Side-by-side comparison of Gemma 4 31B Instruct (Google DeepMind · United States) and Qwen3.6-35B-A3B (Alibaba Cloud (Qwen) · China) for self-hosted deployment of the open-weight model. Gemma 4 31B Instruct is rated conditional; Qwen3.6-35B-A3B is conditional. They part ways on training data: Gemma 4 31B Instruct is "Domain-level summary", Qwen3.6-35B-A3B is "Undisclosed".
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| Verdict | Conditional Based on published licence terms, Gemma 4 31B ships under pure Apache 2.0 — a notable break from the Gemma Terms of Use used in prior generations — with no prohibited-use carve-outs. US origin carries Schrems-II and CLOUD-Act exposure, and at 30.7B dense the model likely crosses EU AI Act GPAI systemic-risk thresholds that enterprise deployers should document. | Conditional Based on published licence terms, Qwen3.6-35B-A3B ships under Apache 2.0 with no use restrictions, making self-hosted commercial deployment viable. However, opaque training-data disclosure and Chinese origin create EU AI Act Art. 53 transparency and data-transfer risks that deployers should document before placing personal data into prompts. |
| Last reviewed | 2026-04-17 | 2026-04-17 |
| Open-weight | ||
| Licence | Apache 2.0 | Apache 2.0 |
| Commercial use | Unrestricted | Unrestricted |
| Training data | Domain-level summary | Undisclosed |
| Origin | United States | China (Hangzhou) |
| Performance & pricing? | ||
| Quality index | 32/100 | 44/100 |
| Speed | — | 238 tok/s |
| Blended price | — | $0.84/M |
| Context window | — | — |
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