Model comparison
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT vs Llama 13b
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 23.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 9 shared benchmarks.
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MetaSummary
- They share 9 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 4 26B A4B IT scores higher in 6 categories and Llama 13b in 0 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads 58.8 to 13.9.
Side by side
| Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Llama 13b | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | |
| Noometry Index | 43.1 | 23.9 |
| Released | 2026-04-02 | 2023-02-24 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 262K | — |
| Max output | 33K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.0765 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.26 | — |
| Results tracked | 28 | 21 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 38.8 (#156), Llama 13b: 20.9 (#332)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Llama 13b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1446 | 683 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1359 | — |
| SciCode | 40% | — |
| WeirdML | 35.2% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 927.17 | — |
Reasoning Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 21.1 (#205), Llama 13b: 13.4 (#327)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Llama 13b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1438 | 728 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 141.85 | 100.09 |
| CritPt | 0% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 6% | — |
| DTBench | 74.9% | — |
| LMCA | 29.7% | — |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 37.9% |
| HellaSwag | — | 79.2% |
| LAMBADA | — | 75.2% |
| PIQA | — | 80.1% |
| WinoGrande | — | 73% |
Math Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 45.7 (#61), Llama 13b: 24.4 (#259)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Llama 13b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1469 | 838 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 82.2% | — |
| GSM8K | — | 20.6% |
Knowledge Not comparable
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 45.6 (#79), Llama 13b: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Llama 13b |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 73.2% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.2% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1447 | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 52.7% |
| BoolQ | — | 78.7% |
| MMLU | — | 47.7% |
| OpenBookQA | — | 56.4% |
| TriviaQA | — | 77.9% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 39.9 (#43), Llama 13b: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Llama 13b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1260 | — |
| ScienceQA | — | 43.3% |
Multilingual Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 53.3 (#68), Llama 13b: 16.8 (#292)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Llama 13b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1422 | 819 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1495 | — |
| LMArena French | 1459 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1434 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1415 | — |
Instruction Following Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 75.0 (#78), Llama 13b: 36.9 (#300)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Llama 13b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1420 | 781 |
Long Context Not comparable
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 43.6 (#87), Llama 13b: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Llama 13b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1427 | — |
Writing & Preference Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 58.8 (#110), Llama 13b: 13.9 (#307)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Llama 13b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1434 | 834 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1401 | 794 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1442 | 753 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1305 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 4 26B A4B IT better than Llama 13b?
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 23.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemma 4 26B A4B IT or Llama 13b better for coding?
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.8 versus 20.9 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 4 26B A4B IT and Llama 13b share?
9 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 4 26B A4B IT has 28 scored results on Noometry and Llama 13b has 21.