gemma-4-26B-A4B-it vs Qwen3.6-35B-A3B

Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 10 November 2026.

google · A · Open weights
Params
26.5 B
Context
—
30d
5.5 M
apache-2.0 · commercial OK
Qwen · B · Open weights
Params
36.0 B
Context
—
30d
4.2 M
apache-2.0 · commercial OK

Specification comparison

Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.

Specification gemma-4-26B-A4B-it Qwen3.6-35B-A3B
Deployment Open weights · also via API Open weights · also via API
Parameters 26.5 B 36.0 B
Architecture Gemma4ForConditionalGeneration Qwen3_5MoeForConditionalGeneration
Context length 256,000 262,144
Licence apache-2.0 apache-2.0
Commercial use Allowed Allowed
Languages — —
Downloads 30d 5,506,751 4,209,694
Downloads all time 75.5 M 35.1 M
Quantizations on the Hub SAFETENSORS SAFETENSORS
Gated No No
First seen on the Hub 2026-03-11 2026-04-15
API input price / 1M tokens $0.08 $0.10
API output price / 1M tokens $0.10 $0.90
Est. cost per 1M input + 1M output tokens $0.18 $1.00
Cached input / 1M tokens $0.046 $0.025
AA Intelligence Index — —
AA Coding Index 39.3 41.9
AA Agentic Index 2.9 13.1
Max output tokens 128,000 235,929
API providers 15 11
Tool calling Yes Yes
Reasoning mode Yes Yes

API cost

Estimated cost of 1M input + 1M output tokens via OpenRouter

gemma-4-26B-A4B-it $0.18
Qwen3.6-35B-A3B $1.00

gemma-4-26B-A4B-it is 5.6× cheaper at list price.

Download trend

Daily snapshots, last 90 days (13 Aug – 10 Nov)

13.1 M3.1 M
gemma-4-26B-A4B-it Qwen3.6-35B-A3B

VRAM side by side

On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted

gemma-4-26B-A4B-it · fp16 61.3 GB / 24 GB
❌ Won’t fit
Qwen3.6-35B-A3B · fp16 85.0 GB / 24 GB
❌ Won’t fit

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