How accurate is Gemma 4 26B A4B?

Gemma 4 26B A4B answered 12 of 80 questions correctly (15.0%) in our 2026-10-27 run, ranking #71 of 78 models.

How fast is Gemma 4 26B A4B?

Gemma 4 26B A4B generated a median of 172 output tokens per second in our 2026-10-27 run, ranking #11 of 78. Median time to first token was 0.7 s.

What is the latency of Gemma 4 26B A4B?

Gemma 4 26B A4B had a median time to first token of 0.7 s in our 2026-10-27 run, ranking #34 of 78 models.

How much does Gemma 4 26B A4B cost?

Gemma 4 26B A4B cost $0.0011 per question on average as billed in our 2026-10-27 run, reasoning tokens included.

What is Gemma 4 26B A4B API pricing?

Gemma 4 26B A4B is listed at $0.09 per million input tokens and $0.3 per million output tokens on OpenRouter.

What is the context window of Gemma 4 26B A4B?

Gemma 4 26B A4B accepts up to 262,144 tokens of context, according to OpenRouter's model catalogue.

Is Gemma 4 26B A4B open source?

Yes. Gemma 4 26B A4B is an open-weights model: Google publishes the weights, so you can run it yourself as well as through an API.

Who makes Gemma 4 26B A4B?

Gemma 4 26B A4B is made by Google. We tested it through OpenRouter using the model ID google/gemma-4-26b-a4b-it.

Where can I use Gemma 4 26B A4B via API?

Through OpenRouter, Gemma 4 26B A4B is served by 14 hosts: AkashML, Cloudflare, CoreWeave, Darkbloom, DeepInfra, DekaLLM, Io Net, Makora, NextBit, Novita, Parasail, PrimeIntellect, SiliconFlow, Venice.

GoogleOpen weightsReleased 3 Apr 2026

Gemma 4 26B A4B benchmarks, speed and API pricing

Reviewed by LLM Verifications team · Tested 27 Oct 2026

Compare

Available through OpenRouter on

Darkbloom$0.042 in · $0.22 out
AkashML$0.07 in · $0.24 out
Makora$0.07 in · $0.24 out
NextBit$0.09 in · $0.3 out
PrimeIntellect$0.1 in · $0.3 out
CoreWeave$0.1 in · $0.3 out
Cloudflare$0.1 in · $0.3 out
Io Net$0.09 in · $0.31 out
DekaLLM$0.06 in · $0.33 out
DeepInfra$0.07 in · $0.34 out
Venice$0.13 in · $0.4 out
Parasail$0.13 in · $0.4 out
Novita$0.13 in · $0.4 out
SiliconFlow$0.14 in · $0.4 out
Google$0.15 in · $0.6 out

Intelligence15.0% correct#71 of 72

Speed172tok/s#11 of 72

Cost$0.0011per question#27 of 72List $0.09 in · $0.3 out per 1M

Verbosity3,722tokens per question#69 of 72

Summary

Answers 12 of 80 verification questions correctly (15.0%), placing #71 of 72 models tested on the current suite.
Generates 172 output tokens per second, faster than 86% of the models we measure.
Starts responding after 0.7 s (median time to first token), including thinking time.
Costs $0.0011 per question as billed, #12 cheapest of 12 models priced under $0.15 per 1M tokens.

Specifications

Reasoning: Yes
Input: image, text, video
Output: text
Context window: 262k tokens
Weights: Open weights
Knowledge cutoff: —
OpenRouter ID: google/gemma-4-26b-a4b-it
Last tested: 27 Oct 2026

Peer group: 13 models with a blended list price under $0.15 per 1M tokens (3 input : 1 output). Charts below compare Gemma 4 26B A4B with all models; cost and speed charts focus on this peer group.

Intelligence

Verification score: the share of 80 questions from open datasets answered correctly. See the benchmark datasets.

Score vs. cost per question

Gemma 4 26B A4B circled; dashed line joins models no cheaper model beats

Score vs. end-to-end response time

Gemma 4 26B A4B circled · accurate and quick sits top left

Score vs. tokens per question

Gemma 4 26B A4B circled · output tokens, reasoning included

Verification score

All models tested on the current suite

61 more models · see the full leaderboard

Cost

Average cost of one question, split into input, reasoning and answer tokens at each model's list price. Reasoning tokens are billed as output.

