Model comparison
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT vs Grok 4.5
Grok 4.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 55.0 to 43.5 on the Noometry Index. Gemma 4 26B A4B IT costs 28× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Grok 4.5's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 27 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 27 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 4 26B A4B IT scores higher in 1 category and Grok 4.5 in 8 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Grok 4.5 leads 56.1 to 21.8.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is Chess Puzzles: 6% for Gemma 4 26B A4B IT and 36% for Grok 4.5.
- Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is cheaper at $0.0675 / $0.23 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $6 for Grok 4.5.
- Grok 4.5 accepts more context: 500K 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 | Grok 4.5 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | |
| Noometry Index | 43.5 | 55.0 |
| Released | 2026-04-02 | 2026-07-08 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 262K | 500K |
| Max output | 33K | 500K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.0675 | $2 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.23 | $6 |
| Results tracked | 28 | 52 |
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Category by category
Coding Grok 4.5 leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 39.0 (#164), Grok 4.5: 52.2 (#35)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Grok 4.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1359 | 1553 |
| SciCode | 40% | 54.1% |
| WeirdML | 35.2% | 46.4% |
| LMArena Coding | 1447 | 1474 |
| ALE-Bench | 927.17 | 1,309 |
| DeepSWE | — | 53.8% |
| FrontierCode | — | 42.4% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: —, Grok 4.5: 44.4 (#17)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Grok 4.5 |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | — | 56.2% |
| τ²-bench Banking | — | 47.9% |
| PostTrainBench | — | 23.4% |
| GBAEval | — | 65.4% |
| GDP.pdf | — | 14% |
| LMArena Search | — | 1213 |
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 3,887 |
Reasoning Grok 4.5 leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 21.8 (#213), Grok 4.5: 56.1 (#25)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Grok 4.5 |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | 0% | 15.4% |
| Chess Puzzles | 6% | 36% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1439 | 1462 |
| DTBench | 74.9% | 96.5% |
| LMCA | 29.7% | 45.2% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 141.85 | 153.92 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 52.6% |
| SimpleBench | — | 70% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 83.5% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 79.9% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 87.2% |
| Surface Evolver Bench | — | 74.4% |
Math Grok 4.5 leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 47.6 (#67), Grok 4.5: 60.9 (#35)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Grok 4.5 |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 82.2% | 97.8% |
| LMArena Math | 1470 | 1459 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 57.2% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | — | 24.4% |
| ProofBench | — | 31% |
Knowledge Grok 4.5 leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 45.7 (#85), Grok 4.5: 62.3 (#24)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Grok 4.5 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 73.2% | 93.4% |
| LMArena Expert | 1447 | 1466 |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 48.3% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.2% | — |
Multimodal Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 40.6 (#46), Grok 4.5: 37.6 (#72)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Grok 4.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1260 | 1288 |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | — | 27.3% |
| Furniture Assembly | — | 22.5% |
| LMArena Document | — | 1452 |
Multilingual Grok 4.5 leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 53.1 (#71), Grok 4.5: 54.4 (#42)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Grok 4.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1421 | 1440 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1495 | 1496 |
| LMArena French | 1460 | 1456 |
| LMArena Russian | 1434 | 1448 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1417 | 1450 |
| LMArena German | — | 1446 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1428 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1404 |
Instruction Following Grok 4.5 leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 74.8 (#82), Grok 4.5: 76.0 (#48)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Grok 4.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1420 | 1446 |
Long Context Grok 4.5 leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 43.6 (#91), Grok 4.5: 44.8 (#56)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Grok 4.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1428 | 1463 |
Writing & Preference Grok 4.5 leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 58.6 (#115), Grok 4.5: 65.8 (#42)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Grok 4.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1434 | 1448 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1402 | 1442 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1305 | 1579 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1441 | 1456 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 4 26B A4B IT better than Grok 4.5?
Grok 4.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 55.0 to 43.5 on the Noometry Index. Gemma 4 26B A4B IT costs 28× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Grok 4.5's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Gemma 4 26B A4B IT or Grok 4.5?
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is cheaper. It lists at $0.0675 per million input tokens and $0.23 per million output tokens; Grok 4.5 lists at $2 and $6.
Is Gemma 4 26B A4B IT or Grok 4.5 better for coding?
Grok 4.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 52.2 versus 39.0 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Grok 4.5 does, with 500K tokens against 262K.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 4 26B A4B IT and Grok 4.5 share?
27 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 4 26B A4B IT has 28 scored results on Noometry and Grok 4.5 has 52.