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Gemma 3 4B IT vs Qwen3.6 27B

Gemma 3 4B IT has the stronger public benchmark scores. Gemma 3 4B IT costs 94% less for the same work.

Gemma 3 4B IT

by Google · #64 of 67 overall

Coming soon · price at launch
Context
128K
Input / 1M
$0.050
Output / 1M
$0.10

Qwen3.6 27B

by Qwen

Coming soon · price at launch
Context
256K
Input / 1M
$0.32
Output / 1M
$3.20

Better overall

Gemma 3 4B IT

Grade 21.5 vs —

Cheaper

Gemma 3 4B IT

94% less, $0.063 vs $1.04 blended

Larger context

Qwen3.6 27B

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
Qwen3.6 27BQwen3.6 27B: —
LMArena CodingElo-style rating · LMArena (CC BY 4.0) · Oct 15, 2026
Qwen3.6 27BQwen3.6 27B: —
SWE-bench Verified% of issues resolved · SWE-bench · Apr 21, 2026 · reference
Gemma 3 4B ITGemma 3 4B IT: —
SWE-Bench Pro% of tasks resolved · Scale AI SWE-Bench Pro · Apr 21, 2026 · reference
Gemma 3 4B ITGemma 3 4B IT: —
Terminal-Bench 2.1% of tasks passed · Terminal-Bench · Aug 5, 2026 · reference
Gemma 3 4B ITGemma 3 4B IT: —
Terminal-Bench 2.0% of tasks passed · Terminal-Bench · Apr 21, 2026 · reference
Gemma 3 4B ITGemma 3 4B IT: —
LiveCodeBenchpass@1, % · LiveCodeBench · Apr 21, 2026 · reference
Gemma 3 4B ITGemma 3 4B IT: —

Gemma 3 4B ITQwen3.6 27Bv = 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 4B IT$14.00 /month
Qwen3.6 27B$192 /month

Gemma 3 4B IT saves you $178 a month at this usage, $2,136 a year.

At a glance

AttributeGemma 3 4B ITQwen3.6 27B
Made byGoogleQwen
AvailabilityComing soonComing soon
Overall gradeGood · 21.5Not rated
Overall rank#64 of 67Not ranked
Input price$0.050 per 1M$0.32 per 1M
Output price$0.10 per 1M$3.20 per 1M
Context window131,072 tokens262,144 tokens
Reasoning levelsNoYes
Reads imagesYesYes
Model IDgemma-3-4b-itqwen3.6-27b

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-3-4b-it", "messages": [...]}'

# …then swap one word
  -d '{"model": "qwen3.6-27b", "messages": [...]}'

Questions

Is Gemma 3 4B IT or Qwen3.6 27B better?

One of them doesn’t have enough public benchmark scores to be graded yet; compare the benchmarks both have above.

Which is cheaper, Gemma 3 4B IT or Qwen3.6 27B?

Gemma 3 4B IT: $0.050 in and $0.10 out per million tokens, against $0.32 and $3.20 through FullsendAI.

Which has the larger context window?

Qwen3.6 27B, 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), SWE-bench, Scale AI SWE-Bench Pro, Terminal-Bench, LiveCodeBench, and model makers’ published results where marked v. Prices are FullsendAI’s, per million tokens. Data as of Oct 28, 2026.