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AI models · Google

Gemma 4 26B A4B

“Today, we are introducing Gemma 4 — our most intelligent open models to date.” Google, in its own words

  • Freeto download; hosts set their own prices
  • 256Ktokens it reads at once
  • 0of 21 independent tests that place it near the top
The facts

Gemma 4 26B A4B at a glance.

From Google's own pages, read Oct 20, 2026, so company-reported. A token is a word or part of a word. Prices can change; check the maker's page before you build on them.

Made by
GoogleBased in US
What it is for
“Today, we are introducing Gemma 4 — our most intelligent open models to date.”Google blog: 'Gemma 4: Byte for byte, Apr 2, 2026 · in Google's words
Reads at once
256K tokensIts context window: how much text it can take in one go
Takes in
text, image, video
Download
Yes, open weightsLicense: Apache 2.0
Size
25.2B parameters, 3.8B activeHugging Face model card google/gemma-4-31B-it, Oct 20, 2026
Price for developers

Google doesn't sell it by the token: it's free to download, and hosting companies set their own prices.

Open-weight model; no per-token price on the Gemini API pricing page sections we read.

Gemini API docs: Pricing, Oct 20, 2026 · company-reported

Independent tests

Where it ranks.

Its position on each of the 21 tests the models page uses, by testers other than the maker. Epoch AI's and Vectara's scores are shown under their open licenses; for LMArena, Scale and Vals we give the position and link to their own leaderboard. Each list is a snapshot with its date.

All-round
TestRankScore
Epoch Capabilities IndexEpoch AI, Oct 20, 2026Not in the top 30
Vals IndexVals AI, Oct 19, 2026Not in the top 20
Coding
TestRankScore
LMArena WebDevLMArena, Oct 19, 2026Not in the top 20
SWE-Bench ProScale AI, Sep 22, 2026Not in the top 16
Vibe Code BenchVals AI, Oct 18, 2026Not in the top 20
LMArena coding chatsLMArena, Oct 15, 2026Not in the top 20
Writing and conversation
TestRankScore
LMArena textLMArena, Oct 15, 2026Not in the top 20
LMArena creative writingLMArena, Oct 15, 2026Not in the top 20
MultiChallengeScale AI, Feb 3, 2026Not in the top 15
Agents and computer use
TestRankScore
LMArena Agent ArenaLMArena, Oct 19, 2026Not in the top 20
Remote Labor IndexScale AINot in the top 16
Terminal-Bench 4.0Vals AI, Oct 19, 2026Not in the top 20
CUA-bench (games)Vals AI, Oct 13, 2026Not in the top 9
Math and science
TestRankScore
LMArena mathLMArena, Oct 15, 2026Not in the top 20
Humanity's Last ExamScale AINot in the top 17
ProofBenchVals AI, Oct 12, 2026Not in the top 20
Images and documents
TestRankScore
LMArena visionLMArena, Oct 19, 2026Not in the top 20
LMArena documentsLMArena, Sep 13, 2026Not in the top 20
More exam questions
TestRankScore
GPQA DiamondVals AI, Sep 1, 2026Not in the top 20
MMMU ProVals AI, Sep 1, 2026Not in the top 20
Sticking to the facts
TestRankScore
Vectara hallucination testVectara, Oct 16, 2026Not in our copy of the list

“Not in the top” means it isn't among the models in our copy of that list, which runs to the position shown; it may not have been tested. Vectara's test ranks by how rarely a model adds facts, so lower is better. Positions can be shared when scores tie. Epoch's range is its margin of uncertainty. Epoch AI and Vectara data: CC BY 4.0 and Apache-2.0.

For people, not developers

What Gemini costs.

Google's chat app, priced by the month in US dollars on its own pages. Which plans include Gemma 4 26B A4B is on Google's pages.

Every chat app's plans
Gemini
PlanA month
FreeFree
Google AI Plus$4.99
Google AI Pro$19.99
Google AI Ultrafrom $99.99

Google: Gemini subscriptions page, Oct 20, 2026 · company-reported

Our note: Mixture-of-experts member of the Gemma 4 family. Parameter counts are from the Gemma 4 model card on the 31B repo, which lists all sizes; weightsUrl points to that card (a separate 26B-A4B repo exists on Google's Hugging Face account, e.g. quantized 'gemma-4-26B-A4B-it-qat-q4_0-gguf').