Noometry

Model comparison

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT vs Qwen3.7 Max

Qwen3.7 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.5 to 43.5 on the Noometry Index. Gemma 4 26B A4B IT costs 35× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3.7 Max's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 22 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT Google

43.5

Rank #92 Confirmed

Qwen3.7 Max Alibaba (Qwen)

51.5

Rank #42 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 22 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 4 26B A4B IT scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.7 Max in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen3.7 Max leads 49.2 to 21.8.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 73.2% for Gemma 4 26B A4B IT and 90.9% for Qwen3.7 Max.
  • Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is cheaper at $0.0675 / $0.23 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $7.50 for Qwen3.7 Max.
  • Qwen3.7 Max 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 ITQwen3.7 Max
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index43.551.5
Released2026-04-022026-05-19
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window262K1M
Max output33K131K
Input $ / M tokens$0.0675$2.50
Output $ / M tokens$0.23$7.50
Results tracked2833

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.7 Max leads

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 39.0 (#164), Qwen3.7 Max: 50.4 (#45)

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITQwen3.7 Max
LMArena WebDev13591515
SciCode40%48.8%
LMArena Coding14471498
ALE-Bench927.171,189
SWE-bench Verified—77.3%
WeirdML35.2%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: —, Qwen3.7 Max: 22.1 (#135)

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITQwen3.7 Max
GBAEval—0.4%

Reasoning Qwen3.7 Max leads

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 21.8 (#213), Qwen3.7 Max: 49.2 (#38)

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITQwen3.7 Max
CritPt0%13.4%
Chess Puzzles6%19%
LMArena Hard Prompts14391483
DTBench74.9%92.3%
LMCA29.7%44%
Epoch Capabilities Index141.85153.68
SimpleBench—70.4%
NYT Connections (extended)—85.1%
EBR-Bench—9.5%
Mystery Game Puzzles—32%

Math Qwen3.7 Max leads

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 47.6 (#67), Qwen3.7 Max: 62.4 (#32)

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITQwen3.7 Max
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202582.2%95.6%
LMArena Math14701490
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—64.6%
FrontierMath Tier 4—34.1%
ProofBench—26%

Knowledge Qwen3.7 Max leads

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 45.7 (#85), Qwen3.7 Max: 61.6 (#28)

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITQwen3.7 Max
GPQA Diamond73.2%90.9%
LMArena Expert14471488
SimpleQA Verified—55.8%
Vectara Hallucination Rate5.2%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 40.6 (#46), Qwen3.7 Max: —

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITQwen3.7 Max
LMArena Vision1260—

Multilingual Qwen3.7 Max leads

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 53.1 (#71), Qwen3.7 Max: 56.9 (#15)

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITQwen3.7 Max
LMArena Non-English14211474
LMArena Chinese14951530
LMArena Russian14341484
LMArena French1460—
LMArena Spanish1417—

Instruction Following Qwen3.7 Max leads

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 74.8 (#82), Qwen3.7 Max: 76.7 (#38)

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITQwen3.7 Max
LMArena Instruction Following14201460

Long Context Qwen3.7 Max leads

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 43.6 (#91), Qwen3.7 Max: 45.4 (#40)

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITQwen3.7 Max
LMArena Longer Query14281482

Writing & Preference Qwen3.7 Max leads

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 58.6 (#115), Qwen3.7 Max: 65.0 (#54)

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITQwen3.7 Max
LMArena Text14341476
LMArena Creative Writing14021449
LMArena Multi-Turn14411481
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1305—
EQ-Bench 4—1110

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 4 26B A4B IT better than Qwen3.7 Max?

Qwen3.7 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.5 to 43.5 on the Noometry Index. Gemma 4 26B A4B IT costs 35× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3.7 Max's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Gemma 4 26B A4B IT or Qwen3.7 Max?

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is cheaper. It lists at $0.0675 per million input tokens and $0.23 per million output tokens; Qwen3.7 Max lists at $2.50 and $7.50.

Is Gemma 4 26B A4B IT or Qwen3.7 Max better for coding?

Qwen3.7 Max scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.4 versus 39.0 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Qwen3.7 Max does, with 1M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 4 26B A4B IT and Qwen3.7 Max share?

22 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 4 26B A4B IT has 28 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.7 Max has 33.

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