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Model comparison

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT vs Qwen3.6 Flash

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 38.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 7 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT Google

43.1

Rank #88 Confirmed

Qwen3.6 Flash Alibaba (Qwen)

38.4

Rank #176 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 7 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 4 26B A4B IT scores higher in 2 categories and Qwen3.6 Flash in 1 category; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads 45.7 to 38.0.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Chess Puzzles: 6% for Gemma 4 26B A4B IT and 20% for Qwen3.6 Flash.
  • Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is cheaper at $0.0765 / $0.26 per million input/output tokens, against $0.19 / $1.13 for Qwen3.6 Flash.
  • Qwen3.6 Flash 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 ITQwen3.6 Flash
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index43.138.4
Released2026-04-022026-04-27
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window262K1M
Max output33K66K
Input $ / M tokens$0.0765$0.19
Output $ / M tokens$0.26$1.13
Results tracked2813

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 38.8 (#156), Qwen3.6 Flash: —

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITQwen3.6 Flash
ALE-Bench927.17326.4
LMArena WebDev1359—
SciCode40%—
WeirdML35.2%—
LMArena Coding1446—

Reasoning Qwen3.6 Flash leads

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 21.1 (#205), Qwen3.6 Flash: 28.4 (#90)

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITQwen3.6 Flash
Chess Puzzles6%20%
DTBench74.9%77.1%
LMCA29.7%31%
Epoch Capabilities Index141.85143.26
SimpleBench—35.2%
CritPt0%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1438—
Mystery Game Puzzles—18%

Math Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 45.7 (#61), Qwen3.6 Flash: 38.0 (#88)

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITQwen3.6 Flash
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202582.2%84.4%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—22.5%
LMArena Math1469—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—10.3%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)—0%

Knowledge Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 45.6 (#79), Qwen3.6 Flash: 42.2 (#90)

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITQwen3.6 Flash
GPQA Diamond73.2%83.3%
SimpleQA Verified—15.9%
Vectara Hallucination Rate5.2%—
LMArena Expert1447—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 39.9 (#43), Qwen3.6 Flash: —

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITQwen3.6 Flash
LMArena Vision1260—

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 53.3 (#68), Qwen3.6 Flash: —

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITQwen3.6 Flash
LMArena Non-English1422—
LMArena Chinese1495—
LMArena French1459—
LMArena Russian1434—
LMArena Spanish1415—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 75.0 (#78), Qwen3.6 Flash: —

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITQwen3.6 Flash
LMArena Instruction Following1420—

Long Context Not comparable

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 43.6 (#87), Qwen3.6 Flash: —

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITQwen3.6 Flash
LMArena Longer Query1427—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 58.8 (#110), Qwen3.6 Flash: —

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITQwen3.6 Flash
LMArena Text1434—
LMArena Creative Writing1401—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1305—
LMArena Multi-Turn1442—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 4 26B A4B IT better than Qwen3.6 Flash?

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 38.4 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Gemma 4 26B A4B IT or Qwen3.6 Flash?

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is cheaper. It lists at $0.0765 per million input tokens and $0.26 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 262K.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 4 26B A4B IT and Qwen3.6 Flash share?

7 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 4 26B A4B IT has 28 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 Flash has 13.

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