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Gemma 4 26B A4B (Google): live API pricing, context window and the best open-source alternatives, tracked daily by OpenSourceAI.tech.
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Benchmarks & performance
Independent benchmark scores for Gemma 4 26B A4B, measured by Artificial Analysis. Higher is better. Measurement mode: Reasoning.
For the same budget, Gemma 4 26B A4B delivers 21 times more capability. Open weights also mean you can self-host it and pay nothing per token.
About this model
Gemma 4 26B A4B is an open-weight AI model by Google. You can download and self-host it for free; the prices below are hosted-API list prices, tracked hourly, for when you prefer convenience over self-hosting.
Frequently asked questions
What is Gemma 4 26B A4B?
Gemma 4 26B A4B is an AI language model from Google. It is open-weight: you can download it and run it on your own hardware, for free. It scores 25.7 on the Artificial Analysis intelligence index.
Is Gemma 4 26B A4B free?
The weights are free and open — you can self-host Gemma 4 26B A4B and pay nothing per token. If you prefer a hosted API, list prices are $0.07 per million input tokens and $0.34 per million output tokens.
What is Gemma 4 26B A4B good at?
Independent benchmarks from Artificial Analysis give it GPQA 79.2%, Humanity's Last Exam 18.3%, Long Context Reasoning 55.7%, SciCode 40%, IFBench 72.4%, τ²-Bench 43.6%, τ-Bench Banking 11.8%, Terminal-Bench 39%, Terminal-Bench Hard 13.6%. It is particularly used for code generation.
Can I self-host Gemma 4 26B A4B?
Yes. Gemma 4 26B A4B has open weights, so you can download it and run it on your own GPU or server with tools like Ollama, vLLM or llama.cpp — with no per-token cost.
Open-source alternatives
Depending on your workload, an open-weight model that you can self-host may cut costs dramatically or remove per-token pricing entirely. Our comparison pages put this model side by side with the strongest open-source contenders.