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Model comparison

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT vs Hy4 preview

Hy4 preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 43.5 on the Noometry Index. Gemma 4 26B A4B IT costs 12× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Hy4 preview's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT Google

43.5

Rank #92 Confirmed

Hy4 preview Tencent

45.3

Rank #73 Reported

Summary

  • They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Gemma 4 26B A4B IT scores higher in 0 categories and Hy4 preview in 3 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in coding, where Hy4 preview leads 51.6 to 39.0.
  • Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is cheaper at $0.0675 / $0.23 per million input/output tokens, against $0.83 / $2.50 for Hy4 preview.
  • Hy4 preview accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 262K.

Side by side

Gemma 4 26B A4B ITHy4 preview
ProviderGoogleTencent
Noometry Index43.545.3
Released2026-04-022026-08-28
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window262K1.05M
Max output33K64K
Input $ / M tokens$0.0675$0.83
Output $ / M tokens$0.23$2.50
Results tracked283

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Category by category

Coding Hy4 preview leads

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 39.0 (#164), Hy4 preview: 51.6 (#38)

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITHy4 preview
LMArena WebDev13591632
SciCode40%—
WeirdML35.2%—
LMArena Coding1447—
ALE-Bench927.17—

Reasoning Hy4 preview leads

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 21.8 (#213), Hy4 preview: 31.9 (#79)

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITHy4 preview
NYT Connections (extended)—68.2%
CritPt0%—
Chess Puzzles6%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1439—
DTBench74.9%—
LMCA29.7%—
Epoch Capabilities Index141.85—

Math Hy4 preview leads

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 47.6 (#67), Hy4 preview: 55.7 (#42)

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITHy4 preview
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202582.2%—
ProofBench—75%
LMArena Math1470—

Knowledge Not comparable

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 45.7 (#85), Hy4 preview: —

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITHy4 preview
GPQA Diamond73.2%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate5.2%—
LMArena Expert1447—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 40.6 (#46), Hy4 preview: —

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITHy4 preview
LMArena Vision1260—

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 53.1 (#71), Hy4 preview: —

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITHy4 preview
LMArena Non-English1421—
LMArena Chinese1495—
LMArena French1460—
LMArena Russian1434—
LMArena Spanish1417—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 74.8 (#82), Hy4 preview: —

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITHy4 preview
LMArena Instruction Following1420—

Long Context Not comparable

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 43.6 (#91), Hy4 preview: —

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITHy4 preview
LMArena Longer Query1428—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 58.6 (#115), Hy4 preview: —

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITHy4 preview
LMArena Text1434—
LMArena Creative Writing1402—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1305—
LMArena Multi-Turn1441—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 4 26B A4B IT better than Hy4 preview?

Hy4 preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 43.5 on the Noometry Index. Gemma 4 26B A4B IT costs 12× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Hy4 preview's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Gemma 4 26B A4B IT or Hy4 preview?

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is cheaper. It lists at $0.0675 per million input tokens and $0.23 per million output tokens; Hy4 preview lists at $0.83 and $2.50.

Is Gemma 4 26B A4B IT or Hy4 preview better for coding?

Hy4 preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 51.6 versus 39.0 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Hy4 preview does, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 4 26B A4B IT and Hy4 preview share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. Gemma 4 26B A4B IT has 28 scored results on Noometry and Hy4 preview has 3.

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