Model comparison
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT vs Qwen1.5-14B
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.5 to 32.7 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.
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Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 4 26B A4B IT scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen1.5-14B in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads 58.6 to 33.6.
Side by side
| Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Qwen1.5-14B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | |
| Noometry Index | 43.5 | 32.7 |
| Released | 2026-04-02 | 2024-02-04 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 262K | — |
| Max output | 33K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.0675 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.23 | — |
| Results tracked | 28 | 17 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 39.0 (#164), Qwen1.5-14B: 33.1 (#263)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Qwen1.5-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1447 | 1138 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1359 | — |
| SciCode | 40% | — |
| WeirdML | 35.2% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 927.17 | — |
Reasoning Too close to call
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 21.8 (#213), Qwen1.5-14B: 21.4 (#223)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Qwen1.5-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1439 | 1113 |
| CritPt | 0% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 6% | — |
| DTBench | 74.9% | — |
| LMCA | 29.7% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 141.85 | — |
Math Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 47.6 (#67), Qwen1.5-14B: 32.4 (#215)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Qwen1.5-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1470 | 1125 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 82.2% | — |
Knowledge Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 45.7 (#85), Qwen1.5-14B: 29.8 (#232)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Qwen1.5-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1447 | 1094 |
| GPQA Diamond | 73.2% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.2% | — |
| MMLU | — | 68.6% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 40.6 (#46), Qwen1.5-14B: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Qwen1.5-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1260 | — |
Multilingual Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 53.1 (#71), Qwen1.5-14B: 30.7 (#262)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Qwen1.5-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1421 | 1095 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1495 | 1147 |
| LMArena French | 1460 | 1116 |
| LMArena Russian | 1434 | 1046 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1417 | 1085 |
| LMArena German | — | 1043 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1019 |
Instruction Following Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 74.8 (#82), Qwen1.5-14B: 56.8 (#271)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Qwen1.5-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1420 | 1102 |
Long Context Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 43.6 (#91), Qwen1.5-14B: 33.7 (#257)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Qwen1.5-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1428 | 1113 |
Writing & Preference Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 58.6 (#115), Qwen1.5-14B: 33.6 (#276)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Qwen1.5-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1434 | 1128 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1402 | 1091 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1441 | 1110 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1305 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 4 26B A4B IT better than Qwen1.5-14B?
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.5 to 32.7 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemma 4 26B A4B IT or Qwen1.5-14B better for coding?
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.0 versus 33.1 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 4 26B A4B IT and Qwen1.5-14B share?
14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 4 26B A4B IT has 28 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-14B has 17.