Head-to-head comparison across 1benchmark categories. Overall scores shown here use BenchLM's provisional ranking lane.
Gemma 4 26B A4B
56
Qwen3.5-35B-A3B
55
Verified leaderboard positions: Gemma 4 26B A4B unranked · Qwen3.5-35B-A3B #31
Pick Gemma 4 26B A4B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Qwen3.5-35B-A3B only becomes the better choice if knowledge is the priority or you need the larger 262K context window.
Knowledge
+30.1 difference
Gemma 4 26B A4B
Qwen3.5-35B-A3B
$0 / $0
$0 / $0
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256K
262K
Pick Gemma 4 26B A4B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Qwen3.5-35B-A3B only becomes the better choice if knowledge is the priority or you need the larger 262K context window.
Gemma 4 26B A4B finishes one point ahead on BenchLM's provisional leaderboard, 56 to 55. That is enough to call, but not enough to treat as a blowout. This matchup comes down to a few meaningful edges rather than one model dominating the board.
Qwen3.5-35B-A3B gives you the larger context window at 262K, compared with 256K for Gemma 4 26B A4B.
Gemma 4 26B A4B is ahead on BenchLM's provisional leaderboard, 56 to 55. The biggest single separator in this matchup is MMLU-Pro, where the scores are 82.6% and 85.3%.
Qwen3.5-35B-A3B has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 79.3 versus 49.2. Inside this category, AA-GPQA Diamond is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
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