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Gemma 4 26B A4B vs GPT-4o (2024-08-06)

Gemma 4 26B A4B leads GPT-4o (2024-08-06) on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 16.7 to 7.7, and Gemma 4 26B A4B costs 16.7x less per output token ($0.60 vs $10.00 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 36 benchmarks have a result for both.

Replace Gemma 4 26B A4B Replace GPT-4o (2024-08-06)
Gemma 4 26B A4BGoogle
Coding
No data
Overall
54.7
Output $/M
$0.60
36
GPT-4o (2024-08-06)OpenAI
Coding
No data
Overall
26.3
Output $/M
$10.00
0
vs boards won of 36 shared

Gemma 4 26B A4B or GPT-4o (2024-08-06): 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 16.7x cheaper ($0.60 vs $10.00 per million) and a larger context window (262K against 128K tokens).

Model AGemma 4 26B A4BGoogleNot benchmarked1 independent benchmarkNo cost per solved taskModel BGPT-4o (2024-08-06)OpenAINot benchmarkedNo coding benchmarkNo cost per solved task
Shared results
36
Gemma 4 26B A4B only
19
GPT-4o (2024-08-06) only
22
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-4o (2024-08-06) not benchmarked.
Widest category
Math, 46.2 points apart on average over 3 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap
OTIS Mock AIME: Gemma 4 26B A4B 82.2% against GPT-4o (2024-08-06) 6.4%, 75.8 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
Gemma 4 26B A4B $0.60 against GPT-4o (2024-08-06) $10.00 per million output tokens, 16.7x apart.
Context window
Gemma 4 26B A4B takes 262K tokens, GPT-4o (2024-08-06) 128K.

