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Qwen3.5-122B-A10B vs Gemma 3 4B

Which is cheaper, which is more capable, and which does better at each kind of work, from 21 results on 4 sources that measured both models.

AlibabaQwen3.5-122B-A10B Released 24 Feb 2026 · $0.26 in · $2.08 out
GoogleGemma 3 4B Released 11 Mar 2025 · $0.050 in · $0.10 out
Qwen3.5-122B-A10B wins 191 too close to callGemma 3 4B wins 1

Of the 21 results both models have, the better value on each. Results whose reported ranges overlap are too close to call.

Results as of 9 October 2026 (catalogue release 2026-10-09-dd620e778ac5). See also Alibaba vs Google, every model from both labs.

Qwen3.5-122B-A10B or Gemma 3 4B? The short answer

Pick Qwen3.5-122B-A10B if quality matters most: it scores higher (Intelligence Index 17.7 against 4.8). Pick Gemma 3 4B if cost matters more: it costs 11 times less per token.

  • Gemma 3 4B is cheaper: $0.062 against $0.72 per million tokens, 11 times less.
  • Qwen3.5-122B-A10B scores higher on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 17.7 against 4.8.
  • Qwen3.5-122B-A10B is newer: released 24 Feb 2026, against 11 Mar 2025 for Gemma 3 4B.
  • On third-party benchmarks, on the results both models have: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B does better for agents and tool use, reasoning and knowledge and writing; Gemma 3 4B for sticking to the facts.

Head to head

17.7
Intelligence Index
4.8
$0.72
Price per million tokens, blendedlower is better
$0.062
262,144
Context window, tokens
131,072

Every fact side by side

Qwen3.5-122B-A10BGemma 3 4B
Price per million tokens$0.26 in · $2.08 out$0.050 in · $0.10 out
Blended (3 in : 1 out)$0.72$0.062
Cheapest host, blended$0.72 (Alibaba)–
Intelligence Index17.74.8
Spring Prompt overall––
Output speed, tokens a second147–
Context window262,144 tokens131,072 tokens
Released24 Feb 2026 (newer)11 Mar 2025
WeightsOpenOpen
Developer based inChinathe US

Prices are the developer's list price where we have read it, otherwise the typical host on OpenRouter; see every model's price. Intelligence and speed from Artificial Analysis.

Which is better for what

Each model's rank among the models on sale today, for each kind of work, from our own benchmarks and licensed sources. Further right is better; the better rank is in green.

Agents and tool useMulti-step tasks with tools: support desks, coding agents, function calls 95 of 164 163 of 164
Reasoning and knowledgeHard questions across science, maths and general knowledge 87 of 198 190 of 198
WritingWhat people prefer in blind comparisons, and judged writing quality 102 of 188 172 of 188
Sticking to the factsSummarising without inventing things, and factual answers 108 of 152 33 of 152

Every shared result

Each model's best result on every measure both have, grouped by benchmark, with the setting that produced it. Under each measure, every model that benchmark has measured is a grey tick, best to the right, so you can see where the two sit in the field. The headline measures of each benchmark come first; the rest are under "Show all". Green marks the better value; where a source reports ranges that overlap, neither is marked.