Cost per question, by token type

Peer group: blended price under $0.15

1gpt-oss-20b$0.000049
2Granite 4.0 Micro$0.000051
3Granite 4.2 8B$0.000077
4Nova Micro 1.0$0.000087
5Mercury 2.5$0.00011
6Phi 4$0.00012
7Ministral 3 3B 2512$0.0002
8Solar Mini 4$0.00053
9Nemotron 3.5 Lightning$0.00059
10Ling 3.1 Flash$0.00061
11Reka Flash 3$0.0008
12Gemma 4 26B A4B$0.0011

Input Reasoning Answer

Cost per question, as billed

All models · lower is better

1Granite 4.0 Micro$0.000051
2gpt-oss-20b$0.000066
3Granite 4.2 8B$0.000077
4Nova Micro 1.0$0.000087
5Mercury 2.5$0.00011
6Phi 4$0.00012
7gpt-oss-120b$0.00013
8GLM 5.3 Flash$0.00015
9Ministral 3 3B 2512$0.00019
10GPT-6 Luna$0.00025
27Gemma 4 26B A4B$0.0011

61 more models · see the full leaderboard

Speed and latency

Median of 3 streamed runs of the same prompt, measured 25 Oct 2026.

Output speed

Peer group (under $0.15) · higher is better

Time to first token

Peer group (under $0.15) · lower is better

End-to-end response time

Peer group (under $0.15) · lower is better

Latency vs. output speed

Gemma 4 26B A4B circled · quick to start and fast sits top left

Results by category

Questions answered correctly in each category

Science4/30

Engineering0/15

Medicine1/11

Economics4/9

Law1/6

Humanities & social science2/9

More from Google

Google#2Gemini 4 Argon84.8% verification score69 tok/s3.3 s first token$0.0063 / question

Google#3Gemini 3.8 Flash82.5% verification score142 tok/s3.2 s first token$0.0037 / question

Google#9Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview77.5% verification score124 tok/s3.4 s first token$0.017 / question

All Google models →

Compare Gemma 4 26B A4B

Head to head with its closest rivals, other Google models and the top models overall.

Hosts and prices

Every host serving this model through OpenRouter, from OpenRouter's catalogue

Host	Input / 1M	Output / 1M	Context	Max output	Quantization
Darkbloom	$0.042	$0.22	131k	33k	—
AkashML	$0.07	$0.24	131k	118k	fp4
Makora	$0.07	$0.24	256k	128k	—
NextBit	$0.09	$0.3	262k	236k	bf16
PrimeIntellect	$0.1	$0.3	262k	33k	bf16
CoreWeave	$0.1	$0.3	262k	236k	bf16
Cloudflare	$0.1	$0.3	256k	230k	—
Io Net	$0.09	$0.31	262k	236k	bf16
DekaLLM	$0.06	$0.33	262k	236k	bf16
DeepInfra	$0.07	$0.34	262k	16k	fp8
Venice	$0.13	$0.4	256k	8k	bf16
Parasail	$0.13	$0.4	262k	236k	bf16
Novita	$0.13	$0.4	262k	131k	bf16
SiliconFlow	$0.14	$0.4	262k	236k	fp8
Google	$0.15	$0.6	262k	236k	—

Sources

Scores, speed and billed cost are our own measurements. Prices, context window and hosts come from OpenRouter's catalogue on the test date.

Gemma 4 26B A4B on OpenRouter: list prices and hosts
Model card on Hugging Face: weights and licence
SuperGPQA (paper): 50 of the questions, ODC-BY 1.0
MMLU-Pro (paper): 30 of the questions, MIT
OpenRouter generation records: where billed cost and native token counts come from
Our methodology and editorial standards

