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Gemma 4 26B A4B IT vs MiniMax-M2

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 36.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 15 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT Google

43.1

Rank #88 Confirmed

MiniMax-M2 MiniMax

36.9

Rank #201 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 4 26B A4B IT scores higher in 7 categories and MiniMax-M2 in 1 category; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads 45.7 to 34.6.
  • Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is cheaper at $0.0765 / $0.26 per million input/output tokens, against $0.30 / $1.20 for MiniMax-M2.
  • Gemma 4 26B A4B IT accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 205K.

Side by side

Gemma 4 26B A4B ITMiniMax-M2
ProviderGoogleMiniMax
Noometry Index43.136.9
Released2026-04-022025-10-27
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window262K205K
Max output33K131K
Input $ / M tokens$0.0765$0.30
Output $ / M tokens$0.26$1.20
Results tracked2821

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Category by category

Coding Too close to call

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 38.8 (#156), MiniMax-M2: 39.1 (#151)

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITMiniMax-M2
LMArena WebDev13591297
LMArena Coding14461370
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)—61%
SciCode40%—
WeirdML35.2%—
ALE-Bench927.17—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: —, MiniMax-M2: 24.9 (#102)

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITMiniMax-M2
Terminal-Bench—30%
Vending-Bench 2—160.6

Reasoning Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 21.1 (#205), MiniMax-M2: 18.6 (#256)

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITMiniMax-M2
LMArena Hard Prompts14381357
Kagi LLM Benchmark—57.8%
NYT Connections (extended)—14.8%
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-M2: 34.6 (#158)

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITMiniMax-M2
LMArena Math14691350
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202582.2%—

Knowledge Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 45.6 (#79), MiniMax-M2: 36.3 (#160)

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITMiniMax-M2
LMArena Expert14471336
GPQA Diamond73.2%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate5.2%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 39.9 (#43), MiniMax-M2: —

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITMiniMax-M2
LMArena Vision1260—

Multilingual Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 53.3 (#68), MiniMax-M2: 45.6 (#165)

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITMiniMax-M2
LMArena Non-English14221314
LMArena Chinese14951367
LMArena French14591336
LMArena Russian14341332
LMArena Spanish14151326
LMArena German—1366

Instruction Following Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 75.0 (#78), MiniMax-M2: 70.4 (#160)

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITMiniMax-M2
LMArena Instruction Following14201329

Long Context Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 43.6 (#87), MiniMax-M2: 40.5 (#148)

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITMiniMax-M2
LMArena Longer Query14271332

Writing & Preference Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 58.8 (#110), MiniMax-M2: 53.3 (#157)

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITMiniMax-M2
LMArena Text14341340
LMArena Creative Writing14011288
LMArena Multi-Turn14421362
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1305—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 4 26B A4B IT better than MiniMax-M2?

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 36.9 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Gemma 4 26B A4B IT or MiniMax-M2?

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is cheaper. It lists at $0.0765 per million input tokens and $0.26 per million output tokens; MiniMax-M2 lists at $0.30 and $1.20.

Is Gemma 4 26B A4B IT or MiniMax-M2 better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (38.8 vs 39.1); test both on your own repository before choosing.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT does, with 262K tokens against 205K.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 4 26B A4B IT and MiniMax-M2 share?

15 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 4 26B A4B IT has 28 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax-M2 has 21.

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