Gemma 4 26B A4B vs MiniMax M1
Gemma 4 26B A4B leads MiniMax M1 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 16.7 to 11.7, and Gemma 4 26B A4B costs 3.7x less per output token ($0.60 vs $2.20 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 25 benchmarks have a result for both.
Gemma 4 26B A4B or MiniMax M1: 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 3.7x cheaper ($0.60 vs $2.20 per million).
- Shared results
- 25
- Gemma 4 26B A4B only
- 30
- MiniMax M1 only
- 4
- Like-for-like categories
- 6 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
Neither has a coding score yet.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
Gemma 4 26B A4B
Gemma 4 26B A4B leads, 16.7 against 11.7.
Same board, both measured
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
No call
Only Gemma 4 26B A4B has a AA Agentic Index result, 2.9.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
MiniMax M1
MiniMax M1 takes 1M tokens against 262K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Gemma 4 26B A4B
Gemma 4 26B A4B $0.0004, MiniMax M1 $0.0015 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- Gemma 4 26B A4B not benchmarked, MiniMax M1 not benchmarked.
- Widest category
- Math, 18.4 points apart on average over 2 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- LMArena Text: Chinese: Gemma 4 26B A4B 1495 against MiniMax M1 1360, 22.6 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Gemma 4 26B A4B $0.60 against MiniMax M1 $2.20 per million output tokens, 3.7x apart.
- Context window
- Gemma 4 26B A4B takes 262K tokens, MiniMax M1 1M.
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 | MiniMax M1 | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 2 | 0 | ||
| Intelligence | 1 | 0 | ||
| Reasoning | 3 | 0 | ||
| Math | 2 | 0 | ||
| Knowledge | 4 | 0 | ||
| General | 13 | 0 | ||
| All shared boards | 25 | 0 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index20
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B | MiniMax M1 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1360 | Not measured | Only Gemma 4 26B A4B measured |
| AA Coding Index | 39.3 | Not measured | Only Gemma 4 26B A4B measured |
| SciCode | 40.0% | Not measured | Only Gemma 4 26B A4B measured |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 25.0% | Not measured | Only Gemma 4 26B A4B measured |
| WeirdML | 35.2% | Not measured | Only Gemma 4 26B A4B measured |
| ALE-Bench | 927.2 | Not measured | Only Gemma 4 26B A4B measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1446 | 1359 | Gemma 4 26B A4B |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1454 | 1359 | Gemma 4 26B A4B |
| LMArena WebDev: React | 1351 | Not measured | Only Gemma 4 26B A4B measured |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | 1362 | Not measured | Only Gemma 4 26B A4B measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 33 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B | MiniMax M1 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 16.7 | 11.7 | Gemma 4 26B A4B |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 141.9 | Not measured | Only Gemma 4 26B A4B measured |
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index2 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B | MiniMax M1 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | 2.9 | Not measured | Only Gemma 4 26B A4B measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | 43.6% | Not measured | Only Gemma 4 26B A4B measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 40 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index30
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B | MiniMax M1 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 79.2% | Not measured | Only Gemma 4 26B A4B measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 19.3% | Not measured | Only Gemma 4 26B A4B measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 73.2% | Not measured | Only Gemma 4 26B A4B measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1438 | 1339 | Gemma 4 26B A4B |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1447 | 1317 | Gemma 4 26B A4B |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1448 | 1353 | Gemma 4 26B A4B |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | 1264 | Not measured | Only Gemma 4 26B A4B measured |
| LMArena Vision: homework | 1293 | Not measured | Only Gemma 4 26B A4B measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 15 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B | MiniMax M1 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME | 82.2% | Not measured | Only Gemma 4 26B A4B measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1470 | 1361 | Gemma 4 26B A4B |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1475 | 1363 | Gemma 4 26B A4B |
| Neither model has a result on the other 11 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index40
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B | MiniMax M1 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text: science | 1446 | 1354 | Gemma 4 26B A4B |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1428 | 1355 | Gemma 4 26B A4B |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1457 | 1337 | Gemma 4 26B A4B |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1429 | 1319 | 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 15 boards here | |||
Web designNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B | MiniMax M1 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neither model has a result on 9 boards here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index130
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B | MiniMax M1 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| IFBench | 72.4% | Not measured | Only Gemma 4 26B A4B measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 65.7% | Not measured | Only Gemma 4 26B A4B measured |
| DTBench | 74.9% | Not measured | Only Gemma 4 26B A4B measured |
| LMCA | 29.7% | Not measured | Only Gemma 4 26B A4B measured |
| LMArena Text | 1434 | 1343 | Gemma 4 26B A4B |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1420 | 1312 | Gemma 4 26B A4B |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1400 | 1297 | Gemma 4 26B A4B |
| LMArena Vision | 1260 | Not measured | Only Gemma 4 26B A4B measured |
| LMArena Text: English | 1444 | 1363 | Gemma 4 26B A4B |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1421 | 1319 | Gemma 4 26B A4B |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1495 | 1360 | Gemma 4 26B A4B |
| LMArena Text: German | Not measured | 1350 | Only MiniMax M1 measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | Not measured | 1217 | Only MiniMax M1 measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | Not measured | 1266 | Only MiniMax M1 measured |
| LMArena Text: French | 1460 | 1370 | Gemma 4 26B A4B |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1415 | 1353 | Gemma 4 26B A4B |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1434 | 1329 | Gemma 4 26B A4B |
| LMArena Text: Polish | Not measured | 1329 | Only MiniMax M1 measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1441 | 1335 | Gemma 4 26B A4B |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1427 | 1326 | Gemma 4 26B A4B |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1405 | 1311 | Gemma 4 26B A4B |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1403 | 1303 | Gemma 4 26B A4B |
| LMArena Vision: English | 1256 | Not measured | Only Gemma 4 26B A4B measured |
| LMArena Vision: Chinese | 1312 | Not measured | Only Gemma 4 26B A4B measured |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | 1268 | Not measured | Only Gemma 4 26B A4B measured |
| LMArena Vision: humor | 1272 | Not measured | Only Gemma 4 26B A4B measured |
| 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 | Not measured | Only Gemma 4 26B A4B measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 19 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B | MiniMax M1 | 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 | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | MiniMax | |
| Weights | Open weights | No public weights listed |
| Released | April 3, 2026 | June 17, 2025 |
| Context window | 262K | 1M |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.15 | $0.40 |
| Output $/Mtok | $0.60 | $2.20 |
| Coding index | Not benchmarked | Not benchmarked |
| Independent measurements behind it | 1 | 0 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Gemma 4 26B A4B better than MiniMax M1 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 3.7x cheaper ($0.60 vs $2.20 per million).
Which is cheaper, Gemma 4 26B A4B or MiniMax M1?
Gemma 4 26B A4B costs $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.60 per million output tokens; MiniMax M1 costs $0.40 and $2.20. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.
Which has the bigger context window, Gemma 4 26B A4B or MiniMax M1?
MiniMax M1, with 1M tokens against 262K.
How many benchmarks is the Gemma 4 26B A4B vs MiniMax M1 comparison based on?
25 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 MiniMax M1's on 0. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.