Gemma 4 26B A4B: frequently asked questions

How accurate is Gemma 4 26B A4B?: Gemma 4 26B A4B answered 12 of 80 questions correctly (15.0%) in our 2026-10-27 run, ranking #71 of 78 models.
How fast is Gemma 4 26B A4B?: Gemma 4 26B A4B generated a median of 172 output tokens per second in our 2026-10-27 run, ranking #11 of 78. Median time to first token was 0.7 s.
What is the latency of Gemma 4 26B A4B?: Gemma 4 26B A4B had a median time to first token of 0.7 s in our 2026-10-27 run, ranking #34 of 78 models.
How much does Gemma 4 26B A4B cost?: Gemma 4 26B A4B cost $0.0011 per question on average as billed in our 2026-10-27 run, reasoning tokens included.
What is Gemma 4 26B A4B API pricing?: Gemma 4 26B A4B is listed at $0.09 per million input tokens and $0.3 per million output tokens on OpenRouter.
What is the context window of Gemma 4 26B A4B?: Gemma 4 26B A4B accepts up to 262,144 tokens of context, according to OpenRouter's model catalogue.
Is Gemma 4 26B A4B open source?: Yes. Gemma 4 26B A4B is an open-weights model: Google publishes the weights, so you can run it yourself as well as through an API.
Who makes Gemma 4 26B A4B?: Gemma 4 26B A4B is made by Google. We tested it through OpenRouter using the model ID google/gemma-4-26b-a4b-it.
Where can I use Gemma 4 26B A4B via API?: Through OpenRouter, Gemma 4 26B A4B is served by 14 hosts: AkashML, Cloudflare, CoreWeave, Darkbloom, DeepInfra, DekaLLM, Io Net, Makora, NextBit, Novita, Parasail, PrimeIntellect, SiliconFlow, Venice.

GoogleOpen weightsReleased 3 Apr 2026

Gemma 4 26B A4B benchmarks, speed and API pricing

Reviewed by LLM Verifications team · Tested 27 Oct 2026

Compare

Available through OpenRouter on

Darkbloom$0.042 in · $0.22 out
AkashML$0.07 in · $0.24 out
Makora$0.07 in · $0.24 out
NextBit$0.09 in · $0.3 out
PrimeIntellect$0.1 in · $0.3 out
CoreWeave$0.1 in · $0.3 out
Cloudflare$0.1 in · $0.3 out
Io Net$0.09 in · $0.31 out
DekaLLM$0.06 in · $0.33 out
DeepInfra$0.07 in · $0.34 out
Venice$0.13 in · $0.4 out
Parasail$0.13 in · $0.4 out
Novita$0.13 in · $0.4 out
SiliconFlow$0.14 in · $0.4 out
Google$0.15 in · $0.6 out

Intelligence15.0% correct#71 of 72

Speed172tok/s#11 of 72

Cost$0.0011per question#27 of 72List $0.09 in · $0.3 out per 1M

Verbosity3,722tokens per question#69 of 72

Summary

Answers 12 of 80 verification questions correctly (15.0%), placing #71 of 72 models tested on the current suite.
Generates 172 output tokens per second, faster than 86% of the models we measure.
Starts responding after 0.7 s (median time to first token), including thinking time.
Costs $0.0011 per question as billed, #12 cheapest of 12 models priced under $0.15 per 1M tokens.

Specifications

Reasoning: Yes
Input: image, text, video
Output: text
Context window: 262k tokens
Weights: Open weights
Knowledge cutoff: —
OpenRouter ID: google/gemma-4-26b-a4b-it
Last tested: 27 Oct 2026

Intelligence

Verification score: the share of 80 questions from open datasets answered correctly. See the benchmark datasets.

Score vs. cost per question

Gemma 4 26B A4B circled; dashed line joins models no cheaper model beats

Score vs. end-to-end response time

Gemma 4 26B A4B circled · accurate and quick sits top left

Score vs. tokens per question

Gemma 4 26B A4B circled · output tokens, reasoning included

Verification score

All models tested on the current suite

61 more models · see the full leaderboard

Cost

Average cost of one question, split into input, reasoning and answer tokens at each model's list price. Reasoning tokens are billed as output.

Cost per question, by token type

Peer group: blended price under $0.15

1gpt-oss-20b$0.000049
2Granite 4.0 Micro$0.000051
3Granite 4.2 8B$0.000077
4Nova Micro 1.0$0.000087
5Mercury 2.5$0.00011
6Phi 4$0.00012
7Ministral 3 3B 2512$0.0002
8Solar Mini 4$0.00053
9Nemotron 3.5 Lightning$0.00059
10Ling 3.1 Flash$0.00061
11Reka Flash 3$0.0008
12Gemma 4 26B A4B$0.0011

Input Reasoning Answer

Cost per question, as billed

All models · lower is better

1Granite 4.0 Micro$0.000051
2gpt-oss-20b$0.000066
3Granite 4.2 8B$0.000077
4Nova Micro 1.0$0.000087
5Mercury 2.5$0.00011
6Phi 4$0.00012
7gpt-oss-120b$0.00013
8GLM 5.3 Flash$0.00015
9Ministral 3 3B 2512$0.00019
10GPT-6 Luna$0.00025
27Gemma 4 26B A4B$0.0011

61 more models · see the full leaderboard

Speed and latency

Median of 3 streamed runs of the same prompt, measured 25 Oct 2026.

