Side-by-side comparison of Gemma 4 (Google · USA) and Qwen 3.5 (Alibaba · China) for self-hosted deployment of the open-weight model. Gemma 4 is rated EU-ready; Qwen 3.5 is conditional. They part ways on training data: Gemma 4 is "Partial", Qwen 3.5 is "Undisclosed".
| Field | ||
|---|---|---|
| Summary | ||
| Verdict | EU-ready Major licence shift from Gemma 2/3: Apache 2.0 across the family. 140+ languages, multimodal (text/image/audio/video on small sizes), 128K-256K context. Strong permissive default for EU deployments that need robust multilingual support. | Conditional Hybrid Gated-DeltaNet + MoE flagship (397B total, 17B active) under Apache 2.0. Native vision, 201 languages, 262K context (1M with YaRN). Licence is clean; Chinese-origin alignment and supply-chain considerations persist. |
| Last reviewed | 2026-04-15 | 2026-04-15 |
| Open-weight | ||
| Licence | Apache 2.0 | Apache 2.0 |
| Commercial use | Yes | Yes |
| Training data | Partial | Undisclosed |
| Origin | USA | China |
| Performance & pricing? | ||
| Quality index | 32/100 | 40/100 |
| Speed | — | 53 tok/s |
| Blended price | — | $1.35/M |
| Context window | — | — |
| Evidence | ||
| Sources | ||
No overlapping sources between the two entries.