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Data as of · 78 models, 80 questions · reviewed by Suhas Bhairav · methodology

Head to head · tested 27 Oct 2026

Gemini 4 Argon vs Gemma 4 26B A4B: accuracy, speed and price

Gemini 4 Argon is more accurate; Gemma 4 26B A4B is cheaper.

GoogleGemini 4 Argon83.8% score · #2$0.0062 per question69 tok/sGoogleGemma 4 26B A4B15.0% score · #71$0.0011 per question172 tok/s

Verdict

Built from the measurements below

  • Gemini 4 Argon is more accurate: 83.8% against 15.0% on the same 80 questions, a 68.8-point gap that is statistically significant.
  • Gemma 4 26B A4B is 5.8× cheaper per question as billed ($0.0011 vs $0.0062), reasoning tokens included.
  • Gemma 4 26B A4B generates text 2.5× faster: 172 tokens per second against 69.
  • Gemma 4 26B A4B starts answering sooner: 0.7 s to the first token, against 3.3 s for Gemini 4 Argon.
  • Gemini 4 Argon accepts more context: 1M tokens against 262k.

Which should you choose?

Choose Gemini 4 Argon for the most accurate answers of the two, shorter outputs (about 558 tokens per question against 3,722) and a 1M-token context window. Choose Gemma 4 26B A4B for faster streaming, a quicker first token, open weights you can run yourself and more hosts to choose from on OpenRouter (15 against 2). The widest subject gap is in engineering: Gemini 4 Argon answered 13 of 15 correctly, Gemma 4 26B A4B 0 of 15. With so few questions per subject, treat this as a lead to test on your own prompts, not a result.

Accuracy gap +68.8 points (z = 8.70). A winner is called only when z is at least 1.96, the usual 95% threshold. Speed, latency and price need a 10% margin.

Head to head

Same questions, same prompt, same API

MeasureGemini 4 ArgonGemma 4 26B A4BEdge
Verification scoreHigher is better83.8%15.0%Gemini 4 Argon
Cost per questionLower is better$0.0062$0.0011Gemma 4 26B A4B
Output speedHigher is better69172Gemma 4 26B A4B
Time to first tokenLower is better3.3 s0.7 sGemma 4 26B A4B
End-to-end response timeLower is better9.9 s4.8 sGemma 4 26B A4B
Tokens per questionLower is better5583,722Gemini 4 Argon
Context windowHigher is better1M262kGemini 4 Argon

Side by side

Bars are scaled to the larger of the two values. The winner on each measure is marked in bold.

Every measure

Gemini 4 Argon first, Gemma 4 26B A4B second

Verification scorehigher is better
Gemini 4 Argon83.8%
Gemma 4 26B A4B15.0%
Cost per questionlower is better
Gemini 4 Argon$0.0062
Gemma 4 26B A4B$0.0011
Output speedhigher is better
Gemini 4 Argon69
Gemma 4 26B A4B172
Time to first tokenlower is better
Gemini 4 Argon3.3 s
Gemma 4 26B A4B0.7 s
End-to-end response timelower is better
Gemini 4 Argon9.9 s
Gemma 4 26B A4B4.8 s
Tokens per questionlower is better
Gemini 4 Argon558
Gemma 4 26B A4B3,722
Context windowhigher is better
Gemini 4 Argon1M
Gemma 4 26B A4B262k

Score vs. cost per question

Both models in color, every other model in grey

Most attractive quadrant0255075100$0.00001$0.0001$0.001$0.01$0.10Cost per question (USD, log) →Verification score (%) →Qwen3.8 2.4T A95BCommand AReka Flash 3Gemma 4 26B A4BGemma 4 31BQwen3.5 397B A17BHermes 4 405BMuse WonderGrok 4.7