Head-to-head comparison across 2benchmark categories. Overall scores shown here use BenchLM's provisional ranking lane.
Gemma 4 31B
65
Qwen3.5-35B-A3B
56
Verified leaderboard positions: Gemma 4 31B unranked · Qwen3.5-35B-A3B #20
Pick Gemma 4 31B 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.
Coding
+16.8 difference
Knowledge
+18.0 difference
Gemma 4 31B
Qwen3.5-35B-A3B
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262K
Pick Gemma 4 31B 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 31B is clearly ahead on the provisional aggregate, 65 to 56. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.
Qwen3.5-35B-A3B 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, 65 to 56. The biggest single separator in this matchup is SWE-Rebench, where the scores are 41.6% and 53.7%.
Qwen3.5-35B-A3B has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 79.3 versus 61.3. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
Qwen3.5-35B-A3B has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 58.4 versus 41.6. Inside this category, SWE-Rebench is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
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