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Gemma 4 26B A4BvsMinistral 3 8B
Gemma 4 26B A4B leads 1 of 1 shared benchmark. Both offer a 256K-token context window.
Benchmarks from cited public sources; pricing from official pages; status from official provider feeds.
Shared benchmarks
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Gemma 4 26B A4B leads
Cheaper per token
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list price, input + output
Larger context
Tie
both 256K tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
100% · 100%
Google · Mistral AI
Gemma 4 26B A4B
Google · released 2026-04-02
textvision
- Context
- 256K
- Max out
- —
- Input /1M
- —
- Output /1M
- —
- Cached /1M
- —
- Scores
- 6 · 5 core
Ministral 3 8B
Mistral AI · released 2025-12-02
textvision
Quality
Benchmark matrix
1 shared · 5 only Gemma 4 26B A4B · 2 only Ministral 3 8B| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B | Ministral 3 8B | Δ | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reported by both · 1 | ||||
| GPQA Diamond | 82.3% ↗ | 66.8% ↗ | +15.5 pt | Gemma 4 26B A4B |
| Only Gemma 4 26B A4B reports · 5 | ||||
| MMLU-Pro | 82.6% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| AIME 2026 | 88.3% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Humanity's Last Exam (no tools) | 8.7% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| LMArena Elo | 1434.5 ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 77.1% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Only Ministral 3 8B reports · 2 | ||||
| AIME 2025 | not reported | 78.7% ↗ | — | — |
| LiveCodeBench | not reported | 61.6% ↗ | — | — |
Scores tagged "epoch" or "matharena" are independent runs, used only where the lab has not published its own; ⚠ marks rows MathArena flags as released after the competition. Higher is better on every row. Δ is Gemma 4 26B A4B minus Ministral 3 8B in the benchmark's own unit. "Not reported" means the lab has not published that figure; it is not a zero. ↗ opens the source.
Specs & pricing
Side by side
Official pricing pages and model cards| Spec | Gemma 4 26B A4B | Ministral 3 8B | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window | 256K tokens | 256K tokens | Tie |
| Max output | — | — | — |
| Input price / 1M | — | $0.15 ↗ | — |
| Output price / 1M | — | $0.15 ↗ | — |
| Cached input / 1M | — | $0.015 ↗ | — |
| Input + output / 1M Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded. | — | $0.3 | — |
| Modalities | text · vision | text · vision | Tie |
| Released | 2026-04-02 | 2025-12-02 | — |
| Cited benchmark scores | 6 | 3 | — |
Reliability
Provider status
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