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Model comparison

Gemma 4 31B IT vs Qwen3.6 Flash

Gemma 4 31B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.2 to 38.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 8 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 4 31B IT Google

43.2

Rank #85 Confirmed

Qwen3.6 Flash Alibaba (Qwen)

38.4

Rank #176 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 8 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 4 31B IT scores higher in 1 category and Qwen3.6 Flash in 2 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.6 Flash leads 42.2 to 37.9.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Chess Puzzles: 5% for Gemma 4 31B IT and 20% for Qwen3.6 Flash.
  • Gemma 4 31B IT is cheaper at $0.09 / $0.34 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 31B IT has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemma 4 31B ITQwen3.6 Flash
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index43.238.4
Released2026-04-022026-04-27
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window262K1M
Max output33K66K
Input $ / M tokens$0.09$0.19
Output $ / M tokens$0.34$1.13
Results tracked3513

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Gemma 4 31B IT: 41.9 (#98), Qwen3.6 Flash: —

BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITQwen3.6 Flash
ALE-Bench925.5326.4
LMArena WebDev1364—
SciCode43.4%—
WeirdML52.3%—
LMArena Coding1459—

Reasoning Qwen3.6 Flash leads

Gemma 4 31B IT: 26.4 (#119), Qwen3.6 Flash: 28.4 (#90)

BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITQwen3.6 Flash
Chess Puzzles5%20%
DTBench82.7%77.1%
LMCA39.3%31%
Epoch Capabilities Index142.74143.26
SimpleBench—35.2%
Kagi LLM Benchmark63.5%—
NYT Connections (extended)70.6%—
CritPt1.4%—
Thematic Generalization53%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1448—
Mystery Game Puzzles—18%
Surface Evolver Bench30.6%—

Math Gemma 4 31B IT leads

Gemma 4 31B IT: 41.3 (#72), Qwen3.6 Flash: 38.0 (#88)

BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITQwen3.6 Flash
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202573.3%84.4%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—22.5%
LMArena Math1464—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—10.3%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)—0%

Knowledge Qwen3.6 Flash leads

Gemma 4 31B IT: 37.9 (#141), Qwen3.6 Flash: 42.2 (#90)

BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITQwen3.6 Flash
GPQA Diamond75.8%83.3%
SimpleQA Verified10.4%15.9%
Vectara Hallucination Rate7.4%—
LMArena Expert1465—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemma 4 31B IT: 41.0 (#32), Qwen3.6 Flash: —

BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITQwen3.6 Flash
LMArena Vision1278—
LMArena Document1425—

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemma 4 31B IT: 54.0 (#52), Qwen3.6 Flash: —

BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITQwen3.6 Flash
LMArena Non-English1431—
LMArena Chinese1478—
LMArena French1436—
LMArena Russian1462—
LMArena Spanish1443—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemma 4 31B IT: 75.6 (#58), Qwen3.6 Flash: —

BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITQwen3.6 Flash
LMArena Instruction Following1433—

Long Context Not comparable

Gemma 4 31B IT: 44.2 (#67), Qwen3.6 Flash: —

BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITQwen3.6 Flash
LMArena Longer Query1446—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemma 4 31B IT: 60.7 (#92), Qwen3.6 Flash: —

BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITQwen3.6 Flash
LMArena Text1443—
LMArena Creative Writing1416—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1368—
EQ-Bench 41120—
LMArena Multi-Turn1452—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 4 31B IT better than Qwen3.6 Flash?

Gemma 4 31B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.2 to 38.4 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Gemma 4 31B IT or Qwen3.6 Flash?

Gemma 4 31B IT is cheaper. It lists at $0.09 per million input tokens and $0.34 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 31B IT and Qwen3.6 Flash share?

8 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 4 31B IT has 35 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 Flash has 13.

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