Model comparison
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT vs Mistral Medium 3.1
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.5 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.
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Mistral AISummary
- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Gemma 4 26B A4B IT scores higher in 2 categories and Mistral Medium 3.1 in 0 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads 21.8 to 10.6.
- Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is cheaper at $0.09 / $0.30 per million input/output tokens, against $0.40 / $2 for Mistral Medium 3.1.
- Gemma 4 26B A4B IT accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 131K.
- Gemma 4 26B A4B IT has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Mistral Medium 3.1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | |
| Noometry Index | 43.5 | 31.9 |
| Released | 2026-04-02 | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 262K | 131K |
| Max output | 33K | 105K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.09 | $0.40 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.30 | $2 |
| Results tracked | 28 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 39.0 (#164), Mistral Medium 3.1: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1359 | — |
| SciCode | 40% | — |
| WeirdML | 35.2% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1447 | — |
| ALE-Bench | 927.17 | — |
Reasoning Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 21.8 (#213), Mistral Medium 3.1: 10.6 (#341)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 6.5% |
| CritPt | 0% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 6% | — |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 20.3% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1439 | — |
| DTBench | 74.9% | — |
| LMCA | 29.7% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 141.85 | — |
Math Not comparable
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 47.6 (#67), Mistral Medium 3.1: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 82.2% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1470 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 45.7 (#85), Mistral Medium 3.1: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 73.2% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.2% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1447 | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 40.6 (#46), Mistral Medium 3.1: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1260 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 53.1 (#71), Mistral Medium 3.1: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1421 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1495 | — |
| LMArena French | 1460 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1434 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1417 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 74.8 (#82), Mistral Medium 3.1: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1420 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 43.6 (#91), Mistral Medium 3.1: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1428 | — |
Writing & Preference Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 58.6 (#115), Mistral Medium 3.1: 55.5 (#145)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1305 | 1476 |
| LMArena Text | 1434 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1402 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1441 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 4 26B A4B IT better than Mistral Medium 3.1?
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.5 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Gemma 4 26B A4B IT or Mistral Medium 3.1?
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is cheaper. It lists at $0.09 per million input tokens and $0.30 per million output tokens; Mistral Medium 3.1 lists at $0.40 and $2.
Which has the bigger context window?
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT does, with 262K tokens against 131K.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 4 26B A4B IT and Mistral Medium 3.1 share?
1 benchmark has published results for both models. Gemma 4 26B A4B IT has 28 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Medium 3.1 has 3.