Model comparison
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT vs QwQ-32B
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 39.4 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.
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Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 4 26B A4B IT scores higher in 6 categories and QwQ-32B in 2 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads 45.7 to 36.2.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 82.2% for Gemma 4 26B A4B IT and 59.2% for QwQ-32B.
Side by side
| Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | QwQ-32B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | |
| Noometry Index | 43.1 | 39.4 |
| Released | 2026-04-02 | 2024-11-28 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 262K | — |
| Max output | 33K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.0765 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.26 | — |
| Results tracked | 28 | 36 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 38.8 (#156), QwQ-32B: 34.9 (#220)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1446 | 1333 |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 20.9% |
| LMArena WebDev | 1359 | — |
| SciCode | 40% | — |
| WeirdML | 35.2% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 44.6% |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 72.2% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 54.4% |
| ALE-Bench | 927.17 | — |
Reasoning QwQ-32B leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 21.1 (#205), QwQ-32B: 22.9 (#171)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | 6% | 5% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1438 | 1326 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 141.85 | 137.6 |
| CritPt | 0% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 83.5% |
| DTBench | 74.9% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 65% |
| LMCA | 29.7% | — |
| ForecastBench | — | 58.3 |
| LiveBench | — | 72% |
Math Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 45.7 (#61), QwQ-32B: 36.2 (#123)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 82.2% | 59.2% |
| LMArena Math | 1469 | 1359 |
| LiveBench Math | — | 77.8% |
Knowledge Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 45.6 (#79), QwQ-32B: 37.2 (#150)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 73.2% | 65.3% |
| LMArena Expert | 1447 | 1323 |
| Confabulations | — | 15.6% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.2% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 39.9 (#43), QwQ-32B: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1260 | — |
Multilingual Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 53.3 (#68), QwQ-32B: 45.0 (#171)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1422 | 1306 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1495 | 1378 |
| LMArena French | 1459 | 1337 |
| LMArena Russian | 1434 | 1297 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1415 | 1353 |
| LMArena German | — | 1313 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1263 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1278 |
Instruction Following Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 75.0 (#78), QwQ-32B: 72.8 (#131)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1420 | 1297 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 81.8% |
Long Context QwQ-32B leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 43.6 (#87), QwQ-32B: 49.0 (#11)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1427 | 1308 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 83.3% |
Writing & Preference Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 58.8 (#110), QwQ-32B: 50.9 (#175)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1434 | 1329 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1401 | 1288 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1305 | 1257 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1442 | 1314 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 80.2% |
| LiveBench Language | — | 51.4% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 4 26B A4B IT better than QwQ-32B?
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 39.4 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemma 4 26B A4B IT or QwQ-32B better for coding?
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.8 versus 34.9 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 4 26B A4B IT and QwQ-32B share?
19 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 4 26B A4B IT has 28 scored results on Noometry and QwQ-32B has 36.