Gemma 4 E4B vs Qwen3.5 397B A17B: Release Comparison
Comparison of the Gemma 4 E4B and Qwen3.5 397B A17B 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 397B A17B scores highest: Qwen3.5 397B A17B (Non-reasoning) at 21, against Gemma 4 E4B (Reasoning) at 9 for Gemma 4 E4B.
- For output speed, Qwen3.5 397B A17B is fastest: Qwen3.5 397B A17B (Non-reasoning) at 87 t/s, against Gemma 4 E4B (Reasoning) at 47 t/s for Gemma 4 E4B.
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Incorporates 7 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, Humanity's Last Exam, AutomationBench-AA, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf · Higher is better
Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, AutomationBench-AA, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf · Higher is better
Incorporates 7 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, Humanity's Last Exam, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf, AutomationBench-AA · Higher is better
Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, MLCR-AA, Humanity's Last Exam, AutomationBench-AA · Higher is better
Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, Humanity's Last Exam, CritPt, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, Terminal-Bench 4.0 · Higher is better
Incorporates 5 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, Humanity's Last Exam, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, AA-LCR v1.1 · Higher is better
Further details
Input modality | Output modality | Weights | Provider Benchmarks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Qwen3.5 397B A17B (Non-reasoning) |  Alibaba | 21 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $0.9 | $0.60 | $3.60 | - | - | - | - | - | 87 | 2.20s | 2.20s | 7.97s | - | 397B 17B active at inference time | 262k | Feb 2026 | - | No | Supports: text and image | Supports: text |   +3 | |||
| Qwen3.5 397B A17B (Reasoning) | Alibaba | 18 | 19 | 15 | 21 | - | 21 | 27 | $0.47 | $0.9 | $0.60 | $3.60 | - | $941 | 19k | 9k | 95M | 86 | 2.26s | 39.22s | 45.02s | 176.81s | 397B 17B active at inference time | 262k | Feb 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text and image | Supports: text |  +6 | |||
| Gemma 4 E4B (Reasoning) |  Google | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $0.0 | $0.02 | $0.10 | - | - | - | - | - | 47 | 0.92s | 43.06s | 53.60s | - | 8B 4.5B active at inference time | 128k | Apr 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text, image, speech, and video | Supports: text | | |||
| Gemma 4 E4B (Non-reasoning) | Google | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $0.0 | $0.02 | $0.10 | - | - | - | - | - | 47 | 0.79s | 0.79s | 11.46s | - | 8B 4.5B active at inference time | 128k | Apr 2026 | - | No | Supports: text, image, speech, and video | Supports: text | | |||