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Gemma 4 26B A4B vs Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507

Gemma 4 26B A4B leads Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 16.7 to 7.5, and Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 costs 2.0x less per output token ($0.30 vs $0.60 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 36 benchmarks have a result for both.

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Gemma 4 26B A4BGoogle
Coding
No data
Overall
54.7
Output $/M
$0.60
36
Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507Qwen
Coding
No data
Overall
41.5
Output $/M
$0.30
0
vs boards won of 36 shared

Gemma 4 26B A4B or Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507: which to pick

Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.

Compare them on price, context and the boards below.

Model AGemma 4 26B A4BGoogleNot benchmarked1 independent benchmarkNo cost per solved taskModel BQwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507QwenNot benchmarkedNo coding benchmarkNo cost per solved task
Shared results
36
Gemma 4 26B A4B only
19
Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 only
9
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, Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 not benchmarked.
Widest category
Agentic work, 15.5 points apart on average over 1 shared benchmark.
Widest single gap
IFBench: Gemma 4 26B A4B 72.4% against Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 50.7%, 21.8 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
Gemma 4 26B A4B $0.60 against Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 $0.30 per million output tokens, 2.0x apart.
Context window
Both take 262K tokens.

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 A4BBarsQwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507Ties
Coding40
Intelligence10
Agentic work10
Reasoning60
Math30
Knowledge40
General170
All shared boards360
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index40
Coding benchmarks for Gemma 4 26B A4B and Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507
BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4BQwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507Leader
LMArena WebDev1360Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 26B A4B measured
AA Coding Index39.3Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 26B A4B measured
LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured70.7%Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured
SciCode40.0%33.0%Gemma 4 26B A4B
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)25.0%6.1%Gemma 4 26B A4B
WeirdML35.2%Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 26B A4B measured
ALE-Bench927.2Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 26B A4B measured
LMArena Text: coding14461416Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: software and IT14541417Gemma 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 32 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
Intelligence benchmarks for Gemma 4 26B A4B and Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507
BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4BQwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507Leader
AA Intelligence Index16.77.5Gemma 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 Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507
BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4BQwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507Leader
AA Agentic Index2.9Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 26B A4B measured
τ²-Bench Telecom43.6%28.1%Gemma 4 26B A4B
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard (BFCL)Not measured41.4%Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 39 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index60
Reasoning benchmarks for Gemma 4 26B A4B and Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507
BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4BQwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507Leader
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)79.2%70.7%Gemma 4 26B A4B
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)19.3%10.3%Gemma 4 26B A4B
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)73.2%55.6%Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: hard prompts14381398Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: expert14471397Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English14481406Gemma 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 15 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index30
Math benchmarks for Gemma 4 26B A4B and Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507
BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4BQwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507Leader
AA Math IndexNot measured66.3Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured
AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured66.3%Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured
OTIS Mock AIME82.2%62.2%Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: math14701394Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: mathematical work14751411Gemma 4 26B A4B
Neither model has a result on the other 9 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index40
Knowledge benchmarks for Gemma 4 26B A4B and Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507
BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4BQwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507Leader
MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured80.5%Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured
LMArena Text: science14461393Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare14281392Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: legal and government14571387Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: business and finance14291389Gemma 4 26B A4B
FACTS Benchmark Suite42.7%Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 26B A4B measured
Neither model has a result on the other 14 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 Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507
BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4BQwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507Leader
Neither model has a result on 9 boards here
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index170
General benchmarks for Gemma 4 26B A4B and Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507
BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4BQwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507Leader
IFBench72.4%50.7%Gemma 4 26B A4B
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)65.7%61.3%Gemma 4 26B A4B
DTBench74.9%67.2%Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMCA29.7%22.4%Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text14341384Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: instruction following14201363Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: creative writing14001317Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Vision1260Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 26B A4B measured
LMArena Text: English14441391Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: non-English14211372Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: Chinese14951432Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: GermanNot measured1379Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured
LMArena Text: JapaneseNot measured1337Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured
LMArena Text: KoreanNot measured1330Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured
LMArena Text: French14601419Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: Spanish14151404Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: Russian14341369Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: PolishNot measured1353Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured
LMArena Text: multi-turn14411378Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: longer queries14271378Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: writing and language14051336Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: entertainment and media14031334Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Vision: English1256Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 26B A4B measured
LMArena Vision: Chinese1312Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 26B A4B measured
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 19 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 Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507
BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4BQwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507Leader
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
Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507$0.0002Fits in one request

Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

Gemma 4 26B A4B$0.0093Fits in one request
Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507$0.0054Fits in one request

Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

Gemma 4 26B A4B$0.036Fits in one request
Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507$0.021Fits in one request

Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 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 Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507
SpecificationGoogle Gemma 4 26B A4BQwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507
MakerGoogleQwen
WeightsOpen weightsOpen weights
ReleasedApril 3, 2026July 29, 2025
Context window262K262K
Input $/Mtok$0.15$0.09
Output $/Mtok$0.60$0.30
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 Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 for coding?

Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Compare them on price, context and the boards below.

Which is cheaper, Gemma 4 26B A4B or Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507?

Gemma 4 26B A4B costs $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.60 per million output tokens; Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 costs $0.09 and $0.30. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.

Which has the bigger context window, Gemma 4 26B A4B or Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507?

Neither: both take 262K tokens.

How many benchmarks is the Gemma 4 26B A4B vs Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 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 Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507's on 0. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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