Model comparison
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT vs Qwen3.5 Plus
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT and Qwen3.5 Plus score almost the same on the Noometry Index (43.1 vs 42.3), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 8 shared benchmarks.
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Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 8 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 4 26B A4B IT scores higher in 1 category and Qwen3.5 Plus in 3 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen3.5 Plus leads 32.0 to 21.1.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is Chess Puzzles: 6% for Gemma 4 26B A4B IT and 22% for Qwen3.5 Plus.
- Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is cheaper at $0.0765 / $0.26 per million input/output tokens, against $0.40 / $2.40 for Qwen3.5 Plus.
- Qwen3.5 Plus accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 262K.
- Gemma 4 26B A4B IT has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Qwen3.5 Plus | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | |
| Noometry Index | 43.1 | 42.3 |
| Released | 2026-04-02 | 2026-02-16 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 262K | 1M |
| Max output | 33K | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.0765 | $0.40 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.26 | $2.40 |
| Results tracked | 28 | 15 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 38.8 (#156), Qwen3.5 Plus: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| ALE-Bench | 927.17 | 621.92 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1359 | — |
| SciCode | 40% | — |
| WeirdML | 35.2% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1446 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: —, Qwen3.5 Plus: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 0.54 |
Reasoning Qwen3.5 Plus leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 21.1 (#205), Qwen3.5 Plus: 32.0 (#67)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | 6% | 22% |
| DTBench | 74.9% | 80.5% |
| LMCA | 29.7% | 36.4% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 141.85 | 146.79 |
| CritPt | 0% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1438 | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 17% |
Math Qwen3.5 Plus leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 45.7 (#61), Qwen3.5 Plus: 47.9 (#55)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 82.2% | 86.7% |
| LMArena Math | 1469 | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 21% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 2.1% |
Knowledge Too close to call
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 45.6 (#79), Qwen3.5 Plus: 46.0 (#78)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 73.2% | 84.8% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.2% | 10.7% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 25.4% |
| LMArena Expert | 1447 | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 39.9 (#43), Qwen3.5 Plus: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1260 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 53.3 (#68), Qwen3.5 Plus: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1422 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1495 | — |
| LMArena French | 1459 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1434 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1415 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 75.0 (#78), Qwen3.5 Plus: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1420 | — |
Long Context Too close to call
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 43.6 (#87), Qwen3.5 Plus: 42.9 (#109)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| CL-bench | — | 19.8% |
| CL-bench Life | — | 12.4% |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1427 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 58.8 (#110), Qwen3.5 Plus: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1434 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1401 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1305 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1442 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 4 26B A4B IT better than Qwen3.5 Plus?
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT and Qwen3.5 Plus score almost the same on the Noometry Index (43.1 vs 42.3), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Which is cheaper, Gemma 4 26B A4B IT or Qwen3.5 Plus?
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is cheaper. It lists at $0.0765 per million input tokens and $0.26 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 262K.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 4 26B A4B IT and Qwen3.5 Plus share?
8 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 4 26B A4B IT has 28 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 Plus has 15.