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Model comparison

Gemini 3 Flash Preview vs Gemma 4 26B A4B IT

Gemini 3 Flash Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.3 to 43.5 on the Noometry Index. Gemma 4 26B A4B IT costs 11× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3 Flash Preview's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 25 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3 Flash Preview Google

52.3

Rank #40 Confirmed

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT Google

43.5

Rank #92 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 25 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3 Flash Preview scores higher in 9 categories and Gemma 4 26B A4B IT in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads 49.2 to 21.8.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Chess Puzzles: 40% for Gemini 3 Flash Preview and 6% for Gemma 4 26B A4B IT.
  • Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is cheaper at $0.0675 / $0.23 per million input/output tokens, against $0.50 / $3 for Gemini 3 Flash Preview.
  • Gemini 3 Flash Preview accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 262K.
  • Gemma 4 26B A4B IT has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3 Flash PreviewGemma 4 26B A4B IT
ProviderGoogleGoogle
Noometry Index52.343.5
Released2025-12-172026-04-02
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M262K
Max output66K33K
Input $ / M tokens$0.50$0.0675
Output $ / M tokens$3$0.23
Results tracked5928

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 50.9 (#42), Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 39.0 (#164)

BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewGemma 4 26B A4B IT
LMArena WebDev14391359
WeirdML61.6%35.2%
LMArena Coding14601447
ALE-Bench1,367927.17
SWE-bench Verified75.4%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)75.8%—
SWE-bench Multilingual72.7%—
SciCode—40%
GSO9.8%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 38.7 (#29), Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: —

BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewGemma 4 26B A4B IT
Terminal-Bench64.3%—
τ²-bench Airline82.5%—
τ²-bench Banking27.3%—
τ²-bench Retail76.8%—
τ²-bench Telecom91.2%—
DeepResearch Bench49.8%—
BALROG48.1%—
GDP.pdf10%—
LMArena Search1198—
Vending-Bench 23,635—

Reasoning Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 49.2 (#37), Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 21.8 (#213)

BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewGemma 4 26B A4B IT
Chess Puzzles40%6%
LMArena Hard Prompts14651439
DTBench89.1%74.9%
LMCA43.1%29.7%
Epoch Capabilities Index151.8141.85
ARC-AGI-233.6%—
SimpleBench61.1%—
NYT Connections (extended)83.1%—
ARC-AGI-184.7%—
CritPt—0%
Mystery Game Puzzles26%—
ForecastBench58.5—

Math Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 51.7 (#55), Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 47.6 (#67)

BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewGemma 4 26B A4B IT
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202595.6%82.2%
LMArena Math14731470
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)51.2%—
FrontierMath Tier 417.1%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions67.6%—
ProofBench15%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)35.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)4.2%—

Knowledge Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 58.8 (#33), Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 45.7 (#85)

BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewGemma 4 26B A4B IT
GPQA Diamond89.4%73.2%
Vectara Hallucination Rate13.5%5.2%
LMArena Expert14621447
SimpleQA Verified66.8%—

Multimodal Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 45.5 (#16), Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 40.6 (#46)

BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewGemma 4 26B A4B IT
LMArena Vision12851260
GeoBench88%—
VPCT72.6%—
Blueprint-Bench 20%—
LMArena Document1413—

Multilingual Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 55.7 (#27), Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 53.1 (#71)

BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewGemma 4 26B A4B IT
LMArena Non-English14581421
LMArena Chinese15111495
LMArena French14771460
LMArena Russian14801434
LMArena Spanish14691417
LMArena German1497—
LMArena Japanese1489—
LMArena Korean1443—

Instruction Following Too close to call

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 75.7 (#56), Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 74.8 (#82)

BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewGemma 4 26B A4B IT
LMArena Instruction Following14371420

Long Context Too close to call

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 44.4 (#67), Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 43.6 (#91)

BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewGemma 4 26B A4B IT
LMArena Longer Query14521428

Writing & Preference Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 65.5 (#45), Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 58.6 (#115)

BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewGemma 4 26B A4B IT
LMArena Text14661434
LMArena Creative Writing14571402
LMArena Multi-Turn14711441
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1305

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3 Flash Preview better than Gemma 4 26B A4B IT?

Gemini 3 Flash Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.3 to 43.5 on the Noometry Index. Gemma 4 26B A4B IT costs 11× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3 Flash Preview's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3 Flash Preview or Gemma 4 26B A4B IT?

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is cheaper. It lists at $0.0675 per million input tokens and $0.23 per million output tokens; Gemini 3 Flash Preview lists at $0.50 and $3.

Is Gemini 3 Flash Preview or Gemma 4 26B A4B IT better for coding?

Gemini 3 Flash Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.9 versus 39.0 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3 Flash Preview does, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3 Flash Preview and Gemma 4 26B A4B IT share?

25 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3 Flash Preview has 59 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 4 26B A4B IT has 28.

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