Model comparison

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT vs Solar Pro4

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 41.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 15 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT Google

43.1

Rank #88 Confirmed

Solar Pro4 Upstage

41.5

Rank #123 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 4 26B A4B IT scores higher in 6 categories and Solar Pro4 in 2 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads 45.7 to 36.1.
  • Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is cheaper at $0.0765 / $0.26 per million input/output tokens, against $0.30 / $1.20 for Solar Pro4.
  • Solar Pro4 accepts more context: 524K tokens versus 262K.
  • Gemma 4 26B A4B IT has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT and Solar Pro4 specifications
Gemma 4 26B A4B ITSolar Pro4
ProviderGoogleUpstage
Noometry Index43.141.5
Released2026-04-022026-08-06
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window262K524K
Max output33K131K
Input $ / M tokens$0.0765$0.30
Output $ / M tokens$0.26$1.20
Results tracked2818

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Category by category

Coding Solar Pro4 leads

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 38.8 (#156), Solar Pro4: 39.9 (#135)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITSolar Pro4
LMArena WebDev13591371
LMArena Coding14461439
SciCode40%—
WeirdML35.2%—
ALE-Bench927.17—

Reasoning Solar Pro4 leads

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 21.1 (#205), Solar Pro4: 27.3 (#107)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITSolar Pro4
LMArena Hard Prompts14381398
CritPt0%—
Chess Puzzles6%—
DTBench74.9%—
LMCA29.7%—
Epoch Capabilities Index141.85—

Math Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 45.7 (#61), Solar Pro4: 36.1 (#129)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITSolar Pro4
LMArena Math14691418
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202582.2%—

Knowledge Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 45.6 (#79), Solar Pro4: 39.0 (#128)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITSolar Pro4
LMArena Expert14471421
GPQA Diamond73.2%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate5.2%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 39.9 (#43), Solar Pro4: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITSolar Pro4
LMArena Vision1260—

Multilingual Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 53.3 (#68), Solar Pro4: 49.0 (#134)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITSolar Pro4
LMArena Non-English14221362
LMArena Chinese14951417
LMArena French14591403
LMArena Russian14341360
LMArena Spanish14151408
LMArena German—1351
LMArena Japanese—1300
LMArena Korean—1383

Instruction Following Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 75.0 (#78), Solar Pro4: 72.8 (#128)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITSolar Pro4
LMArena Instruction Following14201376

Long Context Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 43.6 (#87), Solar Pro4: 42.0 (#125)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITSolar Pro4
LMArena Longer Query14271379

Writing & Preference Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 58.8 (#110), Solar Pro4: 56.7 (#133)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITSolar Pro4
LMArena Text14341386
LMArena Creative Writing14011313
LMArena Multi-Turn14421391
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1305—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 4 26B A4B IT better than Solar Pro4?

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 41.5 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Gemma 4 26B A4B IT or Solar Pro4?

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is cheaper. It lists at $0.0765 per million input tokens and $0.26 per million output tokens; Solar Pro4 lists at $0.30 and $1.20.

Is Gemma 4 26B A4B IT or Solar Pro4 better for coding?

Solar Pro4 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.9 versus 38.8 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Solar Pro4 does, with 524K tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 4 26B A4B IT and Solar Pro4 share?

15 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 4 26B A4B IT has 28 scored results on Noometry and Solar Pro4 has 18.

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