwen3.6 Flash
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard	19.6%	—

Reasoning Qwen3.6 Flash leads

Gemma 3 4B: 13.2 (#335), Qwen3.6 Flash: 29.0 (#96)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 4B	Qwen3.6 Flash
Chess Puzzles	0%	20%
DTBench	50.9%	77.1%
LMCA	2.8%	31%
Epoch Capabilities Index	116.02	143.26
SimpleBench	—	35.2%
Kagi LLM Benchmark	25.2%	—
LMArena Hard Prompts	1253	—
Mystery Game Puzzles	—	18%

Math Qwen3.6 Flash leads

Gemma 3 4B: 16.8 (#292), Qwen3.6 Flash: 39.0 (#117)

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 4B	Qwen3.6 Flash
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025	7.5%	84.4%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)	—	22.5%
LMArena Math	1239	—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)	—	10.3%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)	—	0%

Knowledge Qwen3.6 Flash leads

Gemma 3 4B: 11.8 (#299), Qwen3.6 Flash: 42.1 (#100)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 4B	Qwen3.6 Flash
GPQA Diamond	23.2%	83.3%
SimpleQA Verified	—	15.9%
Vectara Hallucination Rate	6.4%	—
LMArena Expert	1223	—

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemma 3 4B: 42.5 (#194), Qwen3.6 Flash: —

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 4B	Qwen3.6 Flash
LMArena Non-English	1273	—
LMArena German	1281	—
LMArena Russian	1294	—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemma 3 4B: 65.2 (#225), Qwen3.6 Flash: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 4B	Qwen3.6 Flash
LMArena Instruction Following	1239	—

Long Context Not comparable

Gemma 3 4B: 38.7 (#194), Qwen3.6 Flash: —

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 4B	Qwen3.6 Flash
LMArena Longer Query	1273	—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemma 3 4B: 42.0 (#239), Qwen3.6 Flash: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 4B	Qwen3.6 Flash
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 Qwen3.6 Flash?

Which is cheaper, Gemma 3 4B or Qwen3.6 Flash?

Gemma 3 4B is cheaper. It lists at $0.04 per million input tokens and $0.08 per million output tokens; Qwen3.6 Flash lists at $0.19 and $1.13.

Which has the bigger context window?

Qwen3.6 Flash does, with 1M tokens against 131K.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 3 4B and Qwen3.6 Flash share?

6 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 3 4B has 22 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 Flash has 13.