Identity
- Status
- active
- Developer ID
google/gemma-4-26B-A4B-it- Released
- Mar 11, 2026
- Version
- Gemma 4 26B-A4B
- License
- apache-2.0
Google DeepMindGemma 4 26B A4B
Gemma 4 26B-A4B is an instruction-tuned, open-weight Google Gemma 4 multimodal reasoning model.
- Token context
- 262K tokens
- Inputs
- Text, Image
- Outputs
- Text
- Released
- Mar 11, 2026
Providers & Pricing
Estimate workload cost →| Provider | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Cache read / 1M | Cache write / 1M | Observed | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 DeepinfraAvailable | $0.070 | $0.34 | — | — | Sep 4, 2026 | Provider-reported |
 OpenrouterAvailable | $0.070 | $0.34 | — | — | Sep 4, 2026 | Provider-reported |
Benchmarks
All benchmark results →| LMArena Text Arenatext-2026-09-01-011508720696 | 1,434.86 | — | 5,814 | gemma-4-26b-a4b; 95% CI [1427.26766156, 1442.45594559]; votes 5814; rank 78unknown | Original sourcewinner eligible | Third-party benchmark |
| LMArena Vision Arenavision-2026-08-27-011508720696 | 1,259.45 | — | 22,710 | gemma-4-26b-a4b; 95% CI [1252.74042036, 1266.15761735]; votes 22710; rank 43unknown | Original sourcewinner eligible | Third-party benchmark |
At a Glance
Model Facts
Capacity
- Token context
- 262K tokens
- Maximum output
- Unknown
- Total parameters
- 26B
- Active parameters
- 4B
- Knowledge cutoff
- Not reported
Interface and Access
- Inputs
- Text, Image
- Outputs
- Text
- API available
- Yes
- Open weights
- Yes
- Self-hostable
- Yes
- Reasoning
- Yes
- Vision
- Yes
- Tool calling
- Yes
- Capabilities
- chat, generation, reasoning, structured outputs, tools
This page represents one developer model product. Dated API snapshots, serving endpoints, pricing, regions, quantizations, and service tiers attach as versioned aliases or provider details and never create duplicate public model records.
Version Lineage
PredecessorUnknown
SuccessorsUnknown
AliasesGemma 4 26B-A4B, gemma-4-26b-a4b-it, gemma-4-26B-A4B-it, google/gemma-4-26B-A4B-it
Explicit Unknowns
- Maximum output
- Tokenizer
- Knowledge cutoff
Primary Evidence
Sources and Observation Date
google/gemma-4-26B-A4B-it developer model repositoryGoogle DeepMind · observed Sep 3, 2026Deepinfra catalogDeepinfra · observed Sep 4, 2026Google Gemini catalogGoogle Gemini · observed Sep 4, 2026Openrouter catalogOpenrouter · observed Sep 4, 2026Together Ai catalogTogether Ai · observed Sep 4, 2026
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Questions
Gemma 4 26B A4B FAQs
What is Gemma 4 26B A4B?+
Gemma 4 26B-A4B is an instruction-tuned, open-weight Google Gemma 4 multimodal reasoning model. It is developed by Google DeepMind and its current sourced lifecycle status is active.
What inputs and outputs does Gemma 4 26B A4B support?+
Gemma 4 26B A4B's current record lists Text and Image as input and Text as output.
How much context does Gemma 4 26B A4B support?+
The current record lists a 262K-token context window and does not report a maximum output length.
Is Gemma 4 26B A4B available through an API?+
Gemma 4 26B A4B is marked as API-available. The directly sourced provider records currently include Deepinfra, Google Gemini, Openrouter, and Together Ai.
How large is Gemma 4 26B A4B?+
The current record lists 26B total parameters and 4B active parameters. Its architecture is Gemma4ForConditionalGeneration.
What capabilities and tasks does Gemma 4 26B A4B support?+
Gemma 4 26B A4B's recorded capabilities are chat, generation, reasoning, structured outputs, and tools. Its supported tasks are image, reasoning, and text.
How much does Gemma 4 26B A4B cost through an API?+
The lowest directly sourced prices currently attached to Gemma 4 26B A4B are $0.070 per million input tokens through Deepinfra and $0.34 per million output tokens through Deepinfra. Prices are provider-specific and should be checked against each cited observation date.
Can Gemma 4 26B A4B be self-hosted?+
Gemma 4 26B A4B is an open-weight model. Self-hosting is supported, and the recorded license is apache-2.0.
Does Gemma 4 26B A4B have related versions or aliases?+
No predecessor is recorded. No successor is recorded. Recorded aliases are Gemma 4 26B-A4B, gemma-4-26b-a4b-it, gemma-4-26B-A4B-it, and google/gemma-4-26B-A4B-it.
Which models can Gemma 4 26B A4B be compared with?+
The current compatible peer set includes GPT-6 Astra, Claude Fable 5.1, Gemini 3.1 Pro, DeepSeek V4 Pro, and Grok 4.6. Compatibility requires shared sourced modalities and tasks; it does not imply that one model is better. Browse model comparisons →