Model comparison

Command A vs Gemma 4 26B A4B IT

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 35.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified October 10, 2026. 18 shared benchmarks.

Command A

Cohere

35.9

Rank #212 Confirmed

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT

Google

43.1

Rank #88 Confirmed

Summary

They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Command A scores higher in 0 categories and Gemma 4 26B A4B IT in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
The widest gap is in math, where Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads 45.7 to 33.5.
The biggest single-benchmark swing is LMCA: 10.3% for Command A and 29.7% for Gemma 4 26B A4B IT.
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is cheaper at $0.0765 / $0.26 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $10 for Command A.
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 256K.

Side by side

Command A and Gemma 4 26B A4B IT specifications
	Command A	Gemma 4 26B A4B IT
Provider	Cohere	Google
Noometry Index	35.9	43.1
Released	2025-03-13	2026-04-02
Weights	Open	Open
Context window	256K	262K
Max output	8K	33K
Input $ / M tokens	$2.50	$0.0765
Output $ / M tokens	$10	$0.26
Results tracked	24	28

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Category by category

Coding Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads

Command A: 26.8 (#317), Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 38.8 (#156)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	Command A	Gemma 4 26B A4B IT
LMArena Coding	1331	1446
Aider Polyglot	12%	—
LMArena WebDev	—	1359
SciCode	—	40%
WeirdML	—	35.2%
ALE-Bench	—	927.17

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Command A: 35.7 (#36), Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmark	Command A	Gemma 4 26B A4B IT
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard	57.1%	—

Reasoning Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads

Command A: 17.7 (#276), Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 21.1 (#205)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	Command A	Gemma 4 26B A4B IT
LMArena Hard Prompts	1326	1438
DTBench	61.3%	74.9%
LMCA	10.3%	29.7%
Kagi LLM Benchmark	28.8%	—
CritPt	—	0%
Chess Puzzles	—	6%
Epoch Capabilities Index	—	141.85

Math Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads

Command A: 33.5 (#172), Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 45.7 (#61)

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	Command A	Gemma 4 26B A4B IT
LMArena Math	1300	1469
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025	—	82.2%

Knowledge Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads

Command A: 36.5 (#157), Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 45.6 (#79)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	Command A	Gemma 4 26B A4B IT
Vectara Hallucination Rate	9.3%	5.2%
LMArena Expert	1295	1447
GPQA Diamond	—	73.2%

Multimodal Not comparable

Command A: —, Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 39.9 (#43)

Multimodal benchmarks
Benchmark	Command A	Gemma 4 26B A4B IT
LMArena Vision	—	1260

Multilingual Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads

Command A: 45.5 (#166), Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 53.3 (#68)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	Command A	Gemma 4 26B A4B IT
LMArena Non-English	1313	1422
LMArena Chinese	1327	1495
LMArena French	1352	1459
LMArena Russian	1314	1434
LMArena Spanish	1346	1415
LMArena German	1341	—
LMArena Japanese	1283	—
LMArena Korean	1285	—

Instruction Following Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads

Command A: 69.3 (#172), Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 75.0 (#78)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	Command A	Gemma 4 26B A4B IT
LMArena Instruction Following	1309	1420

Long Context Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads

Command A: 40.6 (#147), Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 43.6 (#87)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	Command A	Gemma 4 26B A4B IT
LMArena Longer Query	1334	1427

Writing & Preference Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads

Command A: 47.8 (#204), Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 58.8 (#110)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	Command A	Gemma 4 26B A4B IT
LMArena Text	1331	1434
LMArena Creative Writing	1319	1401
EQ-Bench Creative Writing	1145	1305
LMArena Multi-Turn	1338	1442

Frequently asked questions

Is Command A better than Gemma 4 26B A4B IT?

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 35.9 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Command A or Gemma 4 26B A4B IT?

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is cheaper. It lists at $0.0765 per million input tokens and $0.26 per million output tokens; Command A lists at $2.50 and $10.

Is Command A or Gemma 4 26B A4B IT better for coding?

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.8 versus 26.8 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT does, with 262K tokens against 256K.

How many benchmarks do Command A and Gemma 4 26B A4B IT share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command A has 24 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 4 26B A4B IT has 28.