Model comparison
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT vs Mistral 7B
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.5 to 23.0 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.
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- They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 4 26B A4B IT scores higher in 8 categories and Mistral 7B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads 47.6 to 8.1.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 82.2% for Gemma 4 26B A4B IT and 0.3% for Mistral 7B.
- Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is cheaper at $0.0675 / $0.23 per million input/output tokens, against $0.25 / $0.25 for Mistral 7B.
- Gemma 4 26B A4B IT accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 8K.
Side by side
| Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Mistral 7B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | |
| Noometry Index | 43.5 | 23.0 |
| Released | 2026-04-02 | 2023-09-27 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 262K | 8K |
| Max output | 33K | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.0675 | $0.25 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.23 | $0.25 |
| Results tracked | 28 | 37 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 39.0 (#164), Mistral 7B: 26.4 (#326)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Mistral 7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1447 | 1082 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1359 | — |
| SciCode | 40% | — |
| WeirdML | 35.2% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 19.5% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 27.3% |
| ALE-Bench | 927.17 | — |
| HumanEval+ | — | 36% |
| MBPP+ | — | 42.1% |
Reasoning Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 21.8 (#213), Mistral 7B: 13.1 (#336)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Mistral 7B |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | 6% | 0% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1439 | 1067 |
| DTBench | 74.9% | 42.5% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 141.85 | 112.21 |
| CritPt | 0% | — |
| LMCA | 29.7% | — |
| Adversarial NLI | — | 47.1% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 56.1% |
| HellaSwag | — | 81% |
| PIQA | — | 83% |
| WinoGrande | — | 75.3% |
Math Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 47.6 (#67), Mistral 7B: 8.1 (#325)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Mistral 7B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 82.2% | 0.3% |
| LMArena Math | 1470 | 1085 |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 3.7% |
| GSM8K | — | 54.4% |
Knowledge Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 45.7 (#85), Mistral 7B: 7.4 (#311)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Mistral 7B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 73.2% | 15.2% |
| LMArena Expert | 1447 | 1036 |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.2% | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 78.6% |
| BoolQ | — | 87.4% |
| MMLU | — | 62.5% |
| OpenBookQA | — | 79.8% |
| TriviaQA | — | 75.2% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 40.6 (#46), Mistral 7B: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Mistral 7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1260 | — |
Multilingual Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 53.1 (#71), Mistral 7B: 25.8 (#283)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Mistral 7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1421 | 1012 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1495 | 1009 |
| LMArena French | 1460 | 1037 |
| LMArena Russian | 1434 | 1018 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1417 | 1026 |
| LMArena German | — | 987 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 878 |
Instruction Following Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 74.8 (#82), Mistral 7B: 54.2 (#280)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Mistral 7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1420 | 1060 |
Long Context Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 43.6 (#91), Mistral 7B: 32.2 (#271)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Mistral 7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1428 | 1060 |
Writing & Preference Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 58.6 (#115), Mistral 7B: 30.7 (#286)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Mistral 7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1434 | 1090 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1402 | 1068 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1441 | 1062 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1305 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 4 26B A4B IT better than Mistral 7B?
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.5 to 23.0 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Gemma 4 26B A4B IT or Mistral 7B?
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is cheaper. It lists at $0.0675 per million input tokens and $0.23 per million output tokens; Mistral 7B lists at $0.25 and $0.25.
Is Gemma 4 26B A4B IT or Mistral 7B better for coding?
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.0 versus 26.4 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT does, with 262K tokens against 8K.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 4 26B A4B IT and Mistral 7B share?
19 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 4 26B A4B IT has 28 scored results on Noometry and Mistral 7B has 37.