#22Google DeepMindOpen weights

Gemma 4 26B A4B

Google's 26B mixture-of-experts model with 3.8B active parameters per token. Scores 17 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index at $0.10 per 1M input and $0.37 per 1M output tokens. Apache 2.0.

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Overall: 41.1
Input $/M: $0.10
Output $/M: $0.37
Context: 262K
Released: Apr 2, 2026
Updated: Oct 3, 2026

Category scores

Reasoning & Math
rank 23
29.3
Cost-efficiency
rank 3
88.3
Open-source
rank 10
29.3
Best small model
rank 5
29.3

Overall rank history

Weekly snapshots. Lower is better.

Strengths

Cheapest small model at $0.10 per 1M input tokens
Open weights (Apache 2.0)
Best cost-efficiency in the small-model class (88.3)

Weaknesses

Lowest intelligence score among the ranked small models
Smaller 262k context window