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Gemma 4 26B A4B vs GPT-4.1 Mini

Gemma 4 26B A4B leads GPT-4.1 Mini on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 16.7 to 10.2, and Gemma 4 26B A4B costs 2.7x less per output token ($0.60 vs $1.60 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 48 benchmarks have a result for both.

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Gemma 4 26B A4BGoogle
Coding
No data
Overall
54.7
Output $/M
$0.60
46
GPT-4.1 MiniOpenAI
Coding
No data
Overall
31.9
Output $/M
$1.60
2
vs boards won of 48 shared

Gemma 4 26B A4B or GPT-4.1 Mini: which to pick

Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.

Pick Gemma 4 26B A4B for output tokens 2.7x cheaper ($0.60 vs $1.60 per million) and work measured by WeirdML or τ²-Bench Telecom, where it leads.

Model AGemma 4 26B A4BGoogleNot benchmarked1 independent benchmarkNo cost per solved taskModel BGPT-4.1 MiniOpenAINot benchmarkedNo coding benchmark$1.818 per solved task
Shared results
48
Gemma 4 26B A4B only
7
GPT-4.1 Mini only
38
Like-for-like categories
7 of 9

Only benchmarks that tested both models count toward a pick; a result only one model has is shown but not compared.

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
Gemma 4 26B A4B not benchmarked, GPT-4.1 Mini not benchmarked.
Widest category
Math, 26.7 points apart on average over 3 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap
OTIS Mock AIME: Gemma 4 26B A4B 82.2% against GPT-4.1 Mini 44.7%, 37.5 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
Gemma 4 26B A4B $0.60 against GPT-4.1 Mini $1.60 per million output tokens, 2.7x apart.
Context window
Gemma 4 26B A4B takes 262K tokens, GPT-4.1 Mini 1.05M.

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
CategoryGemma 4 26B A4BBarsGPT-4.1 MiniTies
Coding41
Intelligence20
Agentic work01
Reasoning80
Math30
Knowledge40
General250
All shared boards462
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index41
Coding benchmarks for Gemma 4 26B A4B and GPT-4.1 Mini
BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4BGPT-4.1 MiniLeader
Aider polyglotNot measured32.4%Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured
SWE-bench VerifiedNot measured23.9%Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LMArena WebDev1360Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 26B A4B measured
AA Coding Index39.320.2Gemma 4 26B A4B
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)Not measured58.2%Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured48.3%Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured
SciCode40.0%Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 26B A4B measured
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)25.0%7.6%Gemma 4 26B A4B
WeirdML35.2%37.6%GPT-4.1 Mini
ALE-Bench927.2Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 26B A4B measured
LMArena Text: coding14461367Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: software and IT14541360Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena WebDev: React1351Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 26B A4B measured
LMArena WebDev: HTML1362Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 26B A4B measured
Neither model has a result on the other 25 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
Intelligence benchmarks for Gemma 4 26B A4B and GPT-4.1 Mini
BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4BGPT-4.1 MiniLeader
AA Intelligence Index16.710.2Gemma 4 26B A4B
Epoch Capabilities Index141.9134.9Gemma 4 26B A4B
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
Agentic work benchmarks for Gemma 4 26B A4B and GPT-4.1 Mini
BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4BGPT-4.1 MiniLeader
AA Agentic Index2.9Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 26B A4B measured
τ²-Bench Telecom43.6%52.9%GPT-4.1 Mini
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard (BFCL)Not measured50.4%Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured
Neither model has a result on the other 38 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index80
Reasoning benchmarks for Gemma 4 26B A4B and GPT-4.1 Mini
BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4BGPT-4.1 MiniLeader
GPQA DiamondNot measured67.9%Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured
MMMU Pro (Vals AI)Not measured70.5%Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)79.2%66.4%Gemma 4 26B A4B
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)19.3%5.0%Gemma 4 26B A4B
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)73.2%65.8%Gemma 4 26B A4B
ARC-AGINot measured3.5%Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured
ARC-AGI-2Not measured0.0%Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured
Chess puzzlesNot measured1.0%Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured
Mystery game puzzlesNot measured7.0%Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts14381349Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: expert14471338Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English14481362Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Vision: diagrams12641182Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Vision: homework12931214Gemma 4 26B A4B
Kagi LLM BenchmarkNot measured48.6%Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured
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 Gemma 4 26B A4B and GPT-4.1 Mini
BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4BGPT-4.1 MiniLeader
AIMENot measured49.4%Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured
MATH 500 (Vals AI)Not measured88.0%Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured
MGSM (Vals AI)Not measured87.8%Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured
AA Math IndexNot measured46.3Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured
AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured46.3%Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured
OTIS Mock AIME82.2%44.7%Gemma 4 26B A4B
FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3Not measured6.7%Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured
MATH level 5Not measured87.3%Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LMArena Text: math14701343Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: mathematical work14751347Gemma 4 26B A4B
Neither model has a result on the other 3 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index40
Knowledge benchmarks for Gemma 4 26B A4B and GPT-4.1 Mini
BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4BGPT-4.1 MiniLeader
MMLU ProNot measured77.2%Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LegalBench (Vals AI)Not measured78.0%Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured
CorpFin (Vals AI)Not measured57.9%Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured
TaxEval (Vals AI)Not measured71.9%Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured
MortgageTax (Vals AI)Not measured65.5%Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured
MedQA (Vals AI)Not measured84.6%Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured
MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured78.1%Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured
SimpleQA VerifiedNot measured12.7%Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LMArena Text: science14461328Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare14281324Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: legal and government14571343Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: business and finance14291322Gemma 4 26B A4B
FACTS Benchmark Suite42.7%Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 26B A4B measured
Neither model has a result on the other 5 boards here
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index6 boards, none shared
Web design benchmarks for Gemma 4 26B A4B and GPT-4.1 Mini
BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4BGPT-4.1 MiniLeader
Design Arena: websitesNot measured997Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured
Design Arena: UI componentsNot measured958Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured
Design Arena: game devNot measured1070Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured
Design Arena: data vizNot measured1034Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured
Design Arena: 3DNot measured836Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured
Design Arena: all code categoriesNot measured993Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured
Neither model has a result on the other 3 boards here
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index250
General benchmarks for Gemma 4 26B A4B and GPT-4.1 Mini
BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4BGPT-4.1 MiniLeader
IFBench72.4%38.3%Gemma 4 26B A4B
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)65.7%44.0%Gemma 4 26B A4B
DTBench74.9%68.8%Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMCA29.7%21.1%Gemma 4 26B A4B
Fiction.LiveBenchNot measured44.4%Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LMArena Text14341341Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: instruction following14201333Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: creative writing14001299Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Vision12601181Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: English14441356Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: non-English14211318Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: Chinese14951329Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: GermanNot measured1350Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LMArena Text: JapaneseNot measured1290Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LMArena Text: KoreanNot measured1298Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LMArena Text: French14601358Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: Spanish14151319Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: Russian14341324Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: PolishNot measured1326Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LMArena Text: multi-turn14411354Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: longer queries14271344Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: writing and language14051319Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: entertainment and media14031300Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Vision: English12561191Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Vision: Chinese13121186Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Vision: reading text12681188Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Vision: humor12721182Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Vision: captioning12971174Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Vision: recognizing things11911187Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Vision: creative writing12561182Gemma 4 26B A4B
Neither model has a result on the other 16 boards here
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Image generation benchmarks for Gemma 4 26B A4B and GPT-4.1 Mini
BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4BGPT-4.1 MiniLeader
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

