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Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Gemma 4 26B A4B

Updated October 21, 2026. 49 benchmarks have a result for both. Coding is ranked on the Vibe Coding Index; every other board is shown as published.

Replace Gemini 3.6 Flash Replace Gemma 4 26B A4B
Gemini 3.6 FlashGoogle
Coding
48.3
Overall
34.0
Output $/M
$3.75
48
Gemma 4 26B A4BGoogle
Coding
22.8
Overall
16.7
Output $/M
$0.255
1
vs boards won of 49 shared

Decision reading

Pick Gemini 3.6 Flash for coding: it scores 48.3 on the Vibe Coding Index against 22.8 for Gemma 4 26B A4B.

Pick Gemma 4 26B A4B when output tokens cost 14.7x less, or when the benchmark that matters is ALE-Bench, where it leads.

Model AGemini 3.6 FlashGoogle48.3/1001 independent benchmark$1.49 per solved taskModel BGemma 4 26B A4BGoogle22.8/1001 independent benchmarkNo cost per solved task
Shared results
49
Gemini 3.6 Flash only
58
Gemma 4 26B A4B only
5
Like-for-like categories
7 of 9

Shared results can support a head-to-head reading. Results only one model has describe coverage, not superiority.

Which one for your work

Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.

At a glance

Coding index
Gemini 3.6 Flash 48.3 from 1 benchmark, Gemma 4 26B A4B 22.8 from 1 benchmark.
Widest category
Agentic work, 26.1 points apart on average over 1 shared benchmark.
Widest single gap
LMArena WebDev: HTML: Gemini 3.6 Flash 1547 against Gemma 4 26B A4B 1362, 30.9 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
Gemini 3.6 Flash $3.75 against Gemma 4 26B A4B $0.255 per million output tokens, 14.7x apart.
Context window
Gemini 3.6 Flash takes 1.05M tokens, Gemma 4 26B A4B 262K.

Benchmark by benchmark

First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.

Boards won, where both have a result
CategoryGemini 3.6 FlashBarsGemma 4 26B A4BTies
Coding81
Intelligence20
Agentic work10
Reasoning80
Math30
Knowledge40
General220
All shared boards481
CodingLike-for-likeFour of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index81
Coding benchmarks for Gemini 3.6 Flash and Gemma 4 26B A4B
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGemma 4 26B A4BLeader
LMArena WebDev15381360Gemini 3.6 Flash
AA Coding Index69.239.3Gemini 3.6 Flash
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)88.1%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI)79.6%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI)64.0%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
Code migration (Vals AI)30.9%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
ProgramBench (Vals AI)0.0%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
IOI (Vals AI)35.1%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI)73.8%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
CyberBench (Vals AI)45.4%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
SciCode53.4%40.0%Gemini 3.6 Flash
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured25.0%Only Gemma 4 26B A4B measured
FrontierCode34.4%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
WeirdML56.1%35.2%Gemini 3.6 Flash
ALE-Bench715.5927.2Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: coding14911446Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Text: software and IT14921454Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena WebDev: React15281351Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena WebDev: HTML15471362Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena WebDev: from an image1545Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
Neither model has a result on the other 18 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
Intelligence benchmarks for Gemini 3.6 Flash and Gemma 4 26B A4B
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGemma 4 26B A4BLeader
AA Intelligence Index34.016.7Gemini 3.6 Flash
Epoch Capabilities Index154.5141.9Gemini 3.6 Flash
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
Agentic work benchmarks for Gemini 3.6 Flash and Gemma 4 26B A4B
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGemma 4 26B A4BLeader
AA Agentic Index29.02.9Gemini 3.6 Flash
Design Arena: agents building web apps1197Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
Design Arena: agents building full-stack apps1181Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
Design Arena: agents building mobile apps1199Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
Design Arena: agents building Android apps1208Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
Design Arena: agents building games1181Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
Design Arena: HTML slides1148Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
Design Arena: PowerPoint slides1146Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
Design Arena: spreadsheets1017Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
Finance Agent (Vals AI)56.3%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI)18.0%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
Legal Research Bench (Vals AI)25.0%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI)65.4%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
BioMysteryBench (Vals AI)58.5%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
Terminal-Bench-Science (Vals AI)4.3%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
τ²-Bench TelecomNot measured43.6%Only Gemma 4 26B A4B measured
APEX-Agents46.9%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
Neither model has a result on the other 22 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index80
Reasoning benchmarks for Gemini 3.6 Flash and Gemma 4 26B A4B
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGemma 4 26B A4BLeader
GPQA Diamond93.4%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
MMMU Pro (Vals AI)88.4%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)92.8%79.2%Gemini 3.6 Flash
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)40.8%19.3%Gemini 3.6 Flash
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)94.1%73.2%Gemini 3.6 Flash
ARC-AGI91.2%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
ARC-AGI-260.4%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
Chess puzzles42.0%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
Mystery game puzzles30.0%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts14861438Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Text: expert14901447Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English14841448Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Vision: diagrams13141264Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Vision: homework13141293Gemini 3.6 Flash
Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index30
Math benchmarks for Gemini 3.6 Flash and Gemma 4 26B A4B
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGemma 4 26B A4BLeader
OTIS Mock AIME94.2%82.2%Gemini 3.6 Flash
FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 358.9%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
FrontierMath, tier 422.0%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
ProofBench36.0%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
LMArena Text: math15081470Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Text: mathematical work14921475Gemini 3.6 Flash
Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index40
Knowledge benchmarks for Gemini 3.6 Flash and Gemma 4 26B A4B
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGemma 4 26B A4BLeader
MMLU Pro89.3%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
LegalBench (Vals AI)86.7%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
CorpFin (Vals AI)63.3%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
TaxEval (Vals AI)74.9%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
MortgageTax (Vals AI)67.6%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
MedCode (Vals AI)53.1%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
SimpleQA Verified66.2%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
LMArena Text: science14891446Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare14691428Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Text: legal and government14791457Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Text: business and finance14641429Gemini 3.6 Flash
Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index7 boards, none shared
Web design benchmarks for Gemini 3.6 Flash and Gemma 4 26B A4B
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGemma 4 26B A4BLeader
Design Arena: websites1301Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
Design Arena: UI components1297Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
Design Arena: game dev1263Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
Design Arena: data viz1289Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
Design Arena: 3D1272Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
Design Arena: all code categories1290Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
Design Arena: ASCII art1281Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
Neither model has a result on the other 2 boards here
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index220
General benchmarks for Gemini 3.6 Flash and Gemma 4 26B A4B
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGemma 4 26B A4BLeader
Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI)56.6%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
SAGE (Vals AI)48.7%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
MedScribe (Vals AI)79.7%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
Vals Multimodal Index65.1%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
IFBenchNot measured72.4%Only Gemma 4 26B A4B measured
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)80.0%65.7%Gemini 3.6 Flash
DTBench95.5%74.9%Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMCA44.9%29.7%Gemini 3.6 Flash
Furniture assembly23.3%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
LMArena Text14801434Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Text: instruction following14671420Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Text: creative writing14661400Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Vision12991260Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Text: English14821444Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Text: non-English14701421Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Text: Chinese15311495Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Text: German1480Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
LMArena Text: Japanese1475Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
LMArena Text: Korean1429Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
LMArena Text: French15031460Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Text: Spanish14761415Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Text: Russian14881434Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Text: Polish1473Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
LMArena Text: multi-turn14811441Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Text: longer queries14751427Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Text: writing and language14701405Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Text: entertainment and media14561403Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Vision: English12951256Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Vision: Chinese13571312Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Vision: reading text13121268Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Vision: humor12891272Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Vision: captioningNot measured1297Only Gemma 4 26B A4B measured
LMArena Vision: recognizing thingsNot measured1191Only Gemma 4 26B A4B measured
LMArena Vision: creative writing12781256Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Document1456Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
Neither model has a result on the other 11 boards here
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Image generation benchmarks for Gemini 3.6 Flash and Gemma 4 26B A4B
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGemma 4 26B A4BLeader
Neither model has a result on 5 boards here

