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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

Benchmark Market Position

Intelligence, Cost, and Efficiency

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Intelligence

Rank #26 of 57

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  2. 99.0Claude Fable 5.1
  3. 90.9*GPT-5.5 Pro
  4. 90.0Gemini 3.8 Flash
  5. 85.9GPT-6.1 Sol
  6. 84.6GPT-6 Astra
  7. 83.4*Qwen3.8 Max
  8. 83.3*DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
  9. 82.1Gemini 3.1 Pro
  10. 77.3GPT-5.6 Terra
  11. 74.0*Grok 4.7
  12. 73.5*ERNIE 5.1
  13. 73.3Kimi K3
  14. 71.9*GLM 5.3
  15. 67.5*Qwen3.8 Flash
  16. 64.3*Grok 4.20 Multi Agent
  17. 63.3*Qwen3.7 Plus
  18. 63.1*Claude Sonnet 5
  19. 57.9*DeepSeek V4 Pro
  20. 56.2*GLM 5.3 Flash
  21. 54.6*Mistral Large 4
  22. 54.3*Gemma 4 31B
  23. 52.2Qwen3.8 27B
  24. 50.5*Qwen3.5 397B A17B
  25. 50.1*Hy3
  26. 47.4*Gemma 4 26B A4B
  27. 47.4Inkling
  28. 43.0*Mistral Large 3
  29. 42.3GPT-6 Luna
  30. 37.8*NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16
  31. 35.2*Inkling Small
  32. 33.9*MiniMax M3
  33. 27.0*Kimi K2.7 Code
  34. 25.1*Grok Build 0.1
  35. 20.8GPT-5.4 Mini
  36. 17.8Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
  37. 17.2*Qwen3.5 35B A3B
  38. 15.7GPT-5.4 Nano
  39. 12.8*Muse Glimmer 30B
  40. 11.7*Solar Pro 4
  41. 9.3*Claude Haiku 4.5
  42. 0.4*DeepSeek R1
  43. 0.0*Olmo 3 32B Think
  44. 0.0*Nova 2 Lite
  45. 0.0*Command A
  46. 0.0*Granite 4.2 30B
  47. 0.0*Granite 4.2 3B
  48. 0.0*Granite 4.2 8B
  49. 0.0*Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct
  50. 0.0*Llama 4 Scout 17B 16E Instruct
  51. 0.0*phi-4
  52. 0.0*NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B BF16
  53. 0.0*NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B
  54. 0.0*GPT-4o
  55. 0.0*GPT-4o Mini
  56. 0.0*gpt-oss-120b
  57. 0.0*gpt-oss-20b
* Provisional: fewer than 3 sources
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Cost

Not ranked in current cohort

Cost not rankedPublished LiveBench output tokens and a current USD output rate are both required.
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Efficiency

Not ranked in current cohort

Efficiency not rankedBoth an eligible intelligence score and a comparable cost estimate are required.
* Provisional: fewer than 3 sources
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The orange outline marks Gemma 4 26B A4B. Each available panel preserves its real rank and value; missing benchmark or pricing inputs remain explicitly unranked.

Providers & Pricing

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ProviderInput / 1MOutput / 1MCache read / 1MCache write / 1MObservedEvidence
$0.070$0.34——Oct 19, 2026Provider-reported
$0.0765$0.255$0.0425—Oct 19, 2026Provider-reported

Benchmarks

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LMArena Text Arenatext-2026-10-15-a64ca3b12b6e1,434.12rating—6,094gemma-4-26b-a4b; 95% CI [1426.70039347, 1441.53160125]; votes 6094; rank 90unknownOriginal sourcewinner eligibleThird-party benchmark
LMArena Vision Arenavision-2026-10-09-a64ca3b12b6e1,259.70rating—23,943gemma-4-26b-a4b; 95% CI [1253.23971386, 1266.15382555]; votes 23943; rank 55unknownOriginal sourcewinner eligibleThird-party benchmark

At a Glance

Model Facts

Identity

Status
active
Developer ID
google/gemma-4-26B-A4B-it
Released
Mar 11, 2026
Version
Gemma 4 26B-A4B
License
apache-2.0

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 Oct 19, 2026Google Gemini catalogGoogle Gemini · observed Oct 19, 2026Openrouter catalogOpenrouter · observed Oct 19, 2026Together Ai catalogTogether Ai · observed Oct 19, 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 $0.255 per million output tokens through Openrouter. 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 DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, Gemma 4 12B, Gemma 4 31B, Gemma 4 E2B, and Gemma 4 E4B. Compatibility requires shared sourced modalities and tasks; it does not imply that one model is better. Browse model comparisons →

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