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Model comparison

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT vs Nova 2 Lite

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.5 to 39.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 15 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT Google

43.5

Rank #92 Confirmed

Nova 2 Lite Amazon

39.7

Rank #161 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 4 26B A4B IT scores higher in 6 categories and Nova 2 Lite in 2 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads 47.6 to 37.5.
  • Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is cheaper at $0.0675 / $0.23 per million input/output tokens, against $0.30 / $2.50 for Nova 2 Lite.
  • Nova 2 Lite accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 262K.
  • Gemma 4 26B A4B IT has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemma 4 26B A4B ITNova 2 Lite
ProviderGoogleAmazon
Noometry Index43.539.7
Released2026-04-022025-12-01
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window262K1M
Max output33K64K
Input $ / M tokens$0.0675$0.30
Output $ / M tokens$0.23$2.50
Results tracked2819

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Category by category

Coding Nova 2 Lite leads

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 39.0 (#164), Nova 2 Lite: 40.7 (#134)

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITNova 2 Lite
LMArena Coding14471385
LMArena WebDev1359—
SciCode40%—
WeirdML35.2%—
ALE-Bench927.17—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: —, Nova 2 Lite: 24.1 (#121)

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITNova 2 Lite
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—27.1%

Reasoning Nova 2 Lite leads

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 21.8 (#213), Nova 2 Lite: 27.5 (#118)

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITNova 2 Lite
LMArena Hard Prompts14391364
CritPt0%—
Chess Puzzles6%—
DTBench74.9%—
LMCA29.7%—
Epoch Capabilities Index141.85—

Math Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 47.6 (#67), Nova 2 Lite: 37.5 (#156)

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITNova 2 Lite
LMArena Math14701359
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202582.2%—

Knowledge Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 45.7 (#85), Nova 2 Lite: 43.0 (#94)

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITNova 2 Lite
Vectara Hallucination Rate5.2%5.1%
LMArena Expert14471358
GPQA Diamond73.2%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 40.6 (#46), Nova 2 Lite: —

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITNova 2 Lite
LMArena Vision1260—

Multilingual Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 53.1 (#71), Nova 2 Lite: 47.1 (#153)

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITNova 2 Lite
LMArena Non-English14211337
LMArena Chinese14951364
LMArena French14601381
LMArena Russian14341343
LMArena Spanish14171373
LMArena German—1343
LMArena Japanese—1271
LMArena Korean—1284

Instruction Following Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 74.8 (#82), Nova 2 Lite: 70.5 (#161)

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITNova 2 Lite
LMArena Instruction Following14201335

Long Context Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 43.6 (#91), Nova 2 Lite: 40.6 (#150)

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITNova 2 Lite
LMArena Longer Query14281335

Writing & Preference Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 58.6 (#115), Nova 2 Lite: 53.9 (#154)

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITNova 2 Lite
LMArena Text14341362
LMArena Creative Writing14021291
LMArena Multi-Turn14411338
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1305—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 4 26B A4B IT better than Nova 2 Lite?

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.5 to 39.7 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Gemma 4 26B A4B IT or Nova 2 Lite?

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is cheaper. It lists at $0.0675 per million input tokens and $0.23 per million output tokens; Nova 2 Lite lists at $0.30 and $2.50.

Is Gemma 4 26B A4B IT or Nova 2 Lite better for coding?

Nova 2 Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.7 versus 39.0 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Nova 2 Lite does, with 1M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 4 26B A4B IT and Nova 2 Lite share?

15 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 4 26B A4B IT has 28 scored results on Noometry and Nova 2 Lite has 19.

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