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Model comparison

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT vs Qwen3 14B

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.5 to 35.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 9 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT Google

43.5

Rank #92 Confirmed

Qwen3 14B Alibaba (Qwen)

35.5

Rank #225 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 9 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 4 26B A4B IT scores higher in 5 categories and Qwen3 14B in 0 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads 47.6 to 38.6.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 82.2% for Gemma 4 26B A4B IT and 66.4% for Qwen3 14B.
  • Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is cheaper at $0.09 / $0.30 per million input/output tokens, against $0.35 / $1.40 for Qwen3 14B.
  • Gemma 4 26B A4B IT accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 131K.

Side by side

Gemma 4 26B A4B ITQwen3 14B
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index43.535.5
Released2026-04-022025-04
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window262K131K
Max output33K8K
Input $ / M tokens$0.09$0.35
Output $ / M tokens$0.30$1.40
Results tracked2812

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Category by category

Coding Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 39.0 (#164), Qwen3 14B: 37.3 (#195)

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITQwen3 14B
SciCode40%31.6%
LMArena WebDev1359—
WeirdML35.2%—
LMArena Coding1447—
ALE-Bench927.17—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: —, Qwen3 14B: 29.6 (#83)

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITQwen3 14B
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—41%

Reasoning Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 21.8 (#213), Qwen3 14B: 18.5 (#280)

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITQwen3 14B
CritPt0%0%
Chess Puzzles6%4%
DTBench74.9%64%
LMCA29.7%18.2%
Epoch Capabilities Index141.85138.23
Kagi LLM Benchmark—49.1%
LMArena Hard Prompts1439—

Math Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 47.6 (#67), Qwen3 14B: 38.6 (#133)

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITQwen3 14B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202582.2%66.4%
LMArena Math1470—

Knowledge Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 45.7 (#85), Qwen3 14B: 39.3 (#134)

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITQwen3 14B
GPQA Diamond73.2%63.8%
Vectara Hallucination Rate5.2%5.4%
LMArena Expert1447—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 40.6 (#46), Qwen3 14B: —

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITQwen3 14B
LMArena Vision1260—

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 53.1 (#71), Qwen3 14B: —

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITQwen3 14B
LMArena Non-English1421—
LMArena Chinese1495—
LMArena French1460—
LMArena Russian1434—
LMArena Spanish1417—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 74.8 (#82), Qwen3 14B: —

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITQwen3 14B
LMArena Instruction Following1420—

Long Context Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 43.6 (#91), Qwen3 14B: 38.1 (#204)

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITQwen3 14B
Fiction.LiveBench—62.5%
LMArena Longer Query1428—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 58.6 (#115), Qwen3 14B: —

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITQwen3 14B
LMArena Text1434—
LMArena Creative Writing1402—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1305—
LMArena Multi-Turn1441—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 4 26B A4B IT better than Qwen3 14B?

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.5 to 35.5 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Gemma 4 26B A4B IT or Qwen3 14B?

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is cheaper. It lists at $0.09 per million input tokens and $0.30 per million output tokens; Qwen3 14B lists at $0.35 and $1.40.

Is Gemma 4 26B A4B IT or Qwen3 14B better for coding?

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.0 versus 37.3 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT does, with 262K tokens against 131K.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 4 26B A4B IT and Qwen3 14B share?

9 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 4 26B A4B IT has 28 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 14B has 12.

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