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Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B vs Google: Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Custom Tools

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

Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B Google: Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Custom Tools
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Quality Score100100
Benchmark Score50.9-
Input Price$0.09/M$2.00/M
Output Price$0.30/M$12.00/M
Context Window262,1441,048,576
Max Output235,92965,536
Tool Calling
Structured Output
Reasoning Mode
Vision
Audio-
Benchmark Scores
ai_index27.5-
eqbench70.0-

Who wins by task?

TaskGoogle: Gemma 4 26B A4B Google: Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Custom Tools
SQL Generation 139 132
Code Review 140 132
Code Completion 131 117
Code Refactoring 141 136
Bug Fixing 144 136
Unit Test Generation 129 124
Code Documentation 134 129
Regex Writing 125 117
CI/CD Pipelines 125 120
Frontend Component Design 128 122
Data Analysis 132 124
CSV / Spreadsheet Cleanup 133 132
ETL Scripting 133 128
JSON Extraction 131 121
Bulk Data Labeling 129 117
OCR / Document Parsing 131 131
Table Extraction from PDFs 131 131
Long-Document Summarization 143 136
Short-Form Summarization 126 113
Blog Post Writing 127 120

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

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