Gemma 4 E4B (Reasoning) vs Qwen3.5 4B (Reasoning)

Gemma 4 E4B (Reasoning) vs Qwen3.5 4B (Reasoning). A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

GoogleGemma 4 E4B (Reasoning)On the open-weights frontier
Intelligence
8.90
Total cost
$14.7
AlibabaQwen3.5 4B (Reasoning)Not ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
13.10
Total cost
-
Verdict

Comparison incomplete

A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

MetricGemma 4 E4B (Reasoning)Qwen3.5 4B (Reasoning)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)8.913.1+47.2% Qwen3.5 4B (Reasoning) is 47.2% more intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$14.68Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)57.75s170.08s+194.5% Qwen3.5 4B (Reasoning) is 194.5% slower
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$0.02 / $0.10$0.03 / $0.15
Input modalitiesText, Image, Speech, VideoText, Image, Video
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