Gemma 4 26B A4B
Gemma 4 26B A4B is Google's language model with a 256K context window, available from 2 providers, starting at $0.13 / 1M input and $0.4 / 1M output. A 26B-parameter mixture-of-experts variant of Gemma 4 with a 4B active parameter budget, balancing efficiency and multimodal capability.
| Benchmarks | |
|---|---|
| Intelligence Index | #200 |
| Coding Index | #99 |
| GPQA | #163 |
| HLE | #140 |
| IFBench | #47 |
| Time to First Token | #151 |
| SciCode | #163 |
| LCR | #160 |
| TerminalBench Hard | #130 |
| TAU2 | #209 |
| Output TPS | #111 |
Capabilities
Input2/5
Text✓
Image✓
Audio·
Video·
PDF·
Output1/5
Text✓
Image·
Audio·
Video·
Embedding·
Capabilities2/13
Reasoning✓
Adaptive Reasoning·
Function Calling✓
Parallel Function Calling·
Structured Outputs·
Native JSON Schema·
Web Search·
URL Context·
Computer Use·
Code Execution·
File Search·
Prompt Caching·
Assistant Prefill·
Pricing by Provider
US Dollar ($)
Per 1M tokens
| Provider | Standard | Batch | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Input $ / 1M | Output $ / 1M | Input $ / 1M | Output $ / 1M | |
| $0.13 | $0.4 | — | — | |
| $0.156 | $0.48 | — | — | |
| $0.156 | $0.48 | $0.078 | $0.24 | |
Cost Calculator
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Cheapest Instances to Run It
Cloud GPU instances that can host Gemma 4 26B A4B, ranked by cheapest on-demand price. The model needs about 62 GB of GPU memory at FP16 precision (estimated from its parameter count), so treat the fit as guidance rather than a guarantee.
All clouds
FP16 (full precision)
US Dollar ($)
Instance | Cloud | GPU | VRAM | Price | Cheapest region | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard_NP10s |  Azure | AMD Alveo U250 FPGA (64GB) | 64 GB | $1.65/hr | ||
| Standard_NV32as_v4 | Azure | AMD Radeon Instinct MI25 | 64 GB | $1.86/hr | ||
| Standard_NP20s | Azure | 2× AMD Alveo U250 FPGA (64GB) | 128 GB | $3.30/hr | ||
Versions
| Version | Released | Context | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gemma 4 26B A4B | — | 256K | $0.130 | $0.400 | Current |
| Gemma 4 31B | — | — | — | — | Available |
| Gemma 4 26B A4B | — | — | — | — | Available |
| Gemma 4 31B | — | 256K | $0.140 | $0.400 | Available |
| Gemma 4 12B | — | — | — | — | Available |
| Gemma 4 E4B | — | — | — | — | Available |
| Gemma 4 E4B | — | — | — | — | Available |
| Gemma 4 E2B | — | 128K | $0.040 | $0.080 | Available |
| Gemma 4 | — | — | — | — | Available |
| Gemma 4 E2B | — | — | — | — | Available |
| Gemma 4 12B Instruct | — | 16K | $0.300 | $2.00 | Available |