Model comparison
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT vs Mistral
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.5 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.
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Mistral AISummary
- They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 4 26B A4B IT scores higher in 7 categories and Mistral in 1 category; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads 45.7 to 16.6.
- Gemma 4 26B A4B IT has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Mistral | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | |
| Noometry Index | 43.5 | 29.9 |
| 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 | 22 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 39.0 (#164), Mistral: 33.8 (#250)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1447 | 1162 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1359 | — |
| SciCode | 40% | — |
| WeirdML | 35.2% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 927.17 | — |
Reasoning Too close to call
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 21.8 (#213), Mistral: 22.2 (#200)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1439 | 1149 |
| CritPt | 0% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 6% | — |
| DTBench | 74.9% | — |
| LMCA | 29.7% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 141.85 | — |
Math Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 47.6 (#67), Mistral: 22.3 (#278)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1470 | 1180 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 82.2% | — |
| Omni-MATH | — | 7.2% |
Knowledge Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 45.7 (#85), Mistral: 16.6 (#288)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1447 | 1125 |
| GPQA Diamond | 73.2% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 27.7% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.2% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 30.3% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 40.6 (#46), Mistral: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1260 | — |
Multilingual Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 53.1 (#71), Mistral: 32.8 (#254)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1421 | 1129 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1495 | 1109 |
| LMArena French | 1460 | 1180 |
| LMArena Russian | 1434 | 1168 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1417 | 1143 |
| LMArena German | — | 1155 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1013 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1032 |
Instruction Following Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 74.8 (#82), Mistral: 52.6 (#288)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1420 | 1152 |
| IFEval | — | 56.8% |
Long Context Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 43.6 (#91), Mistral: 35.0 (#245)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1428 | 1153 |
Writing & Preference Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 58.6 (#115), Mistral: 37.0 (#260)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1434 | 1165 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1402 | 1158 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1441 | 1147 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1305 | — |
| WildBench | — | 66% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 4 26B A4B IT better than Mistral?
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.5 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemma 4 26B A4B IT or Mistral better for coding?
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.0 versus 33.8 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 4 26B A4B IT and Mistral share?
14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 4 26B A4B IT has 28 scored results on Noometry and Mistral has 22.