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gemma 4 E4B it vs Qwen3.5-9B

gemma 4 E4B it (Google) and Qwen3.5-9B (Qwen) compared on the ModelCap Index, API price, context window, provider availability, weight access and every public benchmark board they share. Figures are the same ones shown on the live rankings; nothing here is a hidden score.

Snapshot as of 9 September 2026

As of 9 September 2026, Qwen3.5-9B holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#97 vs #98).

Which should you choose?

Choose gemma 4 E4B it if…

  • ModelCap publishes no field on which gemma 4 E4B it leads Qwen3.5-9B for this pair.

Choose Qwen3.5-9B if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #97 against #98 (41.1 vs 41.1 points).
  • you want provider choice — 6 listed API providers against 0.
  • you want the more recently listed model — Qwen3.5-9B was listed 10 March 2026, gemma 4 E4B it 2 March 2026.

gemma 4 E4B it vs Qwen3.5-9B: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of gemma 4 E4B it and Qwen3.5-9B
Fieldgemma 4 E4B itGoogleQwen3.5-9BQwen
ModelCap Index position#98#97
Index score41.141.1
EvidenceEstimatedEstimated
Input price / 1M tokensUnlisted$0.10
Output price / 1M tokensUnlisted$0.15
Context window— tokens262K tokens
Max output tokens—236K
API providers listed06
Weight accessOpen weightsOpen weights
Input modalitiesText, Image, AudioText, Image, Video
First listed2 March 202610 March 2026
PublisherGoogleQwen

Evidence: publisher-corpus-prior over 182 held-out anchors (7%); launch card against 3 resolved peers on 5 rows (93%); no cross-lab optimism probe available; shrunk 1.7 up toward the measured corpus · publisher-corpus-prior over 182 held-out anchors (30%); launch card against 3 resolved peers on 10 rows (70%); exceeds every named peer on 4 of 10 rows; optimism haircut 0.6 from cross-lab-probe; shrunk 3.7 up toward the measured corpus. Prices are the lowest listed API offer per million tokens observed on the OpenRouter catalogue.

Benchmark scores: gemma 4 E4B it vs Qwen3.5-9B

Public benchmark boards where gemma 4 E4B it or Qwen3.5-9B has a published result
Boardgemma 4 E4B itQwen3.5-9BLeads
AA Terminal-Bench 2.1Artificial Analysis—29.2%terminal-bench:2.1:terminus-2:e2b:pass-at-1:3-repeats:source-model="Qwen3.5 9B":reasoning=trueOnly one result
AA τ²-Bench TelecomArtificial Analysis—86.8%tau2:telecom:dual-control:pass-at-1:3-repeats:source-model="Qwen3.5 9B":reasoning=trueOnly one result
AA Humanity's Last ExamArtificial Analysis—14.9%hle:may-2025:text-only-2158:no-tools:pass-at-1:source-model="Qwen3.5 9B":reasoning=trueOnly one result

Scores are the sources' own published figures for each model's best evaluated configuration; ModelCap never re-runs a benchmark.

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gemma 4 E4B it vs Qwen3.5-9B: common questions

Is gemma 4 E4B it better than Qwen3.5-9B?

Qwen3.5-9B ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 9 September 2026: #97 against #98. That is a capability ranking built from public benchmark evidence with published uncertainty; whether it is "better" for you also depends on price, context and where you can run it. Their published uncertainty intervals overlap, so the rank difference alone does not establish a reliable capability advantage for your workload.

Is gemma 4 E4B it cheaper than Qwen3.5-9B?

At least one of the two has no listed API price on ModelCap right now, so no price comparison is made.

Which has the bigger context window, gemma 4 E4B it or Qwen3.5-9B?

Both publish a —-token context window.

Which is better for coding, gemma 4 E4B it or Qwen3.5-9B?

The two models do not share a coding benchmark board on ModelCap yet, so no head-to-head coding score is published; the ModelCap Index position is the closest overall signal.

Are gemma 4 E4B it and Qwen3.5-9B open-weight models?

gemma 4 E4B it: Open weights. Qwen3.5-9B: Open weights. Open weights mean the checkpoint can be downloaded and self-hosted under its licence; API-only models are available solely through hosted endpoints.

Where can I run gemma 4 E4B it and Qwen3.5-9B?

ModelCap currently lists 0 API providers for gemma 4 E4B it and 6 for Qwen3.5-9B, from the OpenRouter catalogue snapshot the site serves; each model page lists the providers and their prices.

How current is this gemma 4 E4B it vs Qwen3.5-9B comparison?

Every figure comes from the sealed ModelCap dataset published 9 September 2026; the page re-renders within a minute of each data refresh, and the ModelCap Index positions are the same ones shown on the live rankings.

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