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Model comparison

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT vs Qwen3 8B

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.5 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 9 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT Google

43.5

Rank #92 Confirmed

Qwen3 8B Alibaba (Qwen)

33.7

Rank #238 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 9 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 4 26B A4B IT scores higher in 5 categories and Qwen3 8B 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 34.9.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 82.2% for Gemma 4 26B A4B IT and 56.1% for Qwen3 8B.
  • Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is cheaper at $0.0675 / $0.23 per million input/output tokens, against $0.18 / $0.70 for Qwen3 8B.
  • Gemma 4 26B A4B IT accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 131K.

Side by side

Gemma 4 26B A4B ITQwen3 8B
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index43.533.7
Released2026-04-022025-04
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window262K131K
Max output33K8K
Input $ / M tokens$0.0675$0.18
Output $ / M tokens$0.23$0.70
Results tracked2811

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Category by category

Coding Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 39.0 (#164), Qwen3 8B: 34.0 (#248)

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITQwen3 8B
SciCode40%22.6%
LMArena WebDev1359—
WeirdML35.2%—
LMArena Coding1447—
ALE-Bench927.17—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: —, Qwen3 8B: 30.2 (#78)

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITQwen3 8B
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—42.6%

Reasoning Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 21.8 (#213), Qwen3 8B: 16.6 (#303)

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITQwen3 8B
CritPt0%0%
Chess Puzzles6%5%
DTBench74.9%59.7%
LMCA29.7%8.8%
Epoch Capabilities Index141.85136.17
LMArena Hard Prompts1439—

Math Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 47.6 (#67), Qwen3 8B: 34.9 (#191)

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITQwen3 8B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202582.2%56.1%
LMArena Math1470—

Knowledge Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 45.7 (#85), Qwen3 8B: 36.1 (#173)

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITQwen3 8B
GPQA Diamond73.2%56.8%
Vectara Hallucination Rate5.2%4.8%
LMArena Expert1447—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 40.6 (#46), Qwen3 8B: —

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITQwen3 8B
LMArena Vision1260—

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 53.1 (#71), Qwen3 8B: —

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITQwen3 8B
LMArena Non-English1421—
LMArena Chinese1495—
LMArena French1460—
LMArena Russian1434—
LMArena Spanish1417—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 74.8 (#82), Qwen3 8B: —

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITQwen3 8B
LMArena Instruction Following1420—

Long Context Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 43.6 (#91), Qwen3 8B: 37.9 (#210)

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITQwen3 8B
Fiction.LiveBench—62.1%
LMArena Longer Query1428—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 58.6 (#115), Qwen3 8B: —

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITQwen3 8B
LMArena Text1434—
LMArena Creative Writing1402—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1305—
LMArena Multi-Turn1441—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 4 26B A4B IT better than Qwen3 8B?

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.5 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Gemma 4 26B A4B IT or Qwen3 8B?

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is cheaper. It lists at $0.0675 per million input tokens and $0.23 per million output tokens; Qwen3 8B lists at $0.18 and $0.70.

Is Gemma 4 26B A4B IT or Qwen3 8B better for coding?

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.0 versus 34.0 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 8B share?

9 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 4 26B A4B IT has 28 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 8B has 11.

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