# Gemma 4 26B A4B vs Qwen3.5-35B-A3B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Gemma 4 26B A4B and Qwen3.5-35B-A3B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gemma-4-26b-a4b-vs-qwen3-5-35b-a3b
- Last updated: October 7, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 1
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Gemma 4 26B A4B and Qwen3.5-35B-A3B share only 1 sourced benchmark row.

## Summary

- Only 1 shared sourced benchmark row is available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B has the larger published context window at 262K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Gemma 4 26B A4B | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Google | Alibaba |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 256K | 262K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 46 | 46.4 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 4 | 16 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemma 4 26B A4B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 32 (Estimated · #81/122)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 40.5% | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 61% | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | Coming soon | 54.5% | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | Coming soon | 28.96% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemma 4 26B A4B public-lane score: 32.7 (Supported · #88/146)
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 27.4 (Estimated · #99/146)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 69.2% | Coming soon |
| SWE-Rebench | Coming soon | 53.7% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemma 4 26B A4B public-lane score: 67.4 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 41.4 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LongBench v2 | Coming soon | 59% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemma 4 26B A4B public-lane score: 45.2 (#42/49)
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 68.2 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | 73.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU | Coming soon | 81.4% | Coming soon |
| MMVU | Coming soon | 72.3% | Coming soon |
| MathVision | Coming soon | 83.9% | Coming soon |
| V* | Coming soon | 92.7% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemma 4 26B A4B public-lane score: 36.5 (Supported · #112/174)
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 41.9 (Supported · #100/174)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-Pro | 82.6% | 85.3% | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B |
| HLE | 17.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | 8.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | Coming soon | 63.4% | Coming soon |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 84.2% | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemma 4 26B A4B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 83.8 (#11/16)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-ProX | Coming soon | 81% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemma 4 26B A4B public-lane score: 87.3 (#30/125)
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 87.4 (#29/125)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | Coming soon | 91.9% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Gemma 4 26B A4B and Qwen3.5-35B-A3B?

Not yet. The models share only 1 sourced benchmark row, so this mirror reports the available measurements and metadata without naming a broad winner.

### What can I compare safely on this page?

Published pricing, context windows, model type, and individual shared benchmark rows are directly comparable. Independent overall scores and non-overlapping benchmark coverage are labeled separately and should not be read as a controlled head-to-head result.

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