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-4o (2024-08-06)Ties
Coding30
Intelligence10
Agentic work10
Reasoning60
Math30
Knowledge40
General180
All shared boards360
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index30
Coding benchmarks for Gemma 4 26B A4B and GPT-4o (2024-08-06)
BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4BGPT-4o (2024-08-06)Leader
Aider polyglotNot measured23.1%Only GPT-4o (2024-08-06) measured
SWE-bench LiteNot measured21.7%Only GPT-4o (2024-08-06) measured
LMArena WebDev1360Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 26B A4B measured
AA Coding Index39.3Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 26B A4B measured
LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured31.7%Only GPT-4o (2024-08-06) measured
SciCode40.0%Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 26B A4B measured
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)25.0%8.3%Gemma 4 26B A4B
WeirdML35.2%Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 26B A4B measured
ALE-Bench927.2Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 26B A4B measured
LMArena Text: coding14461283Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: software and IT14541278Gemma 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 30 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
Intelligence benchmarks for Gemma 4 26B A4B and GPT-4o (2024-08-06)
BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4BGPT-4o (2024-08-06)Leader
AA Intelligence Index16.77.7Gemma 4 26B A4B
Epoch Capabilities Index141.9Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 26B A4B measured
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
Agentic work benchmarks for Gemma 4 26B A4B and GPT-4o (2024-08-06)
BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4BGPT-4o (2024-08-06)Leader
AA Agentic Index2.9Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 26B A4B measured
τ²-Bench Telecom43.6%28.9%Gemma 4 26B A4B
Neither model has a result on the other 40 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index60
Reasoning benchmarks for Gemma 4 26B A4B and GPT-4o (2024-08-06)
BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4BGPT-4o (2024-08-06)Leader
MMMU Pro (Vals AI)Not measured64.0%Only GPT-4o (2024-08-06) measured
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)79.2%52.1%Gemma 4 26B A4B
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)19.3%2.3%Gemma 4 26B A4B
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)73.2%49.2%Gemma 4 26B A4B
SimpleBenchNot measured17.8%Only GPT-4o (2024-08-06) measured
Chess puzzlesNot measured6.0%Only GPT-4o (2024-08-06) measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts14381264Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: expert14471241Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English14481277Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Vision: diagrams1264Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 26B A4B measured
LMArena Vision: homework1293Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 26B A4B measured
Neither model has a result on the other 12 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index30
Math benchmarks for Gemma 4 26B A4B and GPT-4o (2024-08-06)
BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4BGPT-4o (2024-08-06)Leader
AIMENot measured14.0%Only GPT-4o (2024-08-06) measured
MATH 500 (Vals AI)Not measured75.2%Only GPT-4o (2024-08-06) measured
MGSM (Vals AI)Not measured90.7%Only GPT-4o (2024-08-06) measured
OTIS Mock AIME82.2%6.4%Gemma 4 26B A4B
FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3Not measured0.4%Only GPT-4o (2024-08-06) measured
MATH level 5Not measured53.3%Only GPT-4o (2024-08-06) measured
LMArena Text: math14701285Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: mathematical work14751283Gemma 4 26B A4B
Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index40
Knowledge benchmarks for Gemma 4 26B A4B and GPT-4o (2024-08-06)
BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4BGPT-4o (2024-08-06)Leader
MMLU ProNot measured74.1%Only GPT-4o (2024-08-06) measured
LegalBench (Vals AI)Not measured80.1%Only GPT-4o (2024-08-06) measured
CorpFin (Vals AI)Not measured39.4%Only GPT-4o (2024-08-06) measured
TaxEval (Vals AI)Not measured71.1%Only GPT-4o (2024-08-06) measured
MortgageTax (Vals AI)Not measured61.0%Only GPT-4o (2024-08-06) measured
MedQA (Vals AI)Not measured88.2%Only GPT-4o (2024-08-06) measured
SimpleQA VerifiedNot measured26.0%Only GPT-4o (2024-08-06) measured
MMLUNot measured84.3%Only GPT-4o (2024-08-06) measured
LMArena Text: science14461274Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare14281252Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: legal and government14571275Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: business and finance14291232Gemma 4 26B A4B
FACTS Benchmark Suite42.7%Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 26B A4B measured
Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here
Web designNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Web design benchmarks for Gemma 4 26B A4B and GPT-4o (2024-08-06)
BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4BGPT-4o (2024-08-06)Leader
Neither model has a result on 9 boards here
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index180
General benchmarks for Gemma 4 26B A4B and GPT-4o (2024-08-06)
BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4BGPT-4o (2024-08-06)Leader
IFBench72.4%36.0%Gemma 4 26B A4B
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)65.7%41.0%Gemma 4 26B A4B
DTBench74.9%Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 26B A4B measured
LMCA29.7%Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 26B A4B measured
LMArena Text14341283Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: instruction following14201267Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: creative writing14001274Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Vision12601065Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: English14441297Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: non-English14211262Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: Chinese14951254Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: GermanNot measured1257Only GPT-4o (2024-08-06) measured
LMArena Text: JapaneseNot measured1234Only GPT-4o (2024-08-06) measured
LMArena Text: KoreanNot measured1218Only GPT-4o (2024-08-06) measured
LMArena Text: French14601263Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: Spanish14151269Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: Russian14341272Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: multi-turn14411279Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: longer queries14271283Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: writing and language14051290Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: entertainment and media14031267Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Vision: English12561072Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Vision: Chinese13121009Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Vision: reading text1268Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 26B A4B measured
LMArena Vision: humor1272Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 26B A4B measured
LMArena Vision: captioning1297Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 26B A4B measured
LMArena Vision: recognizing things1191Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 26B A4B measured
LMArena Vision: creative writing1256Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 26B A4B measured
Neither model has a result on the other 20 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-4o (2024-08-06)
BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4BGPT-4o (2024-08-06)Leader
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-4o (2024-08-06)$0.0075Fits 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-4o (2024-08-06)$0.155Fits 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-4o (2024-08-06)$0.600Exceeds the context window

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-4o (2024-08-06)
SpecificationGoogle Gemma 4 26B A4BOpenAI GPT-4o (2024-08-06)
MakerGoogleOpenAI
WeightsOpen weightsNo public weights listed
ReleasedApril 3, 2026August 6, 2024
Context window262K128K
Input $/Mtok$0.15$2.50
Output $/Mtok$0.60$10.00
Coding indexNot benchmarkedNot benchmarked
Independent measurements behind it10
Cost per solved taskNot computableNot computable
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is Gemma 4 26B A4B better than GPT-4o (2024-08-06) 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 16.7x cheaper ($0.60 vs $10.00 per million) and a larger context window (262K against 128K tokens).

Which is cheaper, Gemma 4 26B A4B or GPT-4o (2024-08-06)?

Gemma 4 26B A4B costs $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.60 per million output tokens; GPT-4o (2024-08-06) costs $2.50 and $10.00. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.

Which has the bigger context window, Gemma 4 26B A4B or GPT-4o (2024-08-06)?

Gemma 4 26B A4B, with 262K tokens against 128K.

How many benchmarks is the Gemma 4 26B A4B vs GPT-4o (2024-08-06) comparison based on?

36 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-4o (2024-08-06)'s on 0. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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