Model comparison

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT vs GLM-5V-Turbo

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT and GLM-5V-Turbo score almost the same on the Noometry Index (43.5 vs 43.8), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

Last verified October 10, 2026. 16 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT

Google

43.5

Rank #92 Confirmed

GLM-5V-Turbo Z.ai (Zhipu)

43.8

Rank #84 Confirmed

Summary

They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 4 26B A4B IT scores higher in 3 categories and GLM-5V-Turbo in 6 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
The widest gap is in math, where Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads 47.6 to 39.4.
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is cheaper at $0.0675 / $0.23 per million input/output tokens, against $1.20 / $4 for GLM-5V-Turbo.
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 200K.
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT and GLM-5V-Turbo specifications
	Gemma 4 26B A4B IT	GLM-5V-Turbo
Provider	Google	Z.ai (Zhipu)
Noometry Index	43.5	43.8
Released	2026-04-02	2026-04-01
Weights	Open	Proprietary
Context window	262K	200K
Max output	33K	131K
Input $ / M tokens	$0.0675	$1.20
Output $ / M tokens	$0.23	$4
Results tracked	28	19

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Category by category

Coding GLM-5V-Turbo leads

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 39.0 (#164), GLM-5V-Turbo: 42.1 (#111)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 4 26B A4B IT	GLM-5V-Turbo
LMArena WebDev	1359	1401
LMArena Coding	1447	1466
SciCode	40%	—
WeirdML	35.2%	—
ALE-Bench	927.17	—

Reasoning GLM-5V-Turbo leads

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 21.8 (#213), GLM-5V-Turbo: 29.7 (#89)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 4 26B A4B IT	GLM-5V-Turbo
LMArena Hard Prompts	1439	1443
CritPt	0%	—
Chess Puzzles	6%	—
DTBench	74.9%	—
LMCA	29.7%	—
Epoch Capabilities Index	141.85	—

Math Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 47.6 (#67), GLM-5V-Turbo: 39.4 (#106)

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 4 26B A4B IT	GLM-5V-Turbo
LMArena Math	1470	1441
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025	82.2%	—

Knowledge Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 45.7 (#85), GLM-5V-Turbo: 40.6 (#117)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 4 26B A4B IT	GLM-5V-Turbo
LMArena Expert	1447	1452
GPQA Diamond	73.2%	—
Vectara Hallucination Rate	5.2%	—

Multimodal Too close to call

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 40.6 (#46), GLM-5V-Turbo: 40.9 (#42)

Multimodal benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 4 26B A4B IT	GLM-5V-Turbo
LMArena Vision	1260	1264
LMArena Document	—	1416

Multilingual Too close to call

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 53.1 (#71), GLM-5V-Turbo: 53.0 (#73)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 4 26B A4B IT	GLM-5V-Turbo
LMArena Non-English	1421	1420
LMArena Chinese	1495	1488
LMArena French	1460	1444
LMArena Russian	1434	1431
LMArena Spanish	1417	1450
LMArena German	—	1423
LMArena Korean	—	1396

Instruction Following Too close to call

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 74.8 (#82), GLM-5V-Turbo: 75.0 (#80)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 4 26B A4B IT	GLM-5V-Turbo
LMArena Instruction Following	1420	1423

Long Context Too close to call

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 43.6 (#91), GLM-5V-Turbo: 44.0 (#80)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 4 26B A4B IT	GLM-5V-Turbo
LMArena Longer Query	1428	1438

Writing & Preference GLM-5V-Turbo leads

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 58.6 (#115), GLM-5V-Turbo: 62.5 (#73)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 4 26B A4B IT	GLM-5V-Turbo
LMArena Text	1434	1437
LMArena Creative Writing	1402	1416
LMArena Multi-Turn	1441	1432
EQ-Bench Creative Writing	1305	—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 4 26B A4B IT better than GLM-5V-Turbo?

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT and GLM-5V-Turbo score almost the same on the Noometry Index (43.5 vs 43.8), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

Which is cheaper, Gemma 4 26B A4B IT or GLM-5V-Turbo?

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is cheaper. It lists at $0.0675 per million input tokens and $0.23 per million output tokens; GLM-5V-Turbo lists at $1.20 and $4.

Is Gemma 4 26B A4B IT or GLM-5V-Turbo better for coding?

GLM-5V-Turbo scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.1 versus 39.0 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT does, with 262K tokens against 200K.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 4 26B A4B IT and GLM-5V-Turbo share?

16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 4 26B A4B IT has 28 scored results on Noometry and GLM-5V-Turbo has 19.