Layman's comparison on Qwen3.6 35b-a3b and Gemma4 26b-a4b-it

Gemma 4 26b-a4b-it is basically a solid B student that gets the job done. Qwen3.6-35b-a3b is an A+ student that has plenty of energy after finishing the assignment to add flairs. On a my 16vram video card. Both models runs comparable speed. On Windows LM Studio using recommended inference settings. Model used: unsloth/gemma-4-26B-A4B-it-UD-Q4_K_S AesSedai/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B IQ4_XS Any strong disagreements? Edit: Apparently I've been using Gemma 4 wrong. Sadman782's comment and his system prompt really help unlock some of Gemma 4's potential! submitted by /u/LocalAI_Amateur [link] [comments.