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Gemma 4 26B A4B vs GPT-5.4 Mini

GPT-5.4 Mini leads Gemma 4 26B A4B on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 24.1 to 16.7, and Gemma 4 26B A4B costs 7.5x less per output token ($0.60 vs $4.50 per million). Updated October 21, 2026; 53 benchmarks have a result for both.

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Gemma 4 26B A4BGoogle
Coding
No data
Overall
54.7
Output $/M
$0.60
31
GPT-5.4 MiniOpenAI
Coding
35.8
Overall
44.0
Output $/M
$4.50
22
vs boards won of 53 shared

Gemma 4 26B A4B or GPT-5.4 Mini: which to pick

Only GPT-5.4 Mini has a coding score, 35.8 on the Vibe Coding Index; Gemma 4 26B A4B has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.

Pick Gemma 4 26B A4B for output tokens 7.5x cheaper ($0.60 vs $4.50 per million) and work measured by LMArena Text: coding or LMArena Text: software and IT, where it leads.

Model AGemma 4 26B A4BGoogleNot benchmarked1 independent benchmarkNo cost per solved taskModel BGPT-5.4 MiniOpenAI35.8/1005 independent benchmarks$0.70 per solved task
Shared results
53
Gemma 4 26B A4B only
2
GPT-5.4 Mini only
36
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-5.4 Mini 35.8 from 5 benchmarks.
Widest category
Agentic work, 27.4 points apart on average over 2 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap
τ²-Bench Telecom: Gemma 4 26B A4B 43.6% against GPT-5.4 Mini 83.3%, 39.8 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
Gemma 4 26B A4B $0.60 against GPT-5.4 Mini $4.50 per million output tokens, 7.5x apart.
Context window
Gemma 4 26B A4B takes 262K tokens, GPT-5.4 Mini 400K.

