Head-to-head comparison across 2benchmark categories. Overall scores shown here use BenchLM's provisional ranking lane.
Gemma 4 31B
62
Qwen3.5-27B
60
Verified leaderboard positions: Gemma 4 31B unranked · Qwen3.5-27B #27
Pick Gemma 4 31B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Qwen3.5-27B only becomes the better choice if coding is the priority or you need the larger 262K context window.
Coding
+21.4 difference
Knowledge
+19.3 difference
Gemma 4 31B
Qwen3.5-27B
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Pick Gemma 4 31B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Qwen3.5-27B only becomes the better choice if coding is the priority or you need the larger 262K context window.
Gemma 4 31B has the cleaner provisional overall profile here, landing at 62 versus 60. It is a real lead, but still close enough that category-level strengths matter more than the headline number.
Qwen3.5-27B gives you the larger context window at 262K, compared with 256K for Gemma 4 31B.
Gemma 4 31B is ahead on BenchLM's provisional leaderboard, 62 to 60. The biggest single separator in this matchup is SWE-Rebench, where the scores are 41.6% and 58.9%.
Qwen3.5-27B has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 80.6 versus 61.3. Inside this category, Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
Qwen3.5-27B has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 63 versus 41.6. Inside this category, SWE-Rebench is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
Estimates at 50,000 req/day · 1000 tokens/req average.
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