Model comparison
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT vs Magistral Medium
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 34.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.
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- They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 4 26B A4B IT scores higher in 8 categories and Magistral Medium in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in multilingual, where Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads 53.3 to 39.8.
- Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is cheaper at $0.0765 / $0.26 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $5 for Magistral Medium.
- Gemma 4 26B A4B IT accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 128K.
Side by side
| Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Magistral Medium | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | |
| Noometry Index | 43.1 | 34.8 |
| Released | 2026-04-02 | 2025-03-17 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 262K | 128K |
| Max output | 33K | 16K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.0765 | $2 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.26 | $5 |
| Results tracked | 28 | 22 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 38.8 (#156), Magistral Medium: 38.6 (#161)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | 40% | 39.2% |
| LMArena Coding | 1446 | 1319 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1359 | — |
| WeirdML | 35.2% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 927.17 | — |
Reasoning Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 21.1 (#205), Magistral Medium: 8.7 (#342)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | 0% | 0.3% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1438 | 1267 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 0% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 16.2% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 6.1% |
| Chess Puzzles | 6% | — |
| DTBench | 74.9% | — |
| LMCA | 29.7% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 141.85 | — |
Math Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 45.7 (#61), Magistral Medium: 32.4 (#187)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1469 | 1249 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 82.2% | — |
Knowledge Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 45.6 (#79), Magistral Medium: 32.9 (#199)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1447 | 1222 |
| GPQA Diamond | 73.2% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.2% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 39.9 (#43), Magistral Medium: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1260 | — |
Multilingual Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 53.3 (#68), Magistral Medium: 39.8 (#219)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1422 | 1232 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1495 | 1225 |
| LMArena French | 1459 | 1268 |
| LMArena Russian | 1434 | 1224 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1415 | 1269 |
| LMArena German | — | 1248 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1176 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1125 |
Instruction Following Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 75.0 (#78), Magistral Medium: 66.2 (#207)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1420 | 1254 |
Long Context Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 43.6 (#87), Magistral Medium: 39.3 (#178)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1427 | 1295 |
Writing & Preference Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 58.8 (#110), Magistral Medium: 46.5 (#214)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1434 | 1255 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1401 | 1245 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1442 | 1275 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1305 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 4 26B A4B IT better than Magistral Medium?
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 34.8 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Gemma 4 26B A4B IT or Magistral Medium?
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is cheaper. It lists at $0.0765 per million input tokens and $0.26 per million output tokens; Magistral Medium lists at $2 and $5.
Is Gemma 4 26B A4B IT or Magistral Medium better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (38.8 vs 38.6); test both on your own repository before choosing.
Which has the bigger context window?
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT does, with 262K tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 4 26B A4B IT and Magistral Medium share?
16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 4 26B A4B IT has 28 scored results on Noometry and Magistral Medium has 22.