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Gemma 3 27B IT vs Qwen3.5 35B A3B

Qwen3.5 35B A3B grades higher overall (46.0 against 43.2). Gemma 3 27B IT costs 72% less for the same work.

Gemma 3 27B IT

by Google · #55 of 67 overall

Coming soon · price at launch
Context
128K
Input / 1M
$0.080
Output / 1M
$0.16

Qwen3.5 35B A3B

by Qwen · #54 of 67 overall

Coming soon · price at launch
Context
256K
Input / 1M
$0.14
Output / 1M
$1.00

Better overall

Qwen3.5 35B A3B

Grade 43.2 vs 46.0

Cheaper

Gemma 3 27B IT

72% less, $0.10 vs $0.35 blended

Larger context

Qwen3.5 35B A3B

128K vs 256K tokens

Head to head

Public benchmarks. Longer is better; each value links to its source.

LMArena TextElo-style rating · LMArena (CC BY 4.0) · Oct 15, 2026
Gemma 3 27B ITGemma 3 27B IT: 1,366
Qwen3.5 35B A3BQwen3.5 35B A3B: 1,394
LMArena WebDevElo-style rating · LMArena (CC BY 4.0) · Oct 13, 2026
Gemma 3 27B ITGemma 3 27B IT: —
Qwen3.5 35B A3BQwen3.5 35B A3B: 1,254
LMArena CodingElo-style rating · LMArena (CC BY 4.0) · Oct 15, 2026
Gemma 3 27B ITGemma 3 27B IT: 1,358
Qwen3.5 35B A3BQwen3.5 35B A3B: 1,435
Aider Polyglot% of exercises solved · Aider (aider.chat) · Mar 15, 2025
Gemma 3 27B ITGemma 3 27B IT: 4.9%
Qwen3.5 35B A3BQwen3.5 35B A3B: —
SWE-bench Verified% of issues resolved · SWE-bench · Feb 24, 2026 · reference
Gemma 3 27B ITGemma 3 27B IT: —
Terminal-Bench 2.0% of tasks passed · Terminal-Bench · Feb 24, 2026 · reference
Gemma 3 27B ITGemma 3 27B IT: —
LiveCodeBenchpass@1, % · LiveCodeBench · Mar 11, 2026 · reference

Gemma 3 27B ITQwen3.5 35B A3Bv = reported by the model’s maker. — = no public score yet. Arena bars span the range across every model we grade.

What it costs you

Drag to match your monthly usage.

Gemma 3 27B IT$22.40 /month
Qwen3.5 35B A3B$68.00 /month

Gemma 3 27B IT saves you $45.60 a month at this usage, $547 a year.

At a glance

AttributeGemma 3 27B ITQwen3.5 35B A3B
Made byGoogleQwen
AvailabilityComing soonComing soon
Overall gradeGood · 43.2Good · 46.0
Overall rank#55 of 67#54 of 67
Input price$0.080 per 1M$0.14 per 1M
Output price$0.16 per 1M$1.00 per 1M
Context window131,072 tokens262,144 tokens
Reasoning levelsNoYes
Reads imagesYesYes
Model IDgemma-3-27b-itqwen3.5-35b-a3b

Try both with one key

Same endpoint, same key, both hosted in the USA. Change one word to switch models, in Claude Code, Cursor, Cline or your own code.

Get your API key
# Ask either model the same thing
curl https://fullsendai.com/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FULLSEND_API_KEY" \
  -d '{"model": "gemma-3-27b-it", "messages": [...]}'

# …then swap one word
  -d '{"model": "qwen3.5-35b-a3b", "messages": [...]}'

Questions

Is Gemma 3 27B IT or Qwen3.5 35B A3B better?

Qwen3.5 35B A3B grades 46.0 against 43.2 for Gemma 3 27B IT, from public benchmarks.

Which is cheaper, Gemma 3 27B IT or Qwen3.5 35B A3B?

Gemma 3 27B IT: $0.080 in and $0.16 out per million tokens, against $0.14 and $1.00 through FullsendAI.

Which has the larger context window?

Qwen3.5 35B A3B, with 262,144 tokens.

Can I use both with one API key?

Yes, once they launch: both are coming soon, at the prices shown, and both will use the same FullsendAI key.

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Scores: LMArena (CC BY 4.0), Aider (aider.chat), SWE-bench, Terminal-Bench, LiveCodeBench, and model makers’ published results where marked v. Prices are FullsendAI’s, per million tokens. Data as of Oct 28, 2026.