Model comparison

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT vs Ring-2.6-1T

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT has enough public results to be ranked (#88); Ring-2.6-1T does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

Last verified . 3 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT Google

43.1

Rank #88 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 4 26B A4B IT scores higher in 0 categories and Ring-2.6-1T in 2 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Ring-2.6-1T leads 25.3 to 21.1.

Side by side

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT and Ring-2.6-1T specifications
Gemma 4 26B A4B ITRing-2.6-1T
ProviderGoogleAnt Group (inclusionAI)
Noometry Index43.136.3
Released2026-04-022026-05-14
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window262K—
Max output33K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.0765—
Output $ / M tokens$0.26—
Results tracked283

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Category by category

Coding Ring-2.6-1T leads

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 38.8 (#156), Ring-2.6-1T: 40.1

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITRing-2.6-1T
SciCode40%42.4%
ALE-Bench927.17432.57
LMArena WebDev1359—
WeirdML35.2%—
LMArena Coding1446—

Reasoning Ring-2.6-1T leads

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 21.1 (#205), Ring-2.6-1T: 25.3

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITRing-2.6-1T
CritPt0%3.7%
Chess Puzzles6%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1438—
DTBench74.9%—
LMCA29.7%—
Epoch Capabilities Index141.85—

Math Not comparable

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 45.7 (#61), Ring-2.6-1T: —

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITRing-2.6-1T
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202582.2%—
LMArena Math1469—

Knowledge Not comparable

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 45.6 (#79), Ring-2.6-1T: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITRing-2.6-1T
GPQA Diamond73.2%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate5.2%—
LMArena Expert1447—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 39.9 (#43), Ring-2.6-1T: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITRing-2.6-1T
LMArena Vision1260—

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 53.3 (#68), Ring-2.6-1T: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITRing-2.6-1T
LMArena Non-English1422—
LMArena Chinese1495—
LMArena French1459—
LMArena Russian1434—
LMArena Spanish1415—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 75.0 (#78), Ring-2.6-1T: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITRing-2.6-1T
LMArena Instruction Following1420—

Long Context Not comparable

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 43.6 (#87), Ring-2.6-1T: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITRing-2.6-1T
LMArena Longer Query1427—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 58.8 (#110), Ring-2.6-1T: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITRing-2.6-1T
LMArena Text1434—
LMArena Creative Writing1401—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1305—
LMArena Multi-Turn1442—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 4 26B A4B IT better than Ring-2.6-1T?

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT has enough public results to be ranked (#88); Ring-2.6-1T does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

Is Gemma 4 26B A4B IT or Ring-2.6-1T better for coding?

Ring-2.6-1T scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.1 versus 38.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 4 26B A4B IT and Ring-2.6-1T share?

3 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 4 26B A4B IT has 28 scored results on Noometry and Ring-2.6-1T has 3.

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