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Gemma 4 26B A4B vs Llama 4 Maverick

Gemma 4 26B A4B leads Llama 4 Maverick on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 16.7 to 9.3, and Gemma 4 26B A4B costs 1.7x less per output token ($0.60 vs $1.00 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 47 benchmarks have a result for both.

Replace Gemma 4 26B A4B Replace Llama 4 Maverick
Gemma 4 26B A4BGoogle
Coding
No data
Overall
54.7
Output $/M
$0.60
47
Llama 4 MaverickMeta Llama
Coding
No data
Overall
21.8
Output $/M
$1.00
0
vs boards won of 47 shared

Gemma 4 26B A4B or Llama 4 Maverick: 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 1.7x cheaper ($0.60 vs $1.00 per million).

Model AGemma 4 26B A4BGoogleNot benchmarked1 independent benchmarkNo cost per solved taskModel BLlama 4 MaverickMeta LlamaNot benchmarkedNo coding benchmark$1.491 per solved task
Shared results
47
Gemma 4 26B A4B only
8
Llama 4 Maverick 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, Llama 4 Maverick not benchmarked.
Widest category
Math, 29.3 points apart on average over 2 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap
LMArena Text: Chinese: Gemma 4 26B A4B 1495 against Llama 4 Maverick 1277, 36.4 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
Gemma 4 26B A4B $0.60 against Llama 4 Maverick $1.00 per million output tokens, 1.7x apart.
Context window
Gemma 4 26B A4B takes 262K tokens, Llama 4 Maverick 524K.

