Model comparison
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT vs Inkling
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT and Inkling score almost the same on the Noometry Index (43.5 vs 44.1), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 26 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 26 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 4 26B A4B IT scores higher in 2 categories and Inkling in 6 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Inkling leads 40.4 to 21.8.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 73.2% for Gemma 4 26B A4B IT and 88.3% for Inkling.
- Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is cheaper at $0.0675 / $0.23 per million input/output tokens, against $1.87 / $4.68 for Inkling.
- Gemma 4 26B A4B IT accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 66K.
Side by side
| Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Inkling | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Thinking Machines Lab | |
| Noometry Index | 43.5 | 44.1 |
| Released | 2026-04-02 | 2026-07-15 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 262K | 66K |
| Max output | 33K | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.0675 | $1.87 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.23 | $4.68 |
| Results tracked | 28 | 41 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 39.0 (#164), Inkling: 34.5 (#234)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1359 | 1413 |
| SciCode | 40% | 47% |
| WeirdML | 35.2% | 32.3% |
| LMArena Coding | 1447 | 1464 |
| ALE-Bench | 927.17 | 946 |
| FrontierCode | — | 14% |
| FrontierSWE | — | 4.1% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: —, Inkling: 29.6 (#85)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | — | 33.8% |
| τ²-bench Banking | — | 25% |
Reasoning Inkling leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 21.8 (#213), Inkling: 40.4 (#56)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | 0% | 5.4% |
| Chess Puzzles | 6% | 21% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1439 | 1451 |
| DTBench | 74.9% | 87.5% |
| LMCA | 29.7% | 37.6% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 141.85 | 148.54 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 36.5% |
| SimpleBench | — | 50% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 79.5% |
Math Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 47.6 (#67), Inkling: 31.3 (#225)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 82.2% | 88.9% |
| LMArena Math | 1470 | 1479 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 33.3% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | — | 4.9% |
| ProofBench | — | 0% |
Knowledge Inkling leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 45.7 (#85), Inkling: 55.1 (#49)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 73.2% | 88.3% |
| LMArena Expert | 1447 | 1465 |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 40.3% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.2% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 40.6 (#46), Inkling: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1260 | — |
Multilingual Too close to call
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 53.1 (#71), Inkling: 54.0 (#52)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1421 | 1434 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1495 | 1490 |
| LMArena French | 1460 | 1458 |
| LMArena Russian | 1434 | 1429 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1417 | 1448 |
| LMArena German | — | 1446 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1429 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1404 |
Instruction Following Too close to call
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 74.8 (#82), Inkling: 75.1 (#71)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1420 | 1426 |
Long Context Too close to call
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 43.6 (#91), Inkling: 43.8 (#86)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1428 | 1434 |
Writing & Preference Inkling leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 58.6 (#115), Inkling: 65.2 (#51)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1434 | 1441 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1402 | 1387 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1305 | 1611 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1441 | 1436 |
| EQ-Bench 4 | — | 1226 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 4 26B A4B IT better than Inkling?
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT and Inkling score almost the same on the Noometry Index (43.5 vs 44.1), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Which is cheaper, Gemma 4 26B A4B IT or Inkling?
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is cheaper. It lists at $0.0675 per million input tokens and $0.23 per million output tokens; Inkling lists at $1.87 and $4.68.
Is Gemma 4 26B A4B IT or Inkling better for coding?
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.0 versus 34.5 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT does, with 262K tokens against 66K.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 4 26B A4B IT and Inkling share?
26 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 4 26B A4B IT has 28 scored results on Noometry and Inkling has 41.