Model comparison
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT vs Mistral Small
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.5 to 33.4 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 23 shared benchmarks.
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- They share 23 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 4 26B A4B IT scores higher in 9 categories and Mistral Small in 0 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads 47.6 to 16.4.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 82.2% for Gemma 4 26B A4B IT and 5.8% for Mistral Small.
- Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is cheaper at $0.0675 / $0.23 per million input/output tokens, against $0.15 / $0.60 for Mistral Small.
Side by side
| Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Mistral Small | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | |
| Noometry Index | 43.5 | 33.4 |
| Released | 2026-04-02 | 2024-02-26 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 262K | 262K |
| Max output | 33K | 256K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.0675 | $0.15 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.23 | $0.60 |
| Results tracked | 28 | 39 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 39.0 (#164), Mistral Small: 34.0 (#247)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Mistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | 40% | 26.5% |
| LMArena Coding | 1447 | 1362 |
| ALE-Bench | 927.17 | 497.62 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1359 | — |
| WeirdML | 35.2% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 36.1% |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 36.2% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 46.6% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: —, Mistral Small: 28.1 (#93)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Mistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 37.1% |
Reasoning Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 21.8 (#213), Mistral Small: 19.8 (#250)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Mistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | 0% | 0% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1439 | 1335 |
| DTBench | 74.9% | 70.9% |
| LMCA | 29.7% | 20.6% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 37.8% |
| Chess Puzzles | 6% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 44.8% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 53.7% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 141.85 | — |
| LiveBench | — | 44% |
Math Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 47.6 (#67), Mistral Small: 16.4 (#293)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Mistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 82.2% | 5.8% |
| LMArena Math | 1470 | 1341 |
| LiveBench Math | — | 39.9% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 46.8% |
Knowledge Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 45.7 (#85), Mistral Small: 31.0 (#222)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Mistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 73.2% | 47.5% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.2% | 5.1% |
| LMArena Expert | 1447 | 1291 |
| MMLU | — | 68.7% |
Multimodal Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 40.6 (#46), Mistral Small: 33.5 (#96)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Mistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1260 | 1142 |
Multilingual Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 53.1 (#71), Mistral Small: 45.5 (#169)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Mistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1421 | 1315 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1495 | 1340 |
| LMArena French | 1460 | 1337 |
| LMArena Russian | 1434 | 1324 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1417 | 1346 |
| LMArena German | — | 1340 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1275 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1259 |
Instruction Following Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 74.8 (#82), Mistral Small: 66.4 (#209)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Mistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1420 | 1310 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 63.7% |
Long Context Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 43.6 (#91), Mistral Small: 40.4 (#156)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Mistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1428 | 1327 |
Writing & Preference Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 58.6 (#115), Mistral Small: 52.5 (#171)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Mistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1434 | 1338 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1402 | 1305 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1441 | 1344 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1305 | — |
| LiveBench Language | — | 30.5% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 4 26B A4B IT better than Mistral Small?
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.5 to 33.4 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Gemma 4 26B A4B IT or Mistral Small?
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is cheaper. It lists at $0.0675 per million input tokens and $0.23 per million output tokens; Mistral Small lists at $0.15 and $0.60.
Is Gemma 4 26B A4B IT or Mistral Small better for coding?
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.0 versus 34.0 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 Mistral Small share?
23 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 4 26B A4B IT has 28 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Small has 39.