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Model comparison

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT vs Ministral 8B

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.5 to 28.2 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 15 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT Google

43.5

Rank #92 Confirmed

Ministral 8B Mistral AI

28.2

Rank #325 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 4 26B A4B IT scores higher in 8 categories and Ministral 8B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads 45.7 to 12.6.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 73.2% for Gemma 4 26B A4B IT and 27.1% for Ministral 8B.
  • Both cost about the same: $0.09 input and $0.30 output per million tokens.

Side by side

Gemma 4 26B A4B ITMinistral 8B
ProviderGoogleMistral AI
Noometry Index43.528.2
Released2026-04-022024-10-01
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window262K262K
Max output33K262K
Input $ / M tokens$0.09$0.15
Output $ / M tokens$0.30$0.15
Results tracked2817

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Category by category

Coding Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 39.0 (#164), Ministral 8B: 35.0 (#230)

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITMinistral 8B
LMArena Coding14471202
LMArena WebDev1359—
SciCode40%—
WeirdML35.2%—
ALE-Bench927.17—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: —, Ministral 8B: 16.4 (#148)

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITMinistral 8B
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—11.1%

Reasoning Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 21.8 (#213), Ministral 8B: 18.4 (#281)

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITMinistral 8B
LMArena Hard Prompts14391191
DTBench74.9%45.7%
CritPt0%—
Chess Puzzles6%—
LMCA29.7%—
Epoch Capabilities Index141.85—

Math Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 47.6 (#67), Ministral 8B: 25.7 (#267)

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITMinistral 8B
LMArena Math14701188
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202582.2%—
MATH Level 5—14.9%

Knowledge Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 45.7 (#85), Ministral 8B: 12.6 (#297)

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITMinistral 8B
GPQA Diamond73.2%27.1%
Vectara Hallucination Rate5.2%7.4%
LMArena Expert14471170

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 40.6 (#46), Ministral 8B: —

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITMinistral 8B
LMArena Vision1260—

Multilingual Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 53.1 (#71), Ministral 8B: 35.1 (#247)

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITMinistral 8B
LMArena Non-English14211165
LMArena Chinese14951193
LMArena Russian14341195
LMArena French1460—
LMArena Spanish1417—

Instruction Following Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 74.8 (#82), Ministral 8B: 60.5 (#250)

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITMinistral 8B
LMArena Instruction Following14201161

Long Context Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 43.6 (#91), Ministral 8B: 36.7 (#227)

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITMinistral 8B
LMArena Longer Query14281212

Writing & Preference Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 58.6 (#115), Ministral 8B: 39.6 (#246)

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITMinistral 8B
LMArena Text14341191
LMArena Creative Writing14021175
LMArena Multi-Turn14411166
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1305—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 4 26B A4B IT better than Ministral 8B?

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.5 to 28.2 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Gemma 4 26B A4B IT or Ministral 8B?

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is cheaper. It lists at $0.09 per million input tokens and $0.30 per million output tokens; Ministral 8B lists at $0.15 and $0.15.

Is Gemma 4 26B A4B IT or Ministral 8B better for coding?

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.0 versus 35.0 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Both accept 262K tokens.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 4 26B A4B IT and Ministral 8B share?

15 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 4 26B A4B IT has 28 scored results on Noometry and Ministral 8B has 17.

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