How much does Gemma 4 26B A4B cost?

Gemma 4 26B A4B costs $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.60 per million output tokens, using the list price from Google as of 26 Oct 2026. That is about $0.04 for 100 chats of about 1,000 tokens in and 500 tokens back. Confirm on the maker's site before you buy, because prices change.

Is Gemma 4 26B A4B open source?

Gemma 4 26B A4B has open weights: its trained parameters can be downloaded. That is not always the same as open source, because licence terms differ, so read the licence before you use it commercially.

How good is Gemma 4 26B A4B compared with other AI models?

On the Epoch Capabilities Index, Gemma 4 26B A4B scores 141.9 (likely range 138.9 to 143.4), which ranks 111 of 270 models we track. On Arena's human-vote text board it is ranked 75 of 166. Scores close together are a tie in practice.

How does Gemma 4 26B A4B compare with o1?

Gemma 4 26B A4B scores higher on 4 of 6 shared quality measures, o1 on 1. 1 measure is too close to call. Gemma 4 26B A4B costs about 99% less than o1 on a blended price of $0.26 against $26.25 per million tokens. See the full comparison for every measure.

How current are these numbers for Gemma 4 26B A4B?

The newest data on this page is dated 26 Oct 2026. Scores come from Epoch AI and Arena, prices from the open LiteLLM price list.

AI Rankings

Gemma 4 26B A4B: Score, Price and Context Window

Where Gemma 4 26B A4B from Google ranks, what it costs and how much text it can read, in plain numbers with the sources.

Data updated 26 Oct 2026

Google
Open weights
Released Apr 2026

Its score range overlaps with Claude Haiku 4.5, the model just above it, so a small gap in rank is not a meaningful difference.

Best for

Keeping costs low: it is among the cheapest quarter of models in the top half by score.
Running it yourself: its weights can be downloaded (read the licence terms first).

These lines are worked out from the numbers on this page, not from hands-on testing.

Key facts

Overall score: 141.9; Rank 111 of 270. Likely range 138.9 to 143.4.
Human preference: chat: 1438; Rank 75 of 166. 6,092 votes.
Human preference: coding: 1483; Rank 78 of 166. 1,443 votes.
Human preference: web pages: 1360; Rank 77 of 85. 1,503 votes.
Human preference: images: 1242; Rank 52 of 85. 23,922 votes.
Price per million tokens: $0.15 in / $0.60 out; Blended $0.26. Cached input $0.015. List price from Google, checked 26 Oct 2026.
Weights: Open; The weights can be downloaded. Check the licence before commercial use.

We do not have a context window size for Gemma 4 26B A4B yet. It is shown as "Not measured" rather than guessed.

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How Gemma 4 26B A4B stacks up

Each strip shows every model we track as faint bars. The dot is this model. Better is always to the right, even for price.

Gemma 4 26B A4B compared with all models we trackOverall capability: 141.9. Better than 59% of the other 269 models. Human preference: chat: 1438. Better than 55% of the other 165 models. Human preference: coding: 1483. Better than 53% of the other 165 models. Human preference: web pages: 1360. Better than 9% of the other 84 models. Human preference: images: 1242. Better than 39% of the other 84 models. Price: $0.26 per 1M. Cheaper than 77% of the other 200 priced models.

Overall capability141.9
Better than 59% of the other 269 modelsUpper half
Epoch Capabilities Index: one score that combines many tests.
Human preference: chat1438
Better than 55% of the other 165 modelsUpper half
How often people pick its answers over another model's on Arena.
Human preference: coding1483
Better than 53% of the other 165 modelsUpper half
How often people pick its answers to coding questions on Arena.
Human preference: web pages1360
Better than 9% of the other 84 models
How often people pick the web pages and small apps it builds on Arena.
Human preference: images1242
Better than 39% of the other 84 models
How often people pick its answers about pictures on Arena.
Price$0.26 per 1M
Cheaper than 77% of the other 200 priced modelsTop 25%
Blended price per million tokens. Lower is better, so the cheapest models sit on the right.

Compared with the other published models that have each measure. Data updated 26 Oct 2026.

Where Gemma 4 26B A4B ranks

Leaderboards it appears on, best placing first.

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Test results

Each test checks one kind of skill. Place shows where it stands among the models that took that test.

OTIS Mock AIME
Maths competition problems in the style of the US AIME exam, from the 2024 and 2025 sets. Every answer is a whole number.
82.2%
Place 83 of 174
GPQA Diamond
Very hard multiple-choice science questions in biology, physics and chemistry, written by experts and designed so a quick web search does not give the answer.
73.2%
Place 101 of 183

What it costs in everyday terms

List prices turned into amounts you can picture. Real bills depend on how you use it.

100 chats: $0.04; Cost of 100 chats assumes each chat sends 1,000 tokens (about 750 words) and gets 500 tokens (about 375 words) back.
A 300-page book: $0.01; Cost to read a 300-page book assumes about 100,000 input tokens and no reply. A real book varies with page size and language.
Blended price: $0.26 per 1M; Three parts input to one part output. Our own calculation for comparing models.

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Questions about Gemma 4 26B A4B

How much does Gemma 4 26B A4B cost?: Gemma 4 26B A4B costs $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.60 per million output tokens, using the list price from Google as of 26 Oct 2026. That is about $0.04 for 100 chats of about 1,000 tokens in and 500 tokens back. Confirm on the maker's site before you buy, because prices change.
Is Gemma 4 26B A4B open source?: Gemma 4 26B A4B has open weights: its trained parameters can be downloaded. That is not always the same as open source, because licence terms differ, so read the licence before you use it commercially.
How good is Gemma 4 26B A4B compared with other AI models?: On the Epoch Capabilities Index, Gemma 4 26B A4B scores 141.9 (likely range 138.9 to 143.4), which ranks 111 of 270 models we track. On Arena's human-vote text board it is ranked 75 of 166. Scores close together are a tie in practice.
How does Gemma 4 26B A4B compare with o1?: Gemma 4 26B A4B scores higher on 4 of 6 shared quality measures, o1 on 1. 1 measure is too close to call. Gemma 4 26B A4B costs about 99% less than o1 on a blended price of $0.26 against $26.25 per million tokens. See the full comparison for every measure.
How current are these numbers for Gemma 4 26B A4B?: The newest data on this page is dated 26 Oct 2026. Scores come from Epoch AI and Arena, prices from the open LiteLLM price list.

Where this data comes from

Epoch AI: Benchmark data: Epoch AI, 'Capabilities & benchmarking', epoch.ai/benchmarks (CC BY 4.0). We match models across sources, rank them and show them in charts. Scores are not changed. Epoch AI does not endorse this site.
Arena (formerly LMArena): Human-preference ratings: Arena (arena.ai) leaderboard dataset, CC BY 4.0. We keep the latest published ratings, match them to models from other sources and rank them. Ratings are not changed. Arena does not endorse this site.
LiteLLM model price list: Prices and context windows: LiteLLM model price list (github.com/BerriAI/litellm, MIT licence). We use the model maker's own price entry when there is one. Prices change often, so always confirm on the maker's site before you buy.

Newest data on this page: 26 Oct 2026. Prices are list prices and change often, so confirm on the maker's site before you buy. Sponsors never change a score or an order. How we calculate this · Report a mistake