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Gemma 4 26B A4B vs Qwen3.5-Flash

Qwen3.5-Flash costs 2.3x less per output token than Gemma 4 26B A4B ($0.26 vs $0.60 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 33 benchmarks have a result for both.

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Gemma 4 26B A4BGoogle
Coding
No data
Overall
54.7
Output $/M
$0.60
29
Qwen3.5-FlashQwen
Coding
41.1
Overall
50.1
Output $/M
$0.26
4
vs boards won of 33 shared

Gemma 4 26B A4B or Qwen3.5-Flash: which to pick

Only Qwen3.5-Flash has a coding score, 41.1 on the Vibe Coding Index; Gemma 4 26B A4B has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.

Pick Gemma 4 26B A4B for work measured by LMArena WebDev or ALE-Bench, where it leads.

Model AGemma 4 26B A4BGoogleNot benchmarked1 independent benchmarkNo cost per solved taskModel BQwen3.5-FlashQwen41.1/1002 independent benchmarks$0.40 per solved task
Shared results
33
Gemma 4 26B A4B only
22
Qwen3.5-Flash only
22
Like-for-like categories
6 of 9

Only benchmarks that tested both models count toward a pick; a result only one model has is shown but not compared.

Which one for your work

Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.

At a glance

Coding index
Gemma 4 26B A4B not benchmarked, Qwen3.5-Flash 41.1 from 2 benchmarks.
Widest category
Coding, 13.8 points apart on average over 6 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap
ALE-Bench: Gemma 4 26B A4B 927.2 against Qwen3.5-Flash 265.9, 22.0 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
Gemma 4 26B A4B $0.60 against Qwen3.5-Flash $0.26 per million output tokens, 2.3x apart.
Context window
Gemma 4 26B A4B takes 262K tokens, Qwen3.5-Flash 1M.

Benchmark by benchmark

First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.

Boards won, where both have a result
CategoryGemma 4 26B A4BBarsQwen3.5-FlashTies
Coding60
Intelligence01
Reasoning31
Math21
Knowledge40
General141
All shared boards294
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index60
Coding benchmarks for Gemma 4 26B A4B and Qwen3.5-Flash
BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4BQwen3.5-FlashLeader
LMArena WebDev13601244Gemma 4 26B A4B
AA Coding Index39.3Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 26B A4B measured
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)Not measured83.3%Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured
SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI)Not measured64.4%Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured
SciCode40.0%Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 26B A4B measured
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)25.0%Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 26B A4B measured
WeirdML35.2%Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 26B A4B measured
ALE-Bench927.2265.9Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: coding14461412Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: software and IT14541416Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena WebDev: React13511229Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena WebDev: HTML13621291Gemma 4 26B A4B
Neither model has a result on the other 31 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
Intelligence benchmarks for Gemma 4 26B A4B and Qwen3.5-Flash
BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4BQwen3.5-FlashLeader
AA Intelligence Index16.7Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 26B A4B measured
Epoch Capabilities Index141.9143.5Qwen3.5-Flash
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index2 boards, none shared
Agentic work benchmarks for Gemma 4 26B A4B and Qwen3.5-Flash
BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4BQwen3.5-FlashLeader
AA Agentic Index2.9Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 26B A4B measured
τ²-Bench Telecom43.6%Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 26B A4B measured
Neither model has a result on the other 40 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index31
Reasoning benchmarks for Gemma 4 26B A4B and Qwen3.5-Flash
BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4BQwen3.5-FlashLeader
GPQA DiamondNot measured82.8%Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured
MMMU Pro (Vals AI)Not measured81.9%Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)79.2%Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 26B A4B measured
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)19.3%Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 26B A4B measured
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)73.2%82.3%Qwen3.5-Flash
Chess puzzlesNot measured14.0%Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured
Mystery game puzzlesNot measured20.0%Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts14381403Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: expert14471407Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English14481409Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Vision: diagrams1264Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 26B A4B measured
LMArena Vision: homework1293Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 26B A4B measured
Neither model has a result on the other 11 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index21
Math benchmarks for Gemma 4 26B A4B and Qwen3.5-Flash
BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4BQwen3.5-FlashLeader
AIMENot measured92.5%Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured
OTIS Mock AIME82.2%84.4%Qwen3.5-Flash
FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3Not measured18.2%Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured
LMArena Text: math14701407Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: mathematical work14751413Gemma 4 26B A4B
Neither model has a result on the other 9 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index40
Knowledge benchmarks for Gemma 4 26B A4B and Qwen3.5-Flash
BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4BQwen3.5-FlashLeader
MMLU ProNot measured84.1%Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured
LegalBench (Vals AI)Not measured84.3%Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured
CaseLaw (Vals AI)Not measured56.0%Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured
CorpFin (Vals AI)Not measured63.6%Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured
TaxEval (Vals AI)Not measured72.2%Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured
MortgageTax (Vals AI)Not measured67.4%Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured
MedCode (Vals AI)Not measured33.0%Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured
SimpleQA VerifiedNot measured20.3%Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured
LMArena Text: science14461415Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare14281407Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: legal and government14571398Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: business and finance14291394Gemma 4 26B A4B
FACTS Benchmark Suite42.7%Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 26B A4B measured
Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here
Web designNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Web design benchmarks for Gemma 4 26B A4B and Qwen3.5-Flash
BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4BQwen3.5-FlashLeader
Neither model has a result on 9 boards here
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index141
General benchmarks for Gemma 4 26B A4B and Qwen3.5-Flash
BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4BQwen3.5-FlashLeader
SAGE (Vals AI)Not measured42.5%Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured
MedScribe (Vals AI)Not measured70.6%Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured
IFBench72.4%Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 26B A4B measured
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)65.7%Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 26B A4B measured
DTBench74.9%82.9%Qwen3.5-Flash
LMCA29.7%29.1%Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text14341397Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: instruction following14201374Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: creative writing14001343Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Vision1260Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 26B A4B measured
LMArena Text: English14441404Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: non-English14211385Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: Chinese14951445Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: GermanNot measured1390Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured
LMArena Text: JapaneseNot measured1369Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured
LMArena Text: KoreanNot measured1344Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured
LMArena Text: French14601413Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: Spanish14151400Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: Russian14341380Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: PolishNot measured1376Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured
LMArena Text: multi-turn14411393Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: longer queries14271392Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: writing and language14051369Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: entertainment and media14031347Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Vision: English1256Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 26B A4B measured
LMArena Vision: Chinese1312Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 26B A4B measured
LMArena Vision: reading text1268Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 26B A4B measured
LMArena Vision: humor1272Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 26B A4B measured
LMArena Vision: captioning1297Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 26B A4B measured
LMArena Vision: recognizing things1191Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 26B A4B measured
LMArena Vision: creative writing1256Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 26B A4B measured
Neither model has a result on the other 17 boards here
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Image generation benchmarks for Gemma 4 26B A4B and Qwen3.5-Flash
BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4BQwen3.5-FlashLeader
Neither model has a result on 5 boards here

