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Model comparison

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT vs GLM-4.6

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 40.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 20 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT Google

43.1

Rank #88 Confirmed

GLM-4.6 Z.ai (Zhipu)

40.9

Rank #132 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 20 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 4 26B A4B IT scores higher in 4 categories and GLM-4.6 in 4 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads 45.7 to 36.4.
  • Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is cheaper at $0.0765 / $0.26 per million input/output tokens, against $0.60 / $2.20 for GLM-4.6.
  • Gemma 4 26B A4B IT accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 205K.

Side by side

Gemma 4 26B A4B ITGLM-4.6
ProviderGoogleZ.ai (Zhipu)
Noometry Index43.140.9
Released2026-04-022025-09-30
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window262K205K
Max output33K131K
Input $ / M tokens$0.0765$0.60
Output $ / M tokens$0.26$2.20
Results tracked2829

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Category by category

Coding GLM-4.6 leads

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 38.8 (#156), GLM-4.6: 39.9 (#137)

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITGLM-4.6
LMArena WebDev13591339
SciCode40%38.4%
LMArena Coding14461449
ALE-Bench927.17340.82
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)—55.4%
WeirdML35.2%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: —, GLM-4.6: 32.1 (#60)

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITGLM-4.6
Terminal-Bench—24.5%
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—72.4%

Reasoning GLM-4.6 leads

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 21.1 (#205), GLM-4.6: 23.1 (#168)

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITGLM-4.6
CritPt0%1.1%
LMArena Hard Prompts14381440
Kagi LLM Benchmark—47.4%
Chess Puzzles6%—
DTBench74.9%—
LMCA29.7%—
Epoch Capabilities Index141.85—

Math Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 45.7 (#61), GLM-4.6: 36.4 (#115)

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITGLM-4.6
LMArena Math14691431
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202582.2%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—3.8%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)—2.1%

Knowledge Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 45.6 (#79), GLM-4.6: 39.6 (#118)

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITGLM-4.6
Vectara Hallucination Rate5.2%9.5%
LMArena Expert14471432
GPQA Diamond73.2%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 39.9 (#43), GLM-4.6: —

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITGLM-4.6
LMArena Vision1260—

Multilingual Too close to call

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 53.3 (#68), GLM-4.6: 53.6 (#62)

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITGLM-4.6
LMArena Non-English14221426
LMArena Chinese14951500
LMArena French14591459
LMArena Russian14341418
LMArena Spanish14151436
LMArena German—1447
LMArena Japanese—1394
LMArena Korean—1401

Instruction Following Too close to call

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 75.0 (#78), GLM-4.6: 74.5 (#93)

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITGLM-4.6
LMArena Instruction Following14201410

Long Context Too close to call

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 43.6 (#87), GLM-4.6: 43.4 (#91)

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITGLM-4.6
LMArena Longer Query14271423

Writing & Preference GLM-4.6 leads

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 58.8 (#110), GLM-4.6: 61.3 (#86)

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITGLM-4.6
LMArena Text14341440
LMArena Creative Writing14011411
EQ-Bench Creative Writing13051411
LMArena Multi-Turn14421427

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 4 26B A4B IT better than GLM-4.6?

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 40.9 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Gemma 4 26B A4B IT or GLM-4.6?

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is cheaper. It lists at $0.0765 per million input tokens and $0.26 per million output tokens; GLM-4.6 lists at $0.60 and $2.20.

Is Gemma 4 26B A4B IT or GLM-4.6 better for coding?

GLM-4.6 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.9 versus 38.8 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT does, with 262K tokens against 205K.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 4 26B A4B IT and GLM-4.6 share?

20 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 4 26B A4B IT has 28 scored results on Noometry and GLM-4.6 has 29.

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