Noometry

Model comparison

Gemma 3n E4b IT vs Qwen3.6 Max Preview

Qwen3.6 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.5 to 37.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 3n E4b IT Google

37.3

Rank #206 Confirmed

Qwen3.6 Max Preview Alibaba (Qwen)

51.5

Rank #43 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 3n E4b IT scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.6 Max Preview in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads 57.6 to 34.2.
  • Gemma 3n E4b IT has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemma 3n E4b ITQwen3.6 Max Preview
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index37.351.5
Released—2026-04-20
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—262K
Max output—66K
Input $ / M tokens—$1.30
Output $ / M tokens—$7.80
Results tracked1829

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 37.0 (#198), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 48.7 (#54)

BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITQwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Coding12681471
SWE-bench Verified—76.7%
LMArena WebDev—1482

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemma 3n E4b IT: —, Qwen3.6 Max Preview: —

BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITQwen3.6 Max Preview
Vending-Bench 2—4,254

Reasoning Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 19.9 (#247), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 41.7 (#53)

BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITQwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Hard Prompts12841457
SimpleBench—63%
Kagi LLM Benchmark31.5%—
NYT Connections (extended)—74.1%
Chess Puzzles—20%
Mystery Game Puzzles—19%
DTBench—87.2%
LMCA—42.5%
Epoch Capabilities Index—149.24

Math Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 35.1 (#188), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 54.1 (#46)

BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITQwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Math12511465
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—91.1%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—23.1%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)—4.2%

Knowledge Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 34.2 (#198), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 57.6 (#39)

BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITQwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Expert12461478
GPQA Diamond—87.4%
SimpleQA Verified—52%

Multilingual Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 43.4 (#183), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 54.2 (#48)

BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITQwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Non-English12851437
LMArena Chinese13091487
LMArena French13301449
LMArena Russian12881445
LMArena Spanish13051454
LMArena German1311—
LMArena Japanese1272—
LMArena Korean1259—

Instruction Following Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 66.1 (#210), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 75.7 (#55)

BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITQwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Instruction Following12551438

Long Context Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 38.7 (#191), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 44.6 (#61)

BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITQwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Longer Query12761457

Writing & Preference Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 50.1 (#186), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 63.8 (#60)

BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITQwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Text13061447
LMArena Creative Writing12871435
LMArena Multi-Turn12761456

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 3n E4b IT better than Qwen3.6 Max Preview?

Qwen3.6 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.5 to 37.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemma 3n E4b IT or Qwen3.6 Max Preview better for coding?

Qwen3.6 Max Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.7 versus 37.0 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 3n E4b IT and Qwen3.6 Max Preview share?

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 3n E4b IT has 18 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 Max Preview has 29.

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