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Model comparison

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT vs Qwen Turbo

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.5 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT Google

43.5

Rank #92 Confirmed

Qwen Turbo Alibaba (Qwen)

27.1

Rank #335 Reported

Summary

  • They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 4 26B A4B IT scores higher in 2 categories and Qwen Turbo in 0 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads 47.6 to 15.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 82.2% for Gemma 4 26B A4B IT and 6.1% for Qwen Turbo.
  • Qwen Turbo is cheaper at $0.05 / $0.20 per million input/output tokens, against $0.0675 / $0.23 for Gemma 4 26B A4B IT.
  • Qwen Turbo 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 ITQwen Turbo
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index43.527.1
Released2026-04-022024-11-01
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window262K1M
Max output33K16K
Input $ / M tokens$0.0675$0.05
Output $ / M tokens$0.23$0.20
Results tracked283

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 39.0 (#164), Qwen Turbo: —

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITQwen Turbo
LMArena WebDev1359—
SciCode40%—
WeirdML35.2%—
LMArena Coding1447—
ALE-Bench927.17—

Reasoning Not comparable

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 21.8 (#213), Qwen Turbo: —

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITQwen Turbo
CritPt0%—
Chess Puzzles6%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1439—
DTBench74.9%—
LMCA29.7%—
Epoch Capabilities Index141.85—

Math Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 47.6 (#67), Qwen Turbo: 15.3 (#297)

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITQwen Turbo
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202582.2%6.1%
LMArena Math1470—
MATH Level 5—56.2%

Knowledge Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 45.7 (#85), Qwen Turbo: 22.2 (#272)

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITQwen Turbo
GPQA Diamond73.2%41.8%
Vectara Hallucination Rate5.2%—
LMArena Expert1447—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 40.6 (#46), Qwen Turbo: —

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITQwen Turbo
LMArena Vision1260—

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 53.1 (#71), Qwen Turbo: —

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITQwen Turbo
LMArena Non-English1421—
LMArena Chinese1495—
LMArena French1460—
LMArena Russian1434—
LMArena Spanish1417—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 74.8 (#82), Qwen Turbo: —

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITQwen Turbo
LMArena Instruction Following1420—

Long Context Not comparable

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 43.6 (#91), Qwen Turbo: —

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITQwen Turbo
LMArena Longer Query1428—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 58.6 (#115), Qwen Turbo: —

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

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 4 26B A4B IT better than Qwen Turbo?

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.5 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Gemma 4 26B A4B IT or Qwen Turbo?

Qwen Turbo is cheaper. It lists at $0.05 per million input tokens and $0.20 per million output tokens; Gemma 4 26B A4B IT lists at $0.0675 and $0.23.

Which has the bigger context window?

Qwen Turbo does, with 1M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 4 26B A4B IT and Qwen Turbo share?

2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 4 26B A4B IT has 28 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Turbo has 3.

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