Gemma 4 26B A4B$0.0004Fits in one request
GPT-4.1 Mini$0.0012Fits in one request

Gemma 4 26B A4B costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

Gemma 4 26B A4B$0.0093Fits in one request
GPT-4.1 Mini$0.025Fits in one request

Gemma 4 26B A4B costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

Gemma 4 26B A4B$0.036Fits in one request
GPT-4.1 Mini$0.096Fits 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 Gemma 4 26B A4B and GPT-4.1 Mini
SpecificationGoogle Gemma 4 26B A4BOpenAI GPT-4.1 Mini
MakerGoogleOpenAI
WeightsOpen weightsNo public weights listed
ReleasedApril 3, 2026April 14, 2025
Context window262K1.05M
Input $/Mtok$0.15$0.40
Output $/Mtok$0.60$1.60
Coding indexNot benchmarkedNot benchmarked
Independent measurements behind it10
Cost per solved taskNot computable$1.818
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is Gemma 4 26B A4B better than GPT-4.1 Mini for coding?

Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Gemma 4 26B A4B for output tokens 2.7x cheaper ($0.60 vs $1.60 per million) and work measured by WeirdML or τ²-Bench Telecom, where it leads.

Which is cheaper, Gemma 4 26B A4B or GPT-4.1 Mini?

Gemma 4 26B A4B costs $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.60 per million output tokens; GPT-4.1 Mini costs $0.40 and $1.60. Cost per solved task is known for GPT-4.1 Mini only.

Which has the bigger context window, Gemma 4 26B A4B or GPT-4.1 Mini?

GPT-4.1 Mini, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks is the Gemma 4 26B A4B vs GPT-4.1 Mini comparison based on?

48 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. Gemma 4 26B A4B's coding index rests on 1 independent benchmark and GPT-4.1 Mini's on 0. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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