What each workload costs

Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.

Chat turn

1K input + 500 output tokens

Gemma 4 26B A4B$0.0004Fits in one request
Qwen3.5-Flash$0.0002Fits in one request

Qwen3.5-Flash costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

Gemma 4 26B A4B$0.0093Fits in one request
Qwen3.5-Flash$0.0040Fits in one request

Qwen3.5-Flash costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

Gemma 4 26B A4B$0.036Fits in one request
Qwen3.5-Flash$0.016Fits in one request

Qwen3.5-Flash costs less

Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.

Specification differences

The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.

Specifications of Gemma 4 26B A4B and Qwen3.5-Flash
SpecificationGoogle Gemma 4 26B A4BQwen3.5-Flash
MakerGoogleQwen
WeightsOpen weightsNo public weights listed
ReleasedApril 3, 2026February 25, 2026
Context window262K1M
Input $/Mtok$0.15$0.065
Output $/Mtok$0.60$0.26
Coding indexNot benchmarked41.1
Independent measurements behind it12
Cost per solved taskNot computable$0.40
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is Gemma 4 26B A4B better than Qwen3.5-Flash for coding?

Only Qwen3.5-Flash has a coding score, 41.1 on the Vibe Coding Index; Gemma 4 26B A4B has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Gemma 4 26B A4B for work measured by LMArena WebDev or ALE-Bench, where it leads.

Which is cheaper, Gemma 4 26B A4B or Qwen3.5-Flash?

Gemma 4 26B A4B costs $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.60 per million output tokens; Qwen3.5-Flash costs $0.065 and $0.26. Cost per solved task is known for Qwen3.5-Flash only.

Which has the bigger context window, Gemma 4 26B A4B or Qwen3.5-Flash?

Qwen3.5-Flash, with 1M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks is the Gemma 4 26B A4B vs Qwen3.5-Flash comparison based on?

33 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. Gemma 4 26B A4B's coding index rests on 1 independent benchmark and Qwen3.5-Flash's on 2. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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