Model comparison
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT vs GPT-4.1 mini
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 33.5 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 25 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 25 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 4 26B A4B IT scores higher in 9 categories and GPT-4.1 mini in 0 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads 45.7 to 23.1.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 82.2% for Gemma 4 26B A4B IT and 44.7% for GPT-4.1 mini.
- Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is cheaper at $0.0765 / $0.26 per million input/output tokens, against $0.40 / $1.60 for GPT-4.1 mini.
- GPT-4.1 mini 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
| Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | GPT-4.1 mini | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | OpenAI | |
| Noometry Index | 43.1 | 33.5 |
| Released | 2026-04-02 | 2025-04-14 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 262K | 1.05M |
| Max output | 33K | 33K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.0765 | $0.40 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.26 | $1.60 |
| Results tracked | 28 | 47 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 38.8 (#156), GPT-4.1 mini: 30.4 (#286)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | GPT-4.1 mini |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | 40% | 40.4% |
| WeirdML | 35.2% | 37.6% |
| LMArena Coding | 1446 | 1367 |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | — | 23.9% |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 32.4% |
| LMArena WebDev | 1359 | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 48.9% |
| CadEval | — | 16% |
| ALE-Bench | 927.17 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: —, GPT-4.1 mini: 33.0 (#52)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | GPT-4.1 mini |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 50.5% |
Reasoning Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 21.1 (#205), GPT-4.1 mini: 10.9 (#335)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | GPT-4.1 mini |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | 0% | 0% |
| Chess Puzzles | 6% | 7% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1438 | 1349 |
| DTBench | 74.9% | 68.8% |
| LMCA | 29.7% | 21.1% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 141.85 | 135.01 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 0% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 48.6% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 3.5% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 7% |
Math Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 45.7 (#61), GPT-4.1 mini: 23.1 (#264)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | GPT-4.1 mini |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 82.2% | 44.7% |
| LMArena Math | 1469 | 1343 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 6.7% |
| Omni-MATH | — | 49.1% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 87.3% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 4.5% |
Knowledge Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 45.6 (#79), GPT-4.1 mini: 34.7 (#183)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | GPT-4.1 mini |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 73.2% | 65.8% |
| LMArena Expert | 1447 | 1338 |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 12.7% |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 78.3% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.2% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 61.4% |
Multimodal Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 39.9 (#43), GPT-4.1 mini: 35.2 (#77)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | GPT-4.1 mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1260 | 1181 |
Multilingual Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 53.3 (#68), GPT-4.1 mini: 45.9 (#161)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | GPT-4.1 mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1422 | 1318 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1495 | 1329 |
| LMArena French | 1459 | 1357 |
| LMArena Russian | 1434 | 1324 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1415 | 1319 |
| LMArena German | — | 1349 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1291 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1298 |
Instruction Following Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 75.0 (#78), GPT-4.1 mini: 73.9 (#113)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | GPT-4.1 mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1420 | 1332 |
| IFEval | — | 90.4% |
Long Context Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 43.6 (#87), GPT-4.1 mini: 31.8 (#270)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | GPT-4.1 mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1427 | 1344 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 44.4% |
Writing & Preference Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 58.8 (#110), GPT-4.1 mini: 48.8 (#193)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | GPT-4.1 mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1434 | 1341 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1401 | 1300 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1305 | 1147 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1442 | 1354 |
| WildBench | — | 83.8% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 4 26B A4B IT better than GPT-4.1 mini?
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 33.5 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Gemma 4 26B A4B IT or GPT-4.1 mini?
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is cheaper. It lists at $0.0765 per million input tokens and $0.26 per million output tokens; GPT-4.1 mini lists at $0.40 and $1.60.
Is Gemma 4 26B A4B IT or GPT-4.1 mini better for coding?
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.8 versus 30.4 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
GPT-4.1 mini does, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 4 26B A4B IT and GPT-4.1 mini share?
25 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 4 26B A4B IT has 28 scored results on Noometry and GPT-4.1 mini has 47.