Gemma 4 E4B vs Qwen3.5 35B A3B: Release Comparison

Comparison of the Gemma 4 E4B and Qwen3.5 35B A3B releases: 2 and 2 models respectively, each with different intelligence, performance, and pricing characteristics. Below is a comparison of the key metrics across all 4 models.

  • For intelligence, Qwen3.5 35B A3B scores highest: Qwen3.5 35B A3B (Reasoning) at 19, against Gemma 4 E4B (Reasoning) at 9 for Gemma 4 E4B.
  • For output speed, Qwen3.5 35B A3B is fastest: Qwen3.5 35B A3B (Non-reasoning) at 165 t/s, against Gemma 4 E4B (Reasoning) at 47 t/s for Gemma 4 E4B.

Releases compared

Intelligence

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v4.3 incorporates 10 evaluations: AA-Briefcase, GDPval-AA v2, AutomationBench-AA, Terminal-Bench 4.0, SciCode, Humanity's Last Exam, GDP.pdf, CritPt, AA-Omniscience, AA-LCR v1.1
Estimate (independent evaluation forthcoming)

Intelligence Index vs. Cost per Intelligence Index Task

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index · Weighted average cost (USD) per Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index task
Most attractive quadrant
Pareto line

Cost

Cost per Intelligence Index Task

Weighted average cost (USD) per Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index task, segmented by token type. Lower is better

Speed & Latency

Output Speed

Output tokens per second · Higher is better

Capability Scores

Capability Indices

Measures the performance of models on specific capabilities and industries
Finance & Accounting Index

Incorporates 7 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, Humanity's Last Exam, AutomationBench-AA, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf · Higher is better

Strategy & Ops Index

Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, AutomationBench-AA, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf · Higher is better

Legal Index

Incorporates 7 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, Humanity's Last Exam, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf, AutomationBench-AA · Higher is better

Healthcare & Medical Index

Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, MLCR-AA, Humanity's Last Exam, AutomationBench-AA · Higher is better

Engineering Index

Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, Humanity's Last Exam, CritPt, GDPval-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, Terminal-Bench 4.0 · Higher is better

Economics Index

Incorporates 5 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, Humanity's Last Exam, GDPval-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, AA-LCR v1.1 · Higher is better

Further details

Input modality
Output modality
Weights
Provider Benchmarks
Qwen3.5 35B A3B (Reasoning)
Alibaba logoAlibaba
19
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
$0.4
$0.25
$2.00
-
-
-
-
-
151
2.07s
15.31s
18.62s
-
36B
3B active at inference time
262k
Feb 2026
-
Yes

Supports: text and image

Supports: text

SiliconFlowCoreWeaveAlibaba Cloud
+3
Qwen3.5 35B A3B (Non-reasoning)
Alibaba logoAlibaba
15
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
$0.4
$0.25
$2.00
-
-
-
-
-
165
2.07s
2.07s
5.10s
-
36B
3B active at inference time
262k
Feb 2026
-
No

Supports: text and image

Supports: text

DeepInfraAlibaba CloudCoreWeave
Gemma 4 E4B (Reasoning)
Google logoGoogle
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
$0.0
$0.02
$0.10
-
-
-
-
-
47
0.80s
43.76s
54.50s
-
8B
4.5B active at inference time
128k
Apr 2026
-
Yes

Supports: text, image, speech, and video

Supports: text

DeepInfra
Gemma 4 E4B (Non-reasoning)
Google logoGoogle
7
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
$0.0
$0.02
$0.10
-
-
-
-
-
45
0.76s
0.76s
11.91s
-
8B
4.5B active at inference time
128k
Apr 2026
-
No

Supports: text, image, speech, and video

Supports: text

DeepInfra