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Gemma 4 26B A4B IT vs MiniMax M1

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 39.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT Google

43.1

Rank #88 Confirmed

MiniMax M1 MiniMax

39.7

Rank #146 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 4 26B A4B IT scores higher in 6 categories and MiniMax M1 in 2 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads 45.7 to 34.8.
  • Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is cheaper at $0.0765 / $0.26 per million input/output tokens, against $0.40 / $2.20 for MiniMax M1.
  • MiniMax M1 accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 262K.

Side by side

Gemma 4 26B A4B ITMiniMax M1
ProviderGoogleMiniMax
Noometry Index43.139.7
Released2026-04-022025-06-13
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window262K1M
Max output33K40K
Input $ / M tokens$0.0765$0.40
Output $ / M tokens$0.26$2.20
Results tracked2818

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Category by category

Coding Too close to call

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 38.8 (#156), MiniMax M1: 39.2 (#149)

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITMiniMax M1
LMArena Coding14461359
LMArena WebDev1359—
SciCode40%—
WeirdML35.2%—
ALE-Bench927.17—

Reasoning MiniMax M1 leads

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 21.1 (#205), MiniMax M1: 25.8 (#125)

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITMiniMax M1
LMArena Hard Prompts14381340
CritPt0%—
Chess Puzzles6%—
DTBench74.9%—
LMCA29.7%—
Epoch Capabilities Index141.85—

Math Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 45.7 (#61), MiniMax M1: 34.8 (#152)

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITMiniMax M1
LMArena Math14691360
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202582.2%—

Knowledge Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 45.6 (#79), MiniMax M1: 35.7 (#168)

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITMiniMax M1
LMArena Expert14471316
GPQA Diamond73.2%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate5.2%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 39.9 (#43), MiniMax M1: —

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITMiniMax M1
LMArena Vision1260—

Multilingual Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 53.3 (#68), MiniMax M1: 46.0 (#157)

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITMiniMax M1
LMArena Non-English14221320
LMArena Chinese14951361
LMArena French14591369
LMArena Russian14341330
LMArena Spanish14151354
LMArena German—1350
LMArena Japanese—1220
LMArena Korean—1263

Instruction Following Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 75.0 (#78), MiniMax M1: 69.5 (#169)

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITMiniMax M1
LMArena Instruction Following14201312

Long Context Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 43.6 (#87), MiniMax M1: 41.4 (#136)

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITMiniMax M1
LMArena Longer Query14271326
Fiction.LiveBench—69.4%

Writing & Preference Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 58.8 (#110), MiniMax M1: 53.3 (#155)

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITMiniMax M1
LMArena Text14341343
LMArena Creative Writing14011298
LMArena Multi-Turn14421335
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1305—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 4 26B A4B IT better than MiniMax M1?

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 39.7 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Gemma 4 26B A4B IT or MiniMax M1?

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is cheaper. It lists at $0.0765 per million input tokens and $0.26 per million output tokens; MiniMax M1 lists at $0.40 and $2.20.

Is Gemma 4 26B A4B IT or MiniMax M1 better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (38.8 vs 39.2); test both on your own repository before choosing.

Which has the bigger context window?

MiniMax M1 does, with 1M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 4 26B A4B IT and MiniMax M1 share?

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 4 26B A4B IT has 28 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax M1 has 18.

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