What each workload costs

Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.

Chat turn

1K input + 500 output tokens

Gemini 3.6 Flash$0.0026Fits in one request
Gemma 4 26B A4B$0.0002Fits in one request

Gemma 4 26B A4B costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

Gemini 3.6 Flash$0.049Fits in one request
Gemma 4 26B A4B$0.0046Fits in one request

Gemma 4 26B A4B costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

Gemini 3.6 Flash$0.188Fits in one request
Gemma 4 26B A4B$0.018Fits in one request

Gemma 4 26B A4B costs less

Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.

Specification differences

The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.

Specifications of Gemini 3.6 Flash and Gemma 4 26B A4B
SpecificationGoogle Gemini 3.6 FlashGoogle Gemma 4 26B A4B
MakerGoogleGoogle
WeightsNo public weights listedOpen weights
ReleasedJuly 21, 2026April 3, 2026
Context window1.05M262K
Input $/Mtok$0.75$0.0765
Output $/Mtok$3.75$0.255
Coding index48.322.8
Independent measurements behind it11
Cost per solved task$1.49Not computable
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash better than Gemma 4 26B A4B for coding?

Pick Gemini 3.6 Flash for coding: it scores 48.3 on the Vibe Coding Index against 22.8 for Gemma 4 26B A4B. Pick Gemma 4 26B A4B when output tokens cost 14.7x less, or when the benchmark that matters is ALE-Bench, where it leads.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.6 Flash or Gemma 4 26B A4B?

Gemini 3.6 Flash costs $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million output tokens; Gemma 4 26B A4B costs $0.0765 and $0.255. Cost per solved task is known for Gemini 3.6 Flash only.

Which has the bigger context window, Gemini 3.6 Flash or Gemma 4 26B A4B?

Gemini 3.6 Flash, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks is the Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Gemma 4 26B A4B comparison based on?

49 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. Gemini 3.6 Flash's coding index rests on 1 independent benchmark and Gemma 4 26B A4B's on 1. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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