MeasureQwen3.5-122B-A10BGemma 3 4B
Arena (formerly LMArena) reported by Arena (formerly LMArena) · 3 results
Overall · TextArena rating, higher is better 117 · 255 of 387 measured 1,416 1,303
Business, management and finance · TextArena rating, higher is better 105 · 208 of 380 measured 1,422 1,330
Creative writing · TextArena rating, higher is better 136 · 243 of 385 measured 1,366 1,275
Artificial Analysis reported by Artificial Analysis · 3 results
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Indexindex score, higher is better 114 · 240 of 243 measured 17.7no reasoning 4.8
GPQA Diamond% of questions, higher is better 75 · 226 of 231 measured 85.7% 29.1%
Humanity's Last Exam% of questions, higher is better 92 · 186 of 242 measured 25.2% 5.3%
UGI Leaderboard reported by UGI Leaderboard · 3 results
Writing score · UGIscore out of 100, higher is better 112 · 185 of 230 measured 39.5no reasoning 24.0
Requested-length error · UGI% off the requested word count, lower is better 33 · 33 of 230 measured 9.0%thinking reasoning 9.0%
Style adherence · UGIscore from 0 to 1, higher is better 83 · 214 of 230 measured 0.36no reasoning 0.29
Vectara Hallucination Leaderboard reported by Vectara Hallucination Leaderboard · 2 results
Hallucination rate · Vectara% of summaries, lower is better 72 · 28 of 104 measured 11.2% 6.4%
Answer rate · Vectara% of documents, higher is better 31 · 103 of 104 measured 99.8% 67.3%
Show all 21 results (10 more)
MeasureQwen3.5-122B-A10BGemma 3 4B
Arena (formerly LMArena) reported by Arena (formerly LMArena) · 3 results
Expert prompts · TextArena rating, higher is better 111 · 270 of 338 measured 1,442 1,260
Instruction following · TextArena rating, higher is better 115 · 270 of 387 measured 1,406 1,267
Writing, literature and language · TextArena rating, higher is better 125 · 237 of 386 measured 1,387 1,298
Artificial Analysis reported by Artificial Analysis · 7 results
Terminal-Bench 2.1% of tasks, higher is better 64 · 126 of 130 measured 47.6% 0.4%
τ-bench banking% of tasks, higher is better 58 · 121 of 121 measured 15.3% 0.4%
Artificial Analysis Coding Indexindex score, higher is better 65 · 130 of 131 measured 45.7 2.7
IFBench% of instructions, higher is better 22 · 187 of 195 measured 75.7% 28.3%
Long-context reasoning (AA-LCR)% of questions, higher is better 72 · 218 of 233 measured 76.3% 6.7%
Terminal-Bench Hard% of tasks, higher is better 65 · 180 of 190 measured 31.1% 0.8%
τ²-bench telecom% of tasks, higher is better 30 · 187 of 193 measured 93.6% 5.0%

Quick answers

Is Qwen3.5-122B-A10B better than Gemma 3 4B?

Pick Qwen3.5-122B-A10B if quality matters most: it scores higher (Intelligence Index 17.7 against 4.8). Pick Gemma 3 4B if cost matters more: it costs 11 times less per token.

Which is cheaper, Qwen3.5-122B-A10B or Gemma 3 4B?

Gemma 3 4B is cheaper: $0.062 against $0.72 per million tokens, 11 times less.

Which is better for agents and tool use, Qwen3.5-122B-A10B or Gemma 3 4B?

Qwen3.5-122B-A10B ranks 95 of 164 models on sale for multi-step tasks with tools: support desks, coding agents, function calls, against 163 for Gemma 3 4B.

Which is better for reasoning and knowledge, Qwen3.5-122B-A10B or Gemma 3 4B?

Qwen3.5-122B-A10B ranks 87 of 198 models on sale for hard questions across science, maths and general knowledge, against 190 for Gemma 3 4B.

Which is better for writing, Qwen3.5-122B-A10B or Gemma 3 4B?

Qwen3.5-122B-A10B ranks 102 of 188 models on sale for what people prefer in blind comparisons, and judged writing quality, against 172 for Gemma 3 4B.

Which is better for sticking to the facts, Qwen3.5-122B-A10B or Gemma 3 4B?

Gemma 3 4B ranks 33 of 152 models on sale for summarising without inventing things, and factual answers, against 108 for Qwen3.5-122B-A10B.

Which has the bigger context window, Qwen3.5-122B-A10B or Gemma 3 4B?

Qwen3.5-122B-A10B: 262,144 tokens, against 131,072 for Gemma 3 4B.

Run Qwen3.5-122B-A10B and Gemma 3 4B on your own prompt

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