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Model comparison

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT vs Magistral Small

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.5 to 30.2 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 7 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT Google

43.5

Rank #92 Confirmed

Magistral Small Mistral AI

30.2

Rank #296 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 7 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 4 26B A4B IT scores higher in 4 categories and Magistral Small in 0 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads 47.6 to 26.2.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 82.2% for Gemma 4 26B A4B IT and 30% for Magistral Small.
  • Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is cheaper at $0.0675 / $0.23 per million input/output tokens, against $0.50 / $1.50 for Magistral Small.
  • Gemma 4 26B A4B IT accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 128K.

Side by side

Gemma 4 26B A4B ITMagistral Small
ProviderGoogleMistral AI
Noometry Index43.530.2
Released2026-04-022025-06-10
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window262K128K
Max output33K40K
Input $ / M tokens$0.0675$0.50
Output $ / M tokens$0.23$1.50
Results tracked2810

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Category by category

Coding Too close to call

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 39.0 (#164), Magistral Small: 38.4 (#176)

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITMagistral Small
SciCode40%35.2%
LMArena WebDev1359—
WeirdML35.2%—
LMArena Coding1447—
ALE-Bench927.17—

Reasoning Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 21.8 (#213), Magistral Small: 6.8 (#350)

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITMagistral Small
CritPt0%0.3%
Chess Puzzles6%3%
DTBench74.9%61.3%
Epoch Capabilities Index141.85133.19
ARC-AGI-2—0%
Kagi LLM Benchmark—6.3%
ARC-AGI-1—5%
LMArena Hard Prompts1439—
LMCA29.7%—

Math Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 47.6 (#67), Magistral Small: 26.2 (#261)

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITMagistral Small
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202582.2%30%
LMArena Math1470—

Knowledge Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 45.7 (#85), Magistral Small: 30.9 (#223)

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITMagistral Small
GPQA Diamond73.2%56.1%
Vectara Hallucination Rate5.2%—
LMArena Expert1447—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 40.6 (#46), Magistral Small: —

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITMagistral Small
LMArena Vision1260—

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 53.1 (#71), Magistral Small: —

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITMagistral Small
LMArena Non-English1421—
LMArena Chinese1495—
LMArena French1460—
LMArena Russian1434—
LMArena Spanish1417—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 74.8 (#82), Magistral Small: —

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITMagistral Small
LMArena Instruction Following1420—

Long Context Not comparable

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 43.6 (#91), Magistral Small: —

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITMagistral Small
LMArena Longer Query1428—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 58.6 (#115), Magistral Small: —

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

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 4 26B A4B IT better than Magistral Small?

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.5 to 30.2 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Gemma 4 26B A4B IT or Magistral Small?

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is cheaper. It lists at $0.0675 per million input tokens and $0.23 per million output tokens; Magistral Small lists at $0.50 and $1.50.

Is Gemma 4 26B A4B IT or Magistral Small better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (39.0 vs 38.4); 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 Small share?

7 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 4 26B A4B IT has 28 scored results on Noometry and Magistral Small has 10.

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