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Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free) vs Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B

Side-by-side comparison of specs, pricing, benchmark scores, and task rankings. Updated 2026-09-23.

Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free) Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B
Vendorgooglegoogle
Quality Score100100
Benchmark Score50.950.9
Input PriceFree$0.09/M
Output PriceFree$0.30/M
Context Window262,144262,144
Max Output32,768235,929
Tool Calling
Structured Output
Reasoning Mode
Vision
Audio--
Benchmark Scores
ai_index27.527.5
eqbench70.070.0

Who wins by task?

TaskGoogle: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free)Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B
Code Completion 131 131
Code Documentation 134 134
CSV / Spreadsheet Cleanup 133 133
JSON Extraction 132 131
Bulk Data Labeling 130 129
Short-Form Summarization 126 126

Scores reflect capability match + benchmark data + pricing for each task. Methodology →

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