Gemma 4 E4B (Reasoning) vs Qwen3 Max Thinking

Gemma 4 E4B (Reasoning) vs Qwen3 Max Thinking. 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 Max ThinkingNot ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
21.30
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 Max ThinkingDifference
Intelligence (higher is better)8.921.3+139.3% Qwen3 Max Thinking is 2.4× more intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$14.68Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)57.72sNot reported— not comparable
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$0.02 / $0.10—
Input modalitiesText, Image, Speech, VideoText
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