Gemma 4 26B A4B vs Grok 4.6
Grok 4.6 leads Gemma 4 26B A4B on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 44.3 to 16.7, and Gemma 4 26B A4B costs 10.0x less per output token ($0.60 vs $6.00 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 49 benchmarks have a result for both.
Gemma 4 26B A4B or Grok 4.6: which to pick
Only Grok 4.6 has a coding score, 65.7 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 10.0x cheaper ($0.60 vs $6.00 per million) and work measured by LMArena Text: hard prompts in English or LMArena Vision: homework, where it leads.
- Shared results
- 49
- Gemma 4 26B A4B only
- 6
- Grok 4.6 only
- 74
- 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.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, six public coding benchmarks
No call
Only Grok 4.6 has a coding score, so no call is made.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
Grok 4.6
Grok 4.6 leads, 44.3 against 16.7.
Same board, both measured
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
Grok 4.6
Grok 4.6 leads, 53.0 against 2.9.
Same board, both measured
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
No call
Only Grok 4.6 has a GPQA Diamond result, 94.7%.
Directional only
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
No call
Only Grok 4.6 has a MMLU Pro result, 89.4%.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
No call
Only Grok 4.6 has a Design Arena: websites result, 1289.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
Grok 4.6
Grok 4.6 takes 500K tokens against 262K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Gemma 4 26B A4B
Gemma 4 26B A4B $0.0004, Grok 4.6 $0.0050 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
No call
Only Grok 4.6 has the number, $0.82.
Directional only
At a glance
- Coding index
- Gemma 4 26B A4B not benchmarked, Grok 4.6 65.7 from 6 benchmarks.
- Widest category
- Agentic work, 50.1 points apart on average over 1 shared benchmark.
- Widest single gap
- AA Agentic Index: Gemma 4 26B A4B 2.9 against Grok 4.6 53.0, 50.1 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Gemma 4 26B A4B $0.60 against Grok 4.6 $6.00 per million output tokens, 10.0x apart.
- Context window
- Gemma 4 26B A4B takes 262K tokens, Grok 4.6 500K.
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.
| Category | Gemma 4 26B A4B | Bars | Grok 4.6 | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 0 | 9 | ||
| Intelligence | 0 | 2 | ||
| Agentic work | 0 | 1 | ||
| Reasoning | 2 | 6 | ||
| Math | 2 | 1 | ||
| Knowledge | 4 | 0 | ||
| General | 10 | 12 | ||
| All shared boards | 18 | 31 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index09
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B | Grok 4.6 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench coding | Not measured | 89.1% | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| LMArena WebDev | 1360 | 1617 | Grok 4.6 |
| AA Coding Index | 39.3 | 76.8 | Grok 4.6 |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 88.2% | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | Not measured | 95.6% | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 17.2% | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 76.2% | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | Not measured | 44.6% | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| ProgramBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 1.0% | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| IOI (Vals AI) | Not measured | 47.6% | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 78.3% | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| Vibe Code Bench 1-100 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 14.8% | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| SkillsBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 55.8% | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| CyberBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 67.7% | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| SciCode | 40.0% | 56.5% | Grok 4.6 |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 25.0% | Not measured | Only Gemma 4 26B A4B measured |
| FrontierCode | Not measured | 48.0% | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| FrontierSWE | Not measured | 25.3% | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| WeirdML | 35.2% | 67.3% | Grok 4.6 |
| ALE-Bench | 927.2 | 1508.1 | Grok 4.6 |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1446 | 1466 | Grok 4.6 |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1454 | 1457 | Grok 4.6 |
| LMArena WebDev: React | 1351 | 1631 | Grok 4.6 |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | 1362 | 1597 | Grok 4.6 |
| LMArena WebDev: from an image | Not measured | 1603 | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 14 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B | Grok 4.6 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 16.7 | 44.3 | Grok 4.6 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 141.9 | 156.6 | Grok 4.6 |
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B | Grok 4.6 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | 2.9 | 53.0 | Grok 4.6 |
| Design Arena: agents building web apps | Not measured | 1248 | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building full-stack apps | Not measured | 1264 | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building mobile apps | Not measured | 1234 | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building Android apps | Not measured | 1291 | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building Godot games | Not measured | 1276 | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building games | Not measured | 1209 | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| Design Arena: HTML slides | Not measured | 1250 | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| Design Arena: PowerPoint slides | Not measured | 1237 | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| LiveBench research | Not measured | 84.5% | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| LiveBench browser | Not measured | 64.0% | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| LiveBench long agentic | Not measured | 40.7% | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | Not measured | 53.7% | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 33.1% | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 48.1% | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | Not measured | 62.7% | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| BioMysteryBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 72.2% | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| Terminal-Bench-Science (Vals AI) | Not measured | 11.4% | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| Vals Science Index | Not measured | 38.1% | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| Time Horizon Index (Vals AI) | Not measured | 5.8% | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | 43.6% | Not measured | Only Gemma 4 26B A4B measured |
| APEX-Agents | Not measured | 65.3% | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| Vending-Bench 2 | Not measured | $9,047 | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 18 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index26
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B | Grok 4.6 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | Not measured | 94.7% | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| LiveBench reasoning | Not measured | 91.2% | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| MysteryMechanism (Vals AI) | Not measured | 30.6% | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 79.2% | 94.9% | Grok 4.6 |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 19.3% | 44.1% | Grok 4.6 |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 73.2% | 94.0% | Grok 4.6 |
