Model comparison
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT vs Gemma 7B
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.5 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 4 26B A4B IT scores higher in 8 categories and Gemma 7B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads 58.6 to 27.1.
Side by side
| Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Gemma 7B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | ||
| Noometry Index | 43.5 | 30.0 |
| Released | 2026-04-02 | 2024-02-21 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 262K | — |
| Max output | 33K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.0675 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.23 | — |
| Results tracked | 28 | 27 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 39.0 (#164), Gemma 7B: 30.5 (#294)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Gemma 7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1447 | 1048 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1359 | — |
| SciCode | 40% | — |
| WeirdML | 35.2% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 927.17 | — |
| HumanEval+ | — | 28.7% |
| MBPP+ | — | 43.4% |
Reasoning Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 21.8 (#213), Gemma 7B: 19.9 (#249)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Gemma 7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1439 | 1042 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 141.85 | 111.99 |
| CritPt | 0% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 6% | — |
| DTBench | 74.9% | — |
| LMCA | 29.7% | — |
| Adversarial NLI | — | 48.7% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 55.1% |
| HellaSwag | — | 82.2% |
| PIQA | — | 81.2% |
| WinoGrande | — | 79% |
Math Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 47.6 (#67), Gemma 7B: 31.2 (#228)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Gemma 7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1470 | 1066 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 82.2% | — |
| GSM8K | — | 46.4% |
Knowledge Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 45.7 (#85), Gemma 7B: 27.3 (#252)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Gemma 7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1447 | 1001 |
| GPQA Diamond | 73.2% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.2% | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 78.3% |
| BoolQ | — | 83.2% |
| MMLU | — | 66.1% |
| OpenBookQA | — | 78.6% |
| TriviaQA | — | 72.3% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 40.6 (#46), Gemma 7B: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Gemma 7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1260 | — |
Multilingual Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 53.1 (#71), Gemma 7B: 25.1 (#287)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Gemma 7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1421 | 999 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1495 | 1035 |
| LMArena French | 1460 | 1025 |
| LMArena Russian | 1434 | 993 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1417 | — |
Instruction Following Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 74.8 (#82), Gemma 7B: 51.5 (#295)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Gemma 7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1420 | 1017 |
Long Context Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 43.6 (#91), Gemma 7B: 31.1 (#282)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Gemma 7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1428 | 1022 |
Writing & Preference Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 58.6 (#115), Gemma 7B: 27.1 (#302)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Gemma 7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1434 | 1056 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1402 | 1024 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1441 | 963 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1305 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 4 26B A4B IT better than Gemma 7B?
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.5 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemma 4 26B A4B IT or Gemma 7B better for coding?
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.0 versus 30.5 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 4 26B A4B IT and Gemma 7B share?
14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 4 26B A4B IT has 28 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 7B has 27.