Model comparison
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT vs Mercury
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.5 to 37.6 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 8 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 8 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 4 26B A4B IT scores higher in 6 categories and Mercury in 0 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads 58.6 to 46.2.
- Gemma 4 26B A4B IT has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Mercury | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Inception | |
| Noometry Index | 43.5 | 37.6 |
| Released | 2026-04-02 | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 262K | — |
| Max output | 33K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.0675 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.23 | — |
| Results tracked | 28 | 9 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 39.0 (#164), Mercury: 38.7 (#170)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Mercury |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1447 | 1322 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1359 | — |
| SciCode | 40% | — |
| WeirdML | 35.2% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 927.17 | — |
Reasoning Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 21.8 (#213), Mercury: 17.5 (#293)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Mercury |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1439 | 1285 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 21.6% |
| CritPt | 0% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 6% | — |
| DTBench | 74.9% | — |
| LMCA | 29.7% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 141.85 | — |
Math Not comparable
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 47.6 (#67), Mercury: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Mercury |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 82.2% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1470 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 45.7 (#85), Mercury: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Mercury |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 73.2% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.2% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1447 | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 40.6 (#46), Mercury: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Mercury |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1260 | — |
Multilingual Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 53.1 (#71), Mercury: 41.6 (#206)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Mercury |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1421 | 1260 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1495 | — |
| LMArena French | 1460 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1434 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1417 | — |
Instruction Following Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 74.8 (#82), Mercury: 65.2 (#224)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Mercury |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1420 | 1239 |
Long Context Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 43.6 (#91), Mercury: 38.4 (#198)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Mercury |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1428 | 1266 |
Writing & Preference Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 58.6 (#115), Mercury: 46.2 (#221)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Mercury |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1434 | 1282 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1402 | 1191 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1441 | 1282 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1305 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 4 26B A4B IT better than Mercury?
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.5 to 37.6 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemma 4 26B A4B IT or Mercury better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (39.0 vs 38.7); test both on your own repository before choosing.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 4 26B A4B IT and Mercury share?
8 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 4 26B A4B IT has 28 scored results on Noometry and Mercury has 9.