| ARC-AGI | Not measured | 87.5% | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| ARC-AGI-2 | Not measured | 67.1% | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| SimpleBench | Not measured | 75.9% | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| Chess puzzles | Not measured | 33.0% | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| Mystery game puzzles | Not measured | 34.0% | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| EBR-bench | Not measured | 30.5% | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1438 | 1448 | Grok 4.6 |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1447 | 1469 | Grok 4.6 |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1448 | 1445 | Gemma 4 26B A4B |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | 1264 | 1285 | Grok 4.6 |
| LMArena Vision: homework | 1293 | 1283 | Gemma 4 26B A4B |
| Neither model has a result on the other 5 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index21
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B | Grok 4.6 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME | 82.2% | 99.2% | Grok 4.6 |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | Not measured | 66.0% | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| FrontierMath, tier 4 | Not measured | 31.7% | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| ProofBench | Not measured | 51.0% | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1470 | 1417 | Gemma 4 26B A4B |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1475 | 1464 | Gemma 4 26B A4B |
| Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index40
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B | Grok 4.6 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | Not measured | 89.4% | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 86.3% | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | Not measured | 66.2% | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | Not measured | 71.1% | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| MortgageTax (Vals AI) | Not measured | 64.2% | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | Not measured | 44.7% | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| SimpleQA Verified | Not measured | 49.3% | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1446 | 1437 | Gemma 4 26B A4B |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1428 | 1420 | Gemma 4 26B A4B |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1457 | 1429 | Gemma 4 26B A4B |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1429 | 1416 | Gemma 4 26B A4B |
| FACTS Benchmark Suite | 42.7% | Not measured | Only Gemma 4 26B A4B measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here | |||
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index9 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B | Grok 4.6 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | Not measured | 1289 | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| Design Arena: UI components | Not measured | 1294 | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | Not measured | 1296 | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| Design Arena: data viz | Not measured | 1282 | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | Not measured | 1277 | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | Not measured | 1292 | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| Design Arena: SVG | Not measured | 1240 | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | Not measured | 1279 | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| LiveBench design | Not measured | 79.8% | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index1012
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B | Grok 4.6 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench data analysis | Not measured | 75.3% | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 66.8% | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| SAGE (Vals AI) | Not measured | 28.9% | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | Not measured | 86.5% | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| IFBench | 72.4% | Not measured | Only Gemma 4 26B A4B measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 65.7% | 81.0% | Grok 4.6 |
| DTBench | 74.9% | 97.3% | Grok 4.6 |
| LMCA | 29.7% | 48.5% | Grok 4.6 |
| Furniture assembly | Not measured | 40.0% | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| LMArena Text | 1434 | 1429 | Gemma 4 26B A4B |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1420 | 1431 | Grok 4.6 |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1400 | 1426 | Grok 4.6 |
| LMArena Vision | 1260 | 1263 | Grok 4.6 |
| LMArena Text: English | 1444 | 1433 | Gemma 4 26B A4B |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1421 | 1420 | Gemma 4 26B A4B |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1495 | 1476 | Gemma 4 26B A4B |
| LMArena Text: German | Not measured | 1426 | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | Not measured | 1378 | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | Not measured | 1391 | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| LMArena Text: French | 1460 | 1455 | Gemma 4 26B A4B |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1415 | 1414 | Gemma 4 26B A4B |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1434 | 1421 | Gemma 4 26B A4B |
| LMArena Text: Polish | Not measured | 1430 | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1441 | 1425 | Gemma 4 26B A4B |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1427 | 1456 | Grok 4.6 |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1405 | 1429 | Grok 4.6 |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1403 | 1421 | Grok 4.6 |
| LMArena Vision: English | 1256 | 1270 | Grok 4.6 |
| LMArena Vision: Chinese | 1312 | 1289 | Gemma 4 26B A4B |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | 1268 | 1272 | Grok 4.6 |
| LMArena Vision: humor | 1272 | 1270 | Gemma 4 26B A4B |
| LMArena Vision: captioning | 1297 | Not measured | Only Gemma 4 26B A4B measured |
| LMArena Vision: recognizing things | 1191 | Not measured | Only Gemma 4 26B A4B measured |
| LMArena Vision: creative writing | 1256 | 1262 | Grok 4.6 |
| LMArena Document | Not measured | 1452 | Only Grok 4.6 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
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B | Grok 4.6 | 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 costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Gemma 4 26B A4B costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
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.
| Specification | Google Gemma 4 26B A4B | SpaceXAI Grok 4.6 |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | xAI | |
| Weights | Open weights | No public weights listed |
| Released | April 3, 2026 | August 12, 2026 |
| Context window | 262K | 500K |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.15 | $2.00 |
| Output $/Mtok | $0.60 | $6.00 |
| Coding index | Not benchmarked | 65.7 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 1 | 6 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | $0.82 |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Gemma 4 26B A4B better than Grok 4.6 for coding?
Only Grok 4.6 has a coding score, 65.7 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 10.0x cheaper ($0.60 vs $6.00 per million) and work measured by LMArena Text: hard prompts in English or LMArena Vision: homework, where it leads.
Which is cheaper, Gemma 4 26B A4B or Grok 4.6?
Gemma 4 26B A4B costs $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.60 per million output tokens; Grok 4.6 costs $2.00 and $6.00. Cost per solved task is known for Grok 4.6 only.
Which has the bigger context window, Gemma 4 26B A4B or Grok 4.6?
Grok 4.6, with 500K tokens against 262K.
How many benchmarks is the Gemma 4 26B A4B vs Grok 4.6 comparison based on?
49 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 Grok 4.6's on 6. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.