Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct grades higher overall (68.7 against 66.5). Gemma 4 31B IT costs 32% less for the same work, and both read a 256K-token context.
Gemma 4 31B IT
by Google · #33 of 67 overall
Coming soon · price at launch
Context
256K
Input / 1M
$0.20
Output / 1M
$0.40
Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
by Qwen · #31 of 67 overall
Coming soon · price at launch
Context
256K
Input / 1M
$0.20
Output / 1M
$0.88
Better overall
Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
Grade 66.5 vs 68.7
Cheaper
Gemma 4 31B IT
32% less, $0.25 vs $0.37 blended
Larger context
Same
256K 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 4 31B ITQwen3 VL 235B A22B Instructv = 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 4 31B IT$56.00 /month
Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct$75.20 /month
Gemma 4 31B IT saves you $19.20 a month at this usage, $230 a year.
At a glance
Attribute
Gemma 4 31B IT
Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
Made by
Google
Qwen
Availability
Coming soon
Coming soon
Overall grade
Strong · 66.5
Strong · 68.7
Overall rank
#33 of 67
#31 of 67
Input price
$0.20 per 1M
$0.20 per 1M
Output price
$0.40 per 1M
$0.88 per 1M
Context window
262,144 tokens
262,144 tokens
Reasoning levels
No
Yes
Reads images
Yes
Yes
Model ID
gemma-4-31b-it
qwen3-vl-235b-a22b-instruct
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.
# Ask either model the same thingcurlhttps://fullsendai.com/v1/chat/completions \-H"Authorization: Bearer $FULLSEND_API_KEY" \-d'{"model": "gemma-4-31b-it", "messages": [...]}'# …then swap one word-d'{"model": "qwen3-vl-235b-a22b-instruct", "messages": [...]}'
Questions
Is Gemma 4 31B IT or Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct better?
Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct grades 68.7 against 66.5 for Gemma 4 31B IT, from public benchmarks.
Which is cheaper, Gemma 4 31B IT or Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct?
Gemma 4 31B IT: $0.20 in and $0.40 out per million tokens, against $0.20 and $0.88 through FullsendAI.
Which has the larger context window?
Neither: both take 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.
Scores: LMArena (CC BY 4.0), LiveCodeBench, and model makers’ published results where marked v. Prices are FullsendAI’s, per million tokens. Data as of Oct 28, 2026.
