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Model comparison

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT vs Phi-4 Mini

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.5 to 30.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 3 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT Google

43.5

Rank #92 Confirmed

Phi-4 Mini Microsoft

30.9

Rank #283 Reported

Summary

  • They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 4 26B A4B IT scores higher in 2 categories and Phi-4 Mini in 1 category; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads 45.7 to 25.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is SciCode: 40% for Gemma 4 26B A4B IT and 10.8% for Phi-4 Mini.
  • Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is cheaper at $0.0675 / $0.23 per million input/output tokens, against $0.075 / $0.30 for Phi-4 Mini.
  • Gemma 4 26B A4B IT accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 128K.

Side by side

Gemma 4 26B A4B ITPhi-4 Mini
ProviderGoogleMicrosoft
Noometry Index43.530.9
Released2026-04-022024-12-11
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window262K128K
Max output33K4K
Input $ / M tokens$0.0675$0.075
Output $ / M tokens$0.23$0.30
Results tracked283

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Category by category

Coding Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 39.0 (#164), Phi-4 Mini: 28.1 (#317)

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITPhi-4 Mini
SciCode40%10.8%
LMArena WebDev1359—
WeirdML35.2%—
LMArena Coding1447—
ALE-Bench927.17—

Reasoning Too close to call

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 21.8 (#213), Phi-4 Mini: 22.4 (#195)

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITPhi-4 Mini
CritPt0%0%
Chess Puzzles6%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1439—
DTBench74.9%—
LMCA29.7%—
Epoch Capabilities Index141.85—

Math Not comparable

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 47.6 (#67), Phi-4 Mini: —

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITPhi-4 Mini
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202582.2%—
LMArena Math1470—

Knowledge Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 45.7 (#85), Phi-4 Mini: 25.3 (#262)

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITPhi-4 Mini
Vectara Hallucination Rate5.2%23.5%
GPQA Diamond73.2%—
LMArena Expert1447—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 40.6 (#46), Phi-4 Mini: —

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITPhi-4 Mini
LMArena Vision1260—

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 53.1 (#71), Phi-4 Mini: —

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITPhi-4 Mini
LMArena Non-English1421—
LMArena Chinese1495—
LMArena French1460—
LMArena Russian1434—
LMArena Spanish1417—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 74.8 (#82), Phi-4 Mini: —

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITPhi-4 Mini
LMArena Instruction Following1420—

Long Context Not comparable

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 43.6 (#91), Phi-4 Mini: —

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITPhi-4 Mini
LMArena Longer Query1428—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 58.6 (#115), Phi-4 Mini: —

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITPhi-4 Mini
LMArena Text1434—
LMArena Creative Writing1402—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1305—
LMArena Multi-Turn1441—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 4 26B A4B IT better than Phi-4 Mini?

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.5 to 30.9 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Gemma 4 26B A4B IT or Phi-4 Mini?

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is cheaper. It lists at $0.0675 per million input tokens and $0.23 per million output tokens; Phi-4 Mini lists at $0.075 and $0.30.

Is Gemma 4 26B A4B IT or Phi-4 Mini better for coding?

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.0 versus 28.1 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT does, with 262K tokens against 128K.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 4 26B A4B IT and Phi-4 Mini share?

3 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 4 26B A4B IT has 28 scored results on Noometry and Phi-4 Mini has 3.

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