Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is an instruction-tuned Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) model from Google DeepMind. Despite 25.2B total parameters, only 3.8B activate per token during inference — delivering near-31B quality at...
Model details →Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free) vs Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B
Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free) wins on 2 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
Qwen3.6-35B-A3B is an open-weight multimodal model from Alibaba Cloud with 35 billion total parameters and 3 billion active parameters per token. It uses a hybrid sparse mixture-of-experts architecture combining Gated...
Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free) | Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 262K | 262K | Tie |
| Input price (per 1M) Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider. | $0.00 | $0.14 | 🏆 Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free) |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $0.00 | $1.00 | 🏆 Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free) |
| Tool / function calling First-class support for emitting structured tool calls. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| Vision input Accepts image inputs alongside text. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| Reasoning mode Internal chain-of-thought / extended-thinking support. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
Frequently asked questions
Is Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free) better than Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B?
Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free) wins on 2 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
What's the price difference between Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free) and Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B?
Input: $0.00 vs $0.14 per 1M tokens. Output: $0.00 vs $1.00 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free) and Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B support?
Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free) supports up to 262K tokens. Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B supports up to 262K tokens.
Do both Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free) and Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B support tool calling?
Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free): yes. Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B: yes.
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