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 A4BBarsLlama 4 MaverickTies
Coding70
Intelligence20
Agentic work20
Reasoning70
Math20
Knowledge40
General230
All shared boards470
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index70
Coding benchmarks for Gemma 4 26B A4B and Llama 4 Maverick
BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4BLlama 4 MaverickLeader
Aider polyglotNot measured15.6%Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
SWE-bench VerifiedNot measured21.0%Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
LMArena WebDev1360Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 26B A4B measured
AA Coding Index39.316.3Gemma 4 26B A4B
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)Not measured47.3%Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured39.7%Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
SciCode40.0%31.7%Gemma 4 26B A4B
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)25.0%6.8%Gemma 4 26B A4B
WeirdML35.2%24.5%Gemma 4 26B A4B
ALE-Bench927.2173.0Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: coding14461301Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: software and IT14541299Gemma 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 Llama 4 Maverick
BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4BLlama 4 MaverickLeader
AA Intelligence Index16.79.3Gemma 4 26B A4B
Epoch Capabilities Index141.9132.2Gemma 4 26B A4B
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
Agentic work benchmarks for Gemma 4 26B A4B and Llama 4 Maverick
BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4BLlama 4 MaverickLeader
AA Agentic Index2.90.6Gemma 4 26B A4B
τ²-Bench Telecom43.6%17.8%Gemma 4 26B A4B
Neither model has a result on the other 39 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index70
Reasoning benchmarks for Gemma 4 26B A4B and Llama 4 Maverick
BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4BLlama 4 MaverickLeader
GPQA DiamondNot measured69.4%Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
MMMU Pro (Vals AI)Not measured71.7%Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)79.2%67.1%Gemma 4 26B A4B
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)19.3%4.9%Gemma 4 26B A4B
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)73.2%Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 26B A4B measured
ARC-AGINot measured4.4%Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
ARC-AGI-2Not measured0.0%Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
SimpleBenchNot measured27.7%Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts14381281Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: expert14471259Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English14481295Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Vision: diagrams12641134Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Vision: homework12931164Gemma 4 26B A4B
Kagi LLM BenchmarkNot measured55.9%Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
Neither model has a result on the other 8 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
Math benchmarks for Gemma 4 26B A4B and Llama 4 Maverick
BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4BLlama 4 MaverickLeader
AIMENot measured25.2%Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
MATH 500 (Vals AI)Not measured85.2%Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
MGSM (Vals AI)Not measured92.4%Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
AA Math IndexNot measured19.3Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured19.3%Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
OTIS Mock AIME82.2%Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 26B A4B measured
LMArena Text: math14701299Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: mathematical work14751295Gemma 4 26B A4B
Neither model has a result on the other 5 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index40
Knowledge benchmarks for Gemma 4 26B A4B and Llama 4 Maverick
BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4BLlama 4 MaverickLeader
MMLU ProNot measured79.4%Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
LegalBench (Vals AI)Not measured77.8%Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
CorpFin (Vals AI)Not measured49.7%Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
TaxEval (Vals AI)Not measured66.6%Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
MortgageTax (Vals AI)Not measured58.5%Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
MedQA (Vals AI)Not measured43.3%Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
MedCode (Vals AI)Not measured36.5%Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured80.9%Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
GeoBenchNot measured52.0%Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
LMArena Text: science14461288Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare14281275Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: legal and government14571286Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: business and finance14291260Gemma 4 26B A4B
FACTS Benchmark Suite42.7%Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 26B A4B measured
Neither model has a result on the other 4 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 Llama 4 Maverick
BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4BLlama 4 MaverickLeader
Design Arena: websitesNot measured871Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
Design Arena: UI componentsNot measured896Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
Design Arena: game devNot measured837Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
Design Arena: data vizNot measured882Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
Design Arena: 3DNot measured900Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
Design Arena: all code categoriesNot measured879Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
Neither model has a result on the other 3 boards here
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index230
General benchmarks for Gemma 4 26B A4B and Llama 4 Maverick
BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4BLlama 4 MaverickLeader
SAGE (Vals AI)Not measured35.7%Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
MedScribe (Vals AI)Not measured54.2%Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
IFBench72.4%43.0%Gemma 4 26B A4B
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)65.7%50.0%Gemma 4 26B A4B
DTBench74.9%61.9%Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMCA29.7%15.9%Gemma 4 26B A4B
Fiction.LiveBenchNot measured46.2%Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
Creative writing (Lech Mazur)Not measured62.0%Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
LMArena Text14341287Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: instruction following14201267Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: creative writing14001266Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Vision12601142Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: English14441303Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: non-English14211269Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: Chinese14951277Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: GermanNot measured1291Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
LMArena Text: JapaneseNot measured1206Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
LMArena Text: KoreanNot measured1203Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
LMArena Text: French14601259Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: Spanish14151293Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: Russian14341286Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: PolishNot measured1275Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
LMArena Text: multi-turn14411289Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: longer queries14271280Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: writing and language14051277Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: entertainment and media14031250Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Vision: English12561150Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Vision: Chinese13121141Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Vision: reading text12681143Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Vision: humor12721100Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Vision: captioning1297Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 26B A4B measured
LMArena Vision: recognizing things1191Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 26B A4B measured
LMArena Vision: creative writing12561099Gemma 4 26B A4B
Neither model has a result on the other 13 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 Llama 4 Maverick
BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4BLlama 4 MaverickLeader
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
Llama 4 Maverick$0.0008Fits 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
Llama 4 Maverick$0.021Fits 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
Llama 4 Maverick$0.080Fits 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 Llama 4 Maverick
SpecificationGoogle Gemma 4 26B A4BMeta Llama 4 Maverick
MakerGoogleMeta Llama
WeightsOpen weightsOpen weights
ReleasedApril 3, 2026April 5, 2025
Context window262K524K
Input $/Mtok$0.15$0.35
Output $/Mtok$0.60$1.00
Coding indexNot benchmarkedNot benchmarked
Independent measurements behind it10
Cost per solved taskNot computable$1.491
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is Gemma 4 26B A4B better than Llama 4 Maverick 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 1.7x cheaper ($0.60 vs $1.00 per million).

Which is cheaper, Gemma 4 26B A4B or Llama 4 Maverick?

Gemma 4 26B A4B costs $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.60 per million output tokens; Llama 4 Maverick costs $0.35 and $1.00. Cost per solved task is known for Llama 4 Maverick only.

Which has the bigger context window, Gemma 4 26B A4B or Llama 4 Maverick?

Llama 4 Maverick, with 524K tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks is the Gemma 4 26B A4B vs Llama 4 Maverick comparison based on?

47 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 Llama 4 Maverick's on 0. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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