Model comparison
Gemma 3n E4b IT vs Qwen3.6 35B-A3B
Gemma 3n E4b IT and Qwen3.6 35B-A3B score almost the same on the Noometry Index (36.7 vs 37.2), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
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Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.6 35B-A3B leads 51.4 to 33.6.
- Gemma 3n E4b IT is cheaper at $0.06 / $0.12 per million input/output tokens, against $0.25 / $1.49 for Qwen3.6 35B-A3B.
- Qwen3.6 35B-A3B accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 33K.
Side by side
| Gemma 3n E4b IT | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | |
| Noometry Index | 36.7 | 37.2 |
| Released | 2025-05-20 | 2026-04-01 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 33K | 262K |
| Max output | 33K | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.06 | $0.25 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.12 | $1.49 |
| Results tracked | 18 | 14 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
Gemma 3n E4b IT: 36.4 (#193), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 36.7 (#190)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3n E4b IT | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | — | 35.8% |
| WeirdML | — | 34.5% |
| LMArena Coding | 1269 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemma 3n E4b IT: —, Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 21.9 (#126)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3n E4b IT | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 23% |
Reasoning Qwen3.6 35B-A3B leads
Gemma 3n E4b IT: 19.2 (#239), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 27.2 (#112)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3n E4b IT | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 31.5% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 41.6% |
| CritPt | — | 0.3% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 26% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1284 | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 22% |
| DTBench | — | 73.9% |
| LMCA | — | 29.7% |
| Surface Evolver Bench | — | 44.4% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 143.92 |
Math Qwen3.6 35B-A3B leads
Gemma 3n E4b IT: 32.5 (#186), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 37.9 (#90)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3n E4b IT | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 20.4% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 86.7% |
| LMArena Math | 1251 | — |
Knowledge Qwen3.6 35B-A3B leads
Gemma 3n E4b IT: 33.6 (#193), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 51.4 (#63)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3n E4b IT | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 84.8% |
| LMArena Expert | 1245 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Gemma 3n E4b IT: 43.5 (#179), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 3n E4b IT | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1285 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1310 | — |
| LMArena French | 1330 | — |
| LMArena German | 1312 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1274 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1259 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1288 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1305 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Gemma 3n E4b IT: 66.3 (#205), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 3n E4b IT | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1255 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Gemma 3n E4b IT: 38.8 (#185), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 3n E4b IT | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1277 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Gemma 3n E4b IT: 50.3 (#181), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 3n E4b IT | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1306 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1287 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1276 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 3n E4b IT better than Qwen3.6 35B-A3B?
Gemma 3n E4b IT and Qwen3.6 35B-A3B score almost the same on the Noometry Index (36.7 vs 37.2), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Which is cheaper, Gemma 3n E4b IT or Qwen3.6 35B-A3B?
Gemma 3n E4b IT is cheaper. It lists at $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.12 per million output tokens; Qwen3.6 35B-A3B lists at $0.25 and $1.49.
Is Gemma 3n E4b IT or Qwen3.6 35B-A3B better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (36.4 vs 36.7); test both on your own repository before choosing.
Which has the bigger context window?
Qwen3.6 35B-A3B does, with 262K tokens against 33K.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 3n E4b IT and Qwen3.6 35B-A3B share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 3n E4b IT has 18 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 35B-A3B has 14.