Head-to-head comparison across 1benchmark categories. Overall scores shown here use BenchLM's provisional ranking lane.
Gemma 4 31B
74
Qwen3.5-27B
66
Verified leaderboard positions: Gemma 4 31B unranked · Qwen3.5-27B #7
Pick Gemma 4 31B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Qwen3.5-27B only becomes the better choice if knowledge is the priority or you need the larger 262K context window.
Knowledge
+19.3 difference
Gemma 4 31B
Qwen3.5-27B
$0 / $0
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256K
262K
Pick Gemma 4 31B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Qwen3.5-27B only becomes the better choice if knowledge is the priority or you need the larger 262K context window.
Gemma 4 31B is clearly ahead on the provisional aggregate, 74 to 66. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.
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, 74 to 66. The biggest single separator in this matchup is GPQA, where the scores are 84.3% and 85.5%.
Qwen3.5-27B has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 80.6 versus 61.3. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
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