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Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B vs GPT-4o mini benchmark

Name: Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B vs GPT-4o mini AI benchmark comparison
Creator: CompareLLM
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In this head-to-head showdown, Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B is more budget-friendly at $0.34/1M per 1M output tokens. Review the complete breakdown below to determine which model best fits your performance and budget requirements.

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Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B

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$0.33999999999999997/1M out

OpenAI

GPT-4o mini

Legacy small OpenAI model. Useful as a cheap baseline.

4o MiniElo 1,272$0.6/1M out

Top Rival Showdowns for Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B

All Matchups

Compare vs:vs Claude Opus 4.5 vs GPT-5 vs Grok 4.6 vs DeepSeek V4 Pro vs Qwen 3 Max

Preference Leader

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Single model data

Throughput Leader

No shared data

No latency data

Value per Dollar Leader

Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B

$0.33999999999999997 / 1M output

Capability Percentiles

Relative percentile scores computed across all active models in the benchmark catalog.

Capability Matchup Radar

Multi-Dimensional Capability Radar

Each spoke is a skill. Farther from the center is better (0–100th percentile). Tap any dot to inspect details.

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Percentile 0–100

Dimensional AdvantageGPT-4o mini 4/6

Head-to-Head Comparison

Overall Matchup Breakdown

Category wins across reasoning intelligence, generation speed, and token cost.

Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (3)vsGPT-4o mini (6)

Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B : 3W (33%)Overall: GPT-4o miniGPT-4o mini: 6W (67%)

← Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B GPT-4o mini →

GPT-4o mini (4/5)

Intelligence & Reasoning

Preference Elo, Coding proficiency, SWE-bench & LiveBench accuracy

Preference Elo

—vs1,272

Coding Elo

—vs—

SWE-bench

—vs41.2%

LiveBench

—vs48.1%

GPQA Diamond

—vs60.1%

Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B : 0WGPT-4o mini: 4W

GPT-4o mini (2/2)

Speed & Latency

Generation throughput and time to first token responsiveness

Output speed

—vs160 tok/s

Time to first token

—vs130 ms

Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B : 0WGPT-4o mini: 2W

Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (3/3)

Pricing & Capacity

Cost per million tokens and max context window length

Output price

$0.34/1Mvs$0.6/1M

Input price

$0.07/1Mvs$0.15/1M

Context window

262kvs128k

Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B : 3WGPT-4o mini: 0W

Side-by-Side Benchmark Matrix

Preference Elo

Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B —

GPT-4o mini1,272

lmarena · Aug 17, 2026

LiveBench

Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B —

GPT-4o mini48.1%

livebench · Aug 17, 2026

SWE-bench

Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B —

GPT-4o mini41.2%

swebench · Aug 17, 2026

GPQA Diamond

Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B —

GPT-4o mini60.1%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Time to first token

Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B —

GPT-4o mini130 ms

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Output speed

Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B —

GPT-4o mini160 tok/s

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Input priceGoogle: Gemma 4 26B A4B (+$0.08/1M)

Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B $0.07/1M

openrouter · Aug 17, 2026

GPT-4o mini$0.15/1M

openrouter · Aug 17, 2026

Output priceGoogle: Gemma 4 26B A4B (+$0.26/1M)

Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B $0.34/1M

openrouter · Aug 17, 2026

GPT-4o mini$0.6/1M

openrouter · Aug 17, 2026

Context windowGoogle: Gemma 4 26B A4B (+134k)

Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B 262k

openrouter · Aug 17, 2026

GPT-4o mini128k

openrouter · Aug 17, 2026

Benchmark	Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B	GPT-4o mini	Advantage Delta
Preference Elo	—	1,272 lmarena · Aug 17, 2026	—
LiveBench	—	48.1% livebench · Aug 17, 2026	—
SWE-bench	—	41.2% swebench · Aug 17, 2026	—
GPQA Diamond	—	60.1% seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	—
Time to first token	—	130 ms seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	—
Output speed	—	160 tok/s seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	—
Input price	$0.07/1M openrouter · Aug 17, 2026	$0.15/1M openrouter · Aug 17, 2026	Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (+$0.08/1M)
Output price	$0.34/1M openrouter · Aug 17, 2026	$0.6/1M openrouter · Aug 17, 2026	Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (+$0.26/1M)
Context window	262k openrouter · Aug 17, 2026	128k openrouter · Aug 17, 2026	Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (+134k)

Interactive Simulator (USD)

Workload Cost & Savings Calculator

Simulate monthly production API costs in USD (US Dollar).

Save up to 47% with Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B

Monthly Volume50M tokens/mo

Quick Presets:

Token Ratio (In vs Out)70% In / 30% Out

RAG / Search (10% out)Coding / Chat (50% out)

Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B $7.55 / mo

In: $2.45Out: $5.1

GPT-4o mini$14.25 / mo

In: $5.25Out: $9

Estimated Cost Delta

Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B is estimated to save $6.70/month ($80/year).

Based on 50M tokens (30% gen)

Key Selection Recommendations

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Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B :Pick Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B when you are optimizing output cost.

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsinsufficient data

Need SWE-bench on both sides.

High-volume chatGoogle: Gemma 4 26B A4B

Lower output list price ($0.34/1M).

Voice / low-latency UIinsufficient data

Need TTFT on both sides.

Long-document RAGGoogle: Gemma 4 26B A4B

Larger window (262k).

