Model comparison

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) vs Gemma 4 26B A4B IT

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 34.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 21 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) Google

34.8

Rank #223 Confirmed

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT Google

43.1

Rank #88 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 21 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) scores higher in 0 categories and Gemma 4 26B A4B IT in 9 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads 45.6 to 32.0.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 57.8% for Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) and 82.2% for Gemma 4 26B A4B IT.
  • Gemma 4 26B A4B IT has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) and Gemma 4 26B A4B IT specifications
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)Gemma 4 26B A4B IT
ProviderGoogleGoogle
Noometry Index34.843.1
Released2024-12-062026-04-02
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—262K
Max output—33K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.0765
Output $ / M tokens—$0.26
Results tracked5428

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Category by category

Coding Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 28.2 (#308), Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 38.8 (#156)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)Gemma 4 26B A4B IT
WeirdML25.8%35.2%
LMArena Coding13511446
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)13.5%—
Aider Polyglot38.2%—
LMArena WebDev—1359
SciCode—40%
BigCodeBench Instruct45.9%—
LiveBench Coding63.4%—
BigCodeBench Complete59.9%—
CadEval30%—
ALE-Bench—927.17

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 28.0 (#85), Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)Gemma 4 26B A4B IT
TheAgentCompany11.4%—

Reasoning Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 15.2 (#308), Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 21.1 (#205)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)Gemma 4 26B A4B IT
LMArena Hard Prompts13461438
DTBench63.2%74.9%
Epoch Capabilities Index135.36141.85
ARC-AGI-21.3%—
SimpleBench31.1%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark37.8%—
CritPt—0%
Chess Puzzles—6%
EnigmaEval1.1%—
LiveBench Reasoning78.2%—
LiveBench Data Analysis69.4%—
LMCA—29.7%
LiveBench66.9%—

Math Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 36.1 (#127), Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 45.7 (#61)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)Gemma 4 26B A4B IT
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202557.8%82.2%
LMArena Math13511469
Omni-MATH45.9%—
LiveBench Math75.8%—
MATH Level 582.2%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)1.7%—

Knowledge Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 32.0 (#207), Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 45.6 (#79)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)Gemma 4 26B A4B IT
GPQA Diamond64.1%73.2%
LMArena Expert13401447
Humanity's Last Exam6.6%—
MMLU-Pro73.7%—
Confabulations12.4%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate—5.2%
GPQA (HELM)55.6%—
MMLU79.7%—

Multimodal Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 35.9 (#74), Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 39.9 (#43)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)Gemma 4 26B A4B IT
LMArena Vision11581260
GeoBench77%—

Multilingual Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 47.6 (#144), Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 53.3 (#68)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)Gemma 4 26B A4B IT
LMArena Non-English13421422
LMArena Chinese13731495
LMArena French13901459
LMArena Russian13511434
LMArena Spanish13631415
LMArena German1354—
LMArena Japanese1293—
LMArena Korean1314—

Instruction Following Too close to call

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 74.6 (#91), Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 75.0 (#78)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)Gemma 4 26B A4B IT
LMArena Instruction Following13361420
LiveBench Instruction Following85.8%—
IFEval84.1%—

Long Context Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 38.1 (#198), Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 43.6 (#87)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)Gemma 4 26B A4B IT
LMArena Longer Query13451427
Fiction.LiveBench61.1%—

Writing & Preference Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 49.8 (#184), Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 58.8 (#110)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)Gemma 4 26B A4B IT
LMArena Text13541434
LMArena Creative Writing13401401
EQ-Bench Creative Writing11281305
LMArena Multi-Turn13501442
Short-Story Creative Writing73.8%—
WildBench80%—
LiveBench Language51.3%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) better than Gemma 4 26B A4B IT?

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 34.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) or Gemma 4 26B A4B IT better for coding?

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.8 versus 28.2 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) and Gemma 4 26B A4B IT share?

21 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) has 54 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 4 26B A4B IT has 28.

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