Model comparison
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT vs Mistral Large 3
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.5 to 39.1 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.
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- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 4 26B A4B IT scores higher in 8 categories and Mistral Large 3 in 1 category; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads 45.7 to 36.0.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is Vectara Hallucination Rate: 5.2% for Gemma 4 26B A4B IT and 14.5% for Mistral Large 3.
- Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is cheaper at $0.0675 / $0.23 per million input/output tokens, against $0.25 / $0.75 for Mistral Large 3.
Side by side
| Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Mistral Large 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | |
| Noometry Index | 43.5 | 39.1 |
| Released | 2026-04-02 | 2025-12-02 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 262K | 262K |
| Max output | 33K | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.0675 | $0.25 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.23 | $0.75 |
| Results tracked | 28 | 24 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 39.0 (#164), Mistral Large 3: 34.4 (#237)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1359 | 1230 |
| LMArena Coding | 1447 | 1448 |
| SciCode | 40% | — |
| WeirdML | 35.2% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 927.17 | — |
Reasoning Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 21.8 (#213), Mistral Large 3: 15.2 (#319)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1439 | 1429 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 50.9% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 7.5% |
| CritPt | 0% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 6% | — |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 23% |
| 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 Large 3: 38.7 (#129)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1470 | 1414 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 82.2% | — |
Knowledge Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 45.7 (#85), Mistral Large 3: 36.0 (#177)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.2% | 14.5% |
| LMArena Expert | 1447 | 1421 |
| GPQA Diamond | 73.2% | — |
Multimodal Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 40.6 (#46), Mistral Large 3: 38.2 (#66)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1260 | 1221 |
Multilingual Too close to call
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 53.1 (#71), Mistral Large 3: 52.5 (#84)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1421 | 1413 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1495 | 1447 |
| LMArena French | 1460 | 1455 |
| LMArena Russian | 1434 | 1411 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1417 | 1440 |
| LMArena German | — | 1437 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1394 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1384 |
Instruction Following Too close to call
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 74.8 (#82), Mistral Large 3: 74.0 (#108)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1420 | 1403 |
Long Context Too close to call
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 43.6 (#91), Mistral Large 3: 43.1 (#105)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1428 | 1413 |
Writing & Preference Mistral Large 3 leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 58.6 (#115), Mistral Large 3: 60.0 (#101)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1434 | 1428 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1402 | 1386 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1305 | 1412 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1441 | 1429 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 4 26B A4B IT better than Mistral Large 3?
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.5 to 39.1 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Gemma 4 26B A4B IT or Mistral Large 3?
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is cheaper. It lists at $0.0675 per million input tokens and $0.23 per million output tokens; Mistral Large 3 lists at $0.25 and $0.75.
Is Gemma 4 26B A4B IT or Mistral Large 3 better for coding?
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.0 versus 34.4 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 Mistral Large 3 share?
18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 4 26B A4B IT has 28 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Large 3 has 24.