Screenshots / visionGPT-4o mini

GPT-4o mini is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	insufficient data	Need SWE-bench on both sides.
High-volume chat	Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B	Lower output list price ($0.34/1M).
Voice / low-latency UI	insufficient data	Need TTFT on both sides.
Long-document RAG	Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B	Larger window (262k).
Screenshots / vision	GPT-4o mini	GPT-4o mini is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

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LIVE

Google

Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B

Elo n/a

LiveBench—

SWE-bench—

Speed—

Output cost$0.34/1M

OpenAI

GPT-4o mini

Elo 1,272

LiveBench48.1%

SWE-bench41.2%

Speed160 tok/s

Output cost$0.6/1M

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B or GPT-4o mini?: We do not have preference Elo for both models, so we do not declare an overall winner. Compare the metrics that exist.
Which is better at coding, Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B or GPT-4o mini?: SWE-bench is missing for at least one model, so we do not rank coding from a single number.
Which is cheaper to run in production?: Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B output tokens are $0.34/1M versus $0.6/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.
Which is faster, Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B or GPT-4o mini?: We do not have TTFT for both models.
Which has the larger context window?: Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B accepts 262k tokens versus 128k.
Can I self-host either model?: Neither model is marked open-weights here. You are comparing hosted APIs.
Are these scores from CompareLLM’s own evals?: No. V1 aggregates public leaderboards (and optional first-party latency pings). Each cell names its source and date. Read /methodology.
What does preference Elo mean on this page?: Preference Elo is a crowd vote from LMArena / Arena. People see two hidden answers and pick the one they like more. The model that wins more often gets a higher Elo. That means people preferred it — not that it passed a school test. It is not SWE-bench, not accuracy, and not a number we invent. Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B and GPT-4o mini Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.

Similar Head-to-Head Comparisons

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Capability Percentiles

Relative percentile scores computed across all active models in the benchmark catalog.

Capability Matchup Radar

Multi-Dimensional Capability Radar

Each spoke is a skill. Farther from the center is better (0–100th percentile). Tap any dot to inspect details.

Tap any node to inspect

Percentile 0–100

Dimensional AdvantageGPT-4o mini 4/6

Side-by-Side Benchmark Matrix

Preference Elo

Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B —

GPT-4o mini1,272

lmarena · Aug 17, 2026

LiveBench

Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B —

GPT-4o mini48.1%

livebench · Aug 17, 2026

SWE-bench

Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B —

GPT-4o mini41.2%

swebench · Aug 17, 2026

GPQA Diamond

Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B —

GPT-4o mini60.1%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Time to first token

Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B —

GPT-4o mini130 ms

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Output speed

Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B —

GPT-4o mini160 tok/s

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Input priceGoogle: Gemma 4 26B A4B (+$0.08/1M)

Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B $0.07/1M

openrouter · Aug 17, 2026

GPT-4o mini$0.15/1M

openrouter · Aug 17, 2026

Output priceGoogle: Gemma 4 26B A4B (+$0.26/1M)

Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B $0.34/1M

openrouter · Aug 17, 2026

GPT-4o mini$0.6/1M

openrouter · Aug 17, 2026

Context windowGoogle: Gemma 4 26B A4B (+134k)

Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B 262k

openrouter · Aug 17, 2026

GPT-4o mini128k

openrouter · Aug 17, 2026

Benchmark

Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B

GPT-4o mini

Advantage Delta

Preference Elo

—

1,272

lmarena · Aug 17, 2026

—

LiveBench

—

48.1%

livebench · Aug 17, 2026

—

SWE-bench

—

41.2%

swebench · Aug 17, 2026

—

GPQA Diamond

—

60.1%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

—

Time to first token

—

130 ms

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

—

Output speed

—

160 tok/s

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

—

Input price

$0.07/1M

openrouter · Aug 17, 2026

$0.15/1M

openrouter · Aug 17, 2026

Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (+$0.08/1M)

Output price

$0.34/1M

openrouter · Aug 17, 2026

$0.6/1M

openrouter · Aug 17, 2026

Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (+$0.26/1M)

Context window

262k

openrouter · Aug 17, 2026

128k

openrouter · Aug 17, 2026

Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (+134k)

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsinsufficient data

Need SWE-bench on both sides.

High-volume chatGoogle: Gemma 4 26B A4B

Lower output list price ($0.34/1M).

Voice / low-latency UIinsufficient data

Need TTFT on both sides.

Long-document RAGGoogle: Gemma 4 26B A4B

Larger window (262k).

Screenshots / visionGPT-4o mini

GPT-4o mini is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	insufficient data	Need SWE-bench on both sides.
High-volume chat	Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B	Lower output list price ($0.34/1M).
Voice / low-latency UI	insufficient data	Need TTFT on both sides.
Long-document RAG	Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B	Larger window (262k).
Screenshots / vision	GPT-4o mini	GPT-4o mini is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B or GPT-4o mini?

We do not have preference Elo for both models, so we do not declare an overall winner. Compare the metrics that exist.

Which is better at coding, Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B or GPT-4o mini?

SWE-bench is missing for at least one model, so we do not rank coding from a single number.

Which is cheaper to run in production?

Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B output tokens are $0.34/1M versus $0.6/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.

Which is faster, Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B or GPT-4o mini?

We do not have TTFT for both models.

Which has the larger context window?

Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B accepts 262k tokens versus 128k.

Can I self-host either model?

Neither model is marked open-weights here. You are comparing hosted APIs.

Are these scores from CompareLLM’s own evals?

No. V1 aggregates public leaderboards (and optional first-party latency pings). Each cell names its source and date. Read /methodology.

What does preference Elo mean on this page?

Preference Elo is a crowd vote from LMArena / Arena. People see two hidden answers and pick the one they like more. The model that wins more often gets a higher Elo. That means people preferred it — not that it passed a school test. It is not SWE-bench, not accuracy, and not a number we invent. Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B and GPT-4o mini Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.