Output speed

Peer group (under $0.15) · higher is better

Time to first token

Peer group (under $0.15) · lower is better

End-to-end response time

Peer group (under $0.15) · lower is better

Latency vs. output speed

Gemma 4 26B A4B circled · quick to start and fast sits top left

Results by category

Questions answered correctly in each category

Science4/30

Engineering0/15

Medicine1/11

Economics4/9

Law1/6

Humanities & social science2/9

More from Google

Google#2Gemini 4 Argon84.8% verification score69 tok/s3.3 s first token$0.0063 / question

Google#3Gemini 3.8 Flash82.5% verification score142 tok/s3.2 s first token$0.0037 / question

Google#9Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview77.5% verification score124 tok/s3.4 s first token$0.017 / question

All Google models →

Compare Gemma 4 26B A4B

Head to head with its closest rivals, other Google models and the top models overall.

Hosts and prices

Every host serving this model through OpenRouter, from OpenRouter's catalogue

Host	Input / 1M	Output / 1M	Context	Max output	Quantization
Darkbloom	$0.042	$0.22	131k	33k	—
AkashML	$0.07	$0.24	131k	118k	fp4
Makora	$0.07	$0.24	256k	128k	—
NextBit	$0.09	$0.3	262k	236k	bf16
PrimeIntellect	$0.1	$0.3	262k	33k	bf16
CoreWeave	$0.1	$0.3	262k	236k	bf16
Cloudflare	$0.1	$0.3	256k	230k	—
Io Net	$0.09	$0.31	262k	236k	bf16
DekaLLM	$0.06	$0.33	262k	236k	bf16
DeepInfra	$0.07	$0.34	262k	16k	fp8
Venice	$0.13	$0.4	256k	8k	bf16
Parasail	$0.13	$0.4	262k	236k	bf16
Novita	$0.13	$0.4	262k	131k	bf16
SiliconFlow	$0.14	$0.4	262k	236k	fp8
Google	$0.15	$0.6	262k	236k	—

Sources

Scores, speed and billed cost are our own measurements. Prices, context window and hosts come from OpenRouter's catalogue on the test date.

Gemma 4 26B A4B on OpenRouter: list prices and hosts
Model card on Hugging Face: weights and licence
SuperGPQA (paper): 50 of the questions, ODC-BY 1.0
MMLU-Pro (paper): 30 of the questions, MIT
OpenRouter generation records: where billed cost and native token counts come from
Our methodology and editorial standards

Gemma 4 26B A4B: frequently asked questions

How accurate is Gemma 4 26B A4B?: Gemma 4 26B A4B answered 12 of 80 questions correctly (15.0%) in our 2026-10-27 run, ranking #71 of 78 models.
How fast is Gemma 4 26B A4B?: Gemma 4 26B A4B generated a median of 172 output tokens per second in our 2026-10-27 run, ranking #11 of 78. Median time to first token was 0.7 s.
What is the latency of Gemma 4 26B A4B?: Gemma 4 26B A4B had a median time to first token of 0.7 s in our 2026-10-27 run, ranking #34 of 78 models.
How much does Gemma 4 26B A4B cost?: Gemma 4 26B A4B cost $0.0011 per question on average as billed in our 2026-10-27 run, reasoning tokens included.
What is Gemma 4 26B A4B API pricing?: Gemma 4 26B A4B is listed at $0.09 per million input tokens and $0.3 per million output tokens on OpenRouter.
What is the context window of Gemma 4 26B A4B?: Gemma 4 26B A4B accepts up to 262,144 tokens of context, according to OpenRouter's model catalogue.
Is Gemma 4 26B A4B open source?: Yes. Gemma 4 26B A4B is an open-weights model: Google publishes the weights, so you can run it yourself as well as through an API.
Who makes Gemma 4 26B A4B?: Gemma 4 26B A4B is made by Google. We tested it through OpenRouter using the model ID google/gemma-4-26b-a4b-it.
Where can I use Gemma 4 26B A4B via API?: Through OpenRouter, Gemma 4 26B A4B is served by 14 hosts: AkashML, Cloudflare, CoreWeave, Darkbloom, DeepInfra, DekaLLM, Io Net, Makora, NextBit, Novita, Parasail, PrimeIntellect, SiliconFlow, Venice.