Gemma 4 26B A4B
GOOGLE Developer Architecture Profile
Intelligence (ELO)1571Chatbot Arena Verified
Max Context262,144Tokens
API Cost / 1M$0.53Blended Prompt + Completion
Model Capabilities
- Top Tier
- Coding & Logic
- Fictional
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is an instruction-tuned Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) model from Google DeepMind. Despite 25.2B total parameters, only 3.8B activate per token during inference — delivering near-31B quality at a fraction of the compute cost. Supports multimodal input including text, images, and video (up to 60s at 1fps). Features a 256K token context window, native function calling, configurable thinking/reasoning mode, and structured output support. Released under Apache 2.0.
Granular Pricing Matrix
Input Tokens (Prompt)$0.13 / 1M
Output Tokens (Completion)$0.40 / 1M
Pricing data via OpenRouter. Sync: 4/3/2026
Evaluate Competitors
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