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Gemma 4 26B A4B vs Inkling Small

Inkling Small leads Gemma 4 26B A4B on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 25.7 to 16.7, and Gemma 4 26B A4B costs 2.0x less per output token ($0.60 vs $1.20 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 45 benchmarks have a result for both.

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Gemma 4 26B A4BGoogle
Coding
No data
Overall
54.7
Output $/M
$0.60
30
T Inkling SmallThinking Machines
Coding
27.3
Overall
43.6
Output $/M
$1.20
15
vs boards won of 45 shared

Gemma 4 26B A4B or Inkling Small: which to pick

Only Inkling Small has a coding score, 27.3 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 2.0x cheaper ($0.60 vs $1.20 per million) and work measured by LMArena Text: software and IT or LMArena Text: hard prompts, where it leads.

Model AGemma 4 26B A4BGoogleNot benchmarked1 independent benchmarkNo cost per solved taskModel BInkling SmallThinking Machines27.3/1004 independent benchmarks$0.16 per solved task
Shared results
45
Gemma 4 26B A4B only
10
Inkling Small only
39
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, Inkling Small 27.3 from 4 benchmarks.
Widest category
Agentic work, 20.6 points apart on average over 1 shared benchmark.
Widest single gap
AA Agentic Index: Gemma 4 26B A4B 2.9 against Inkling Small 23.5, 20.6 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
Gemma 4 26B A4B $0.60 against Inkling Small $1.20 per million output tokens, 2.0x apart.
Context window
Gemma 4 26B A4B takes 262K tokens, Inkling Small 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 A4BBarsInkling SmallTies
Coding16
Intelligence02
Agentic work01
Reasoning53
Math21
Knowledge40
General182
All shared boards3015
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index16
Coding benchmarks for Gemma 4 26B A4B and Inkling Small
BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4BInkling SmallLeader
LMArena WebDev13601409Inkling Small
AA Coding Index39.352.9Inkling Small
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)Not measured85.9%Only Inkling Small measured
SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI)Not measured82.2%Only Inkling Small measured
Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI)Not measured0.0%Only Inkling Small measured
Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI)Not measured19.1%Only Inkling Small measured
Code migration (Vals AI)Not measured13.7%Only Inkling Small measured
ProgramBench (Vals AI)Not measured0.5%Only Inkling Small measured
IOI (Vals AI)Not measured9.3%Only Inkling Small measured
Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI)Not measured55.1%Only Inkling Small measured
SkillsBench (Vals AI)Not measured33.6%Only Inkling Small measured
CyberBench (Vals AI)Not measured64.1%Only Inkling Small measured
SciCode40.0%49.7%Inkling Small
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)25.0%Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 26B A4B measured
WeirdML35.2%Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 26B A4B measured
ALE-Bench927.2Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 26B A4B measured
LMArena Text: coding14461450Inkling Small
LMArena Text: software and IT14541447Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena WebDev: React13511399Inkling Small
LMArena WebDev: HTML13621398Inkling Small
LMArena WebDev: from an imageNot measured1410Only Inkling Small measured
Neither model has a result on the other 18 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
Intelligence benchmarks for Gemma 4 26B A4B and Inkling Small
BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4BInkling SmallLeader
AA Intelligence Index16.725.7Inkling Small
Epoch Capabilities Index141.9150.3Inkling Small
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
Agentic work benchmarks for Gemma 4 26B A4B and Inkling Small
BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4BInkling SmallLeader
AA Agentic Index2.923.5Inkling Small
Finance Agent (Vals AI)Not measured41.3%Only Inkling Small measured
Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI)Not measured15.4%Only Inkling Small measured
Legal Research Bench (Vals AI)Not measured25.5%Only Inkling Small measured
Harvey's Legal Agent Benchmark (Vals AI)Not measured2.9%Only Inkling Small measured
Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI)Not measured31.8%Only Inkling Small measured
τ²-Bench Telecom43.6%Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 26B A4B measured
Neither model has a result on the other 34 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index53
Reasoning benchmarks for Gemma 4 26B A4B and Inkling Small
BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4BInkling SmallLeader
GPQA DiamondNot measured83.6%Only Inkling Small measured
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)79.2%89.5%Inkling Small
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)19.3%33.3%Inkling Small
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)73.2%88.5%Inkling Small
ARC-AGINot measured84.0%Only Inkling Small measured
ARC-AGI-2Not measured40.1%Only Inkling Small measured
Mystery game puzzlesNot measured6.0%Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts14381423Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: expert14471441Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English14481429Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Vision: diagrams12641251Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Vision: homework12931257Gemma 4 26B A4B
Neither model has a result on the other 10 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index21
Math benchmarks for Gemma 4 26B A4B and Inkling Small
BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4BInkling SmallLeader
OTIS Mock AIME82.2%90.0%Inkling Small
FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3Not measured46.3%Only Inkling Small measured
FrontierMath, tier 4Not measured17.1%Only Inkling Small measured
ProofBenchNot measured6.0%Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Text: math14701459Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: mathematical work14751441Gemma 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
Knowledge benchmarks for Gemma 4 26B A4B and Inkling Small
BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4BInkling SmallLeader
MMLU ProNot measured85.6%Only Inkling Small measured
LegalBench (Vals AI)Not measured83.0%Only Inkling Small measured
CorpFin (Vals AI)Not measured69.6%Only Inkling Small measured
TaxEval (Vals AI)Not measured75.5%Only Inkling Small measured
MortgageTax (Vals AI)Not measured62.3%Only Inkling Small measured
MedCode (Vals AI)Not measured37.9%Only Inkling Small measured
SimpleQA VerifiedNot measured19.1%Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Text: science14461428Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare14281413Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: legal and government14571415Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: business and finance14291413Gemma 4 26B A4B
FACTS Benchmark Suite42.7%Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 26B A4B measured
Neither model has a result on the other 6 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 Inkling Small
BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4BInkling SmallLeader
Neither model has a result on 9 boards here
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index182
General benchmarks for Gemma 4 26B A4B and Inkling Small
BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4BInkling SmallLeader
Vals IndexNot measured27.6%Only Inkling Small measured
Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI)Not measured59.4%Only Inkling Small measured
SAGE (Vals AI)Not measured32.7%Only Inkling Small measured
MedScribe (Vals AI)Not measured84.1%Only Inkling Small measured
Vals Multimodal IndexNot measured50.0%Only Inkling Small measured
IFBench72.4%Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 26B A4B measured
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)65.7%75.7%Inkling Small
DTBench74.9%Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 26B A4B measured
LMCA29.7%Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 26B A4B measured
LMArena Text14341413Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: instruction following14201399Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: creative writing14001334Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Vision12601237Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: English14441421Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: non-English14211401Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: Chinese14951464Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: GermanNot measured1408Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Text: JapaneseNot measured1401Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Text: KoreanNot measured1367Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Text: French14601435Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: Spanish14151422Inkling Small
LMArena Text: Russian14341394Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: PolishNot measured1428Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Text: multi-turn14411416Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: longer queries14271402Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: writing and language14051357Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Text: entertainment and media14031352Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Vision: English12561243Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Vision: Chinese13121292Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Vision: reading text12681243Gemma 4 26B A4B
LMArena Vision: humor12721207Gemma 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 writing12561205Gemma 4 26B A4B
Neither model has a result on the other 12 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 Inkling Small
BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4BInkling SmallLeader
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
Inkling Small$0.0010Fits 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
Inkling Small$0.026Fits 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
Inkling Small$0.102Fits 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 Inkling Small
SpecificationGoogle Gemma 4 26B A4BThinking Machines Inkling Small
MakerGoogleThinking Machines
WeightsOpen weightsOpen weights
ReleasedApril 3, 2026July 30, 2026
Context window262K524K
Input $/Mtok$0.15$0.45
Output $/Mtok$0.60$1.20
Coding indexNot benchmarked27.3
Independent measurements behind it14
Cost per solved taskNot computable$0.16
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is Gemma 4 26B A4B better than Inkling Small for coding?

Only Inkling Small has a coding score, 27.3 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 2.0x cheaper ($0.60 vs $1.20 per million) and work measured by LMArena Text: software and IT or LMArena Text: hard prompts, where it leads.

Which is cheaper, Gemma 4 26B A4B or Inkling Small?

Gemma 4 26B A4B costs $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.60 per million output tokens; Inkling Small costs $0.45 and $1.20. Cost per solved task is known for Inkling Small only.

Which has the bigger context window, Gemma 4 26B A4B or Inkling Small?

Inkling Small, with 524K tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks is the Gemma 4 26B A4B vs Inkling Small comparison based on?

45 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 Inkling Small's on 4. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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