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-5.4 MiniTies
Coding28
Intelligence02
Agentic work02
Reasoning44
Math21
Knowledge40
General195
All shared boards3122
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index28
Coding benchmarks for Gemma 4 26B A4B and GPT-5.4 Mini
BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4BGPT-5.4 MiniLeader
LMArena WebDev13601397GPT-5.4 Mini
AA Coding Index39.356.1GPT-5.4 Mini
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)Not measured81.5%Only GPT-5.4 Mini measured
SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI)Not measured73.0%Only GPT-5.4 Mini measured
Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI)Not measured2.5%Only GPT-5.4 Mini measured
Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI)Not measured48.0%Only GPT-5.4 Mini measured
Code migration (Vals AI)Not measured12.9%Only GPT-5.4 Mini measured
ProgramBench (Vals AI)Not measured0.0%Only GPT-5.4 Mini measured
Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI)Not measured54.7%Only GPT-5.4 Mini measured
SciCode40.0%52.1%GPT-5.4 Mini
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)25.0%52.3%GPT-5.4 Mini
FrontierCodeNot measured27.0%Only GPT-5.4 Mini measured
WeirdML35.2%60.3%GPT-5.4 Mini
ALE-Bench927.21188.6GPT-5.4 Mini
LMArena Text: coding14461438Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: software and IT14541436Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena WebDev: React13511386GPT-5.4 Mini
LMArena WebDev: HTML13621419GPT-5.4 Mini
Neither model has a result on the other 21 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
Intelligence benchmarks for Gemma 4 26B A4B and GPT-5.4 Mini
BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4BGPT-5.4 MiniLeader
AA Intelligence Index16.724.1GPT-5.4 Mini
Epoch Capabilities Index141.9148.7GPT-5.4 Mini
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
Agentic work benchmarks for Gemma 4 26B A4B and GPT-5.4 Mini
BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4BGPT-5.4 MiniLeader
AA Agentic Index2.917.9GPT-5.4 Mini
Finance Agent (Vals AI)Not measured45.4%Only GPT-5.4 Mini measured
Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI)Not measured8.8%Only GPT-5.4 Mini measured
Legal Research Bench (Vals AI)Not measured12.5%Only GPT-5.4 Mini measured
Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI)Not measured45.4%Only GPT-5.4 Mini measured
τ²-Bench Telecom43.6%83.3%GPT-5.4 Mini
DeepResearch BenchNot measured36.3%Only GPT-5.4 Mini measured
Neither model has a result on the other 34 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index44
Reasoning benchmarks for Gemma 4 26B A4B and GPT-5.4 Mini
BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4BGPT-5.4 MiniLeader
GPQA DiamondNot measured83.1%Only GPT-5.4 Mini measured
MMMU Pro (Vals AI)Not measured79.3%Only GPT-5.4 Mini measured
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)79.2%87.5%GPT-5.4 Mini
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)19.3%28.1%GPT-5.4 Mini
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)73.2%86.9%GPT-5.4 Mini
ARC-AGINot measured63.7%Only GPT-5.4 Mini measured
ARC-AGI-2Not measured18.9%Only GPT-5.4 Mini measured
Chess puzzlesNot measured23.0%Only GPT-5.4 Mini measured
Mystery game puzzlesNot measured11.0%Only GPT-5.4 Mini measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts14381424Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: expert14471435Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English14481420Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Vision: diagrams12641266GPT-5.4 Mini
LMArena Vision: homework12931285Gemma 4 26B A4B
Kagi LLM BenchmarkNot measured37.9%Only GPT-5.4 Mini measured
Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index21
Math benchmarks for Gemma 4 26B A4B and GPT-5.4 Mini
BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4BGPT-5.4 MiniLeader
AIMENot measured95.6%Only GPT-5.4 Mini measured
OTIS Mock AIME82.2%88.9%GPT-5.4 Mini
FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3Not measured51.2%Only GPT-5.4 Mini measured
FrontierMath, tier 4Not measured9.8%Only GPT-5.4 Mini measured
ProofBenchNot measured21.0%Only GPT-5.4 Mini measured
LMArena Text: math14701418Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: mathematical work14751429Gemma 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-5.4 Mini
BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4BGPT-5.4 MiniLeader
MMLU ProNot measured84.5%Only GPT-5.4 Mini measured
CaseLaw (Vals AI)Not measured51.7%Only GPT-5.4 Mini measured
CorpFin (Vals AI)Not measured60.9%Only GPT-5.4 Mini measured
TaxEval (Vals AI)Not measured71.2%Only GPT-5.4 Mini measured
MortgageTax (Vals AI)Not measured63.5%Only GPT-5.4 Mini measured
SimpleQA VerifiedNot measured29.4%Only GPT-5.4 Mini measured
LMArena Text: science14461417Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare14281395Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: legal and government14571414Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: business and finance14291418Gemma 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-5.4 Mini
BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4BGPT-5.4 MiniLeader
Neither model has a result on 9 boards here
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index195
General benchmarks for Gemma 4 26B A4B and GPT-5.4 Mini
BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4BGPT-5.4 MiniLeader
SAGE (Vals AI)Not measured50.8%Only GPT-5.4 Mini measured
Vals Multimodal IndexNot measured54.2%Only GPT-5.4 Mini measured
IFBench72.4%73.3%GPT-5.4 Mini
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)65.7%77.0%GPT-5.4 Mini
DTBench74.9%80.0%GPT-5.4 Mini
LMCA29.7%40.8%GPT-5.4 Mini
LMArena Text14341412Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: instruction following14201405Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: creative writing14001370Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Vision12601245Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: English14441412Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: non-English14211405Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: Chinese14951446Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: GermanNot measured1408Only GPT-5.4 Mini measured
LMArena Text: JapaneseNot measured1375Only GPT-5.4 Mini measured
LMArena Text: KoreanNot measured1370Only GPT-5.4 Mini measured
LMArena Text: French14601441Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: Spanish14151405Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: Russian14341417Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: PolishNot measured1415Only GPT-5.4 Mini measured
LMArena Text: multi-turn14411429Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: longer queries14271408Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: writing and language14051393Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: entertainment and media14031373Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Vision: English12561244Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Vision: Chinese13121286Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Vision: reading text12681253Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Vision: humor12721235Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Vision: captioning1297Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 26B A4B measured
LMArena Vision: recognizing things11911218GPT-5.4 Mini
LMArena Vision: creative writing12561222Gemma 4 26B A4B
Neither model has a result on the other 15 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-5.4 Mini
BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4BGPT-5.4 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-5.4 Mini$0.0030Fits 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-5.4 Mini$0.051Fits 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-5.4 Mini$0.195Fits 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-5.4 Mini
SpecificationGoogle Gemma 4 26B A4BOpenAI GPT-5.4 Mini
MakerGoogleOpenAI
WeightsOpen weightsNo public weights listed
ReleasedApril 3, 2026March 17, 2026
Context window262K400K
Input $/Mtok$0.15$0.75
Output $/Mtok$0.60$4.50
Coding indexNot benchmarked35.8
Independent measurements behind it15
Cost per solved taskNot computable$0.70
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is Gemma 4 26B A4B better than GPT-5.4 Mini for coding?

Only GPT-5.4 Mini has a coding score, 35.8 on the Vibe Coding Index; Gemma 4 26B A4B has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Gemma 4 26B A4B for output tokens 7.5x cheaper ($0.60 vs $4.50 per million) and work measured by LMArena Text: coding or LMArena Text: software and IT, where it leads.

Which is cheaper, Gemma 4 26B A4B or GPT-5.4 Mini?

Gemma 4 26B A4B costs $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.60 per million output tokens; GPT-5.4 Mini costs $0.75 and $4.50. Cost per solved task is known for GPT-5.4 Mini only.

Which has the bigger context window, Gemma 4 26B A4B or GPT-5.4 Mini?

GPT-5.4 Mini, with 400K tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks is the Gemma 4 26B A4B vs GPT-5.4 Mini comparison based on?

53 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. Gemma 4 26B A4B's coding index rests on 1 independent benchmark and GPT-5.4 Mini's on 5. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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