Gemma 4 26B A4B vs Hy3
Gemma 4 26B A4B and Hy3 cost about the same per output token ($0.60 vs $0.528 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 32 benchmarks have a result for both.
Gemma 4 26B A4B or Hy3: which to pick
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Pick Gemma 4 26B A4B for work measured by LMArena WebDev or SciCode, where it leads.
- Shared results
- 32
- Gemma 4 26B A4B only
- 23
- Hy3 only
- 12
- Like-for-like categories
- 5 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
No call
Only Gemma 4 26B A4B has a AA Intelligence Index result, 16.7.
Directional only
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
No call
Only Gemma 4 26B A4B has a AA Agentic Index result, 2.9.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
No call
Only Hy3 has a Design Arena: websites result, 1230.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
No call
Both take 262K tokens.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Hy3
Gemma 4 26B A4B $0.0004, Hy3 $0.0004 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- Gemma 4 26B A4B not benchmarked, Hy3 not benchmarked.
- Widest category
- Coding, 12.1 points apart on average over 7 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- LMArena WebDev: React: Gemma 4 26B A4B 1351 against Hy3 1511, 26.7 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Gemma 4 26B A4B $0.60 against Hy3 $0.528 per million output tokens, 1.1x 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.
| Category | Gemma 4 26B A4B | Bars | Hy3 | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 1 | 6 | ||
| Reasoning | 0 | 5 | ||
| Math | 0 | 2 | ||
| Knowledge | 2 | 2 | ||
| General | 5 | 9 | ||
| All shared boards | 8 | 24 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index16
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B | Hy3 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1360 | 1507 | Hy3 |
| AA Coding Index | 39.3 | Not measured | Only Gemma 4 26B A4B measured |
| SciCode | 40.0% | 48.6% | Hy3 |
| 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 | 838.6 | Gemma 4 26B A4B |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1446 | 1466 | Hy3 |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1454 | 1463 | Hy3 |
| LMArena WebDev: React | 1351 | 1511 | Hy3 |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | 1362 | 1487 | Hy3 |
| Neither model has a result on the other 29 boards here | |||
IntelligenceDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index2 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B | Hy3 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 16.7 | Not measured | Only Gemma 4 26B A4B measured |
| 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 | Hy3 | 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 39 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index05
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B | Hy3 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 79.2% | 89.7% | Hy3 |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 19.3% | 33.5% | Hy3 |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 73.2% | Not measured | Only Gemma 4 26B A4B measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1438 | 1447 | Hy3 |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1447 | 1461 | Hy3 |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1448 | 1455 | Hy3 |
| 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 14 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B | Hy3 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME | 82.2% | Not measured | Only Gemma 4 26B A4B measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1470 | 1473 | Hy3 |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1475 | 1482 | Hy3 |
| Neither model has a result on the other 10 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index22
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B | Hy3 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text: science | 1446 | 1457 | Hy3 |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1428 | 1452 | Hy3 |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1457 | 1422 | Gemma 4 26B A4B |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1429 | 1424 | 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 13 boards here | |||
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index8 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B | Hy3 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | Not measured | 1230 | Only Hy3 measured |
| Design Arena: UI components | Not measured | 1204 | Only Hy3 measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | Not measured | 1208 | Only Hy3 measured |
| Design Arena: data viz | Not measured | 1164 | Only Hy3 measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | Not measured | 1232 | Only Hy3 measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | Not measured | 1227 | Only Hy3 measured |
| Design Arena: SVG | Not measured | 1200 | Only Hy3 measured |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | Not measured | 1152 | Only Hy3 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index59
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B | Hy3 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| IFBench | 72.4% | Not measured | Only Gemma 4 26B A4B measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 65.7% | 79.0% | Hy3 |
| 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 | 1438 | Hy3 |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1420 | 1426 | Hy3 |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1400 | 1403 | Hy3 |
| LMArena Vision | 1260 | Not measured | Only Gemma 4 26B A4B measured |
| LMArena Text: English | 1444 | 1448 | Hy3 |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1421 | 1426 | Hy3 |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1495 | 1485 | Gemma 4 26B A4B |
| LMArena Text: German | Not measured | 1449 | Only Hy3 measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | Not measured | 1397 | Only Hy3 measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | Not measured | 1396 | Only Hy3 measured |
| LMArena Text: French | 1460 | 1456 | Gemma 4 26B A4B |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1415 | 1457 | Hy3 |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1434 | 1432 | Gemma 4 26B A4B |
| LMArena Text: Polish | Not measured | 1447 | Only Hy3 measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1441 | 1436 | Gemma 4 26B A4B |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1427 | 1442 | Hy3 |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1405 | 1414 | Hy3 |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1403 | 1400 | 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 17 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B | Hy3 | 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
Hy3 costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Hy3 costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Hy3 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 | Tencent Hy3 |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Tencent | |
| Weights | Open weights | Open weights |
| Released | April 3, 2026 | July 6, 2026 |
| Context window | 262K | 262K |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.15 | $0.132 |
| Output $/Mtok | $0.60 | $0.528 |
| Coding index | Not benchmarked | Not benchmarked |
| Independent measurements behind it | 1 | 1 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Gemma 4 26B A4B better than Hy3 for coding?
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Gemma 4 26B A4B for work measured by LMArena WebDev or SciCode, where it leads.
Which is cheaper, Gemma 4 26B A4B or Hy3?
Gemma 4 26B A4B costs $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.60 per million output tokens; Hy3 costs $0.132 and $0.528. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.
Which has the bigger context window, Gemma 4 26B A4B or Hy3?
Neither: both take 262K tokens.
How many benchmarks is the Gemma 4 26B A4B vs Hy3 comparison based on?
32 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 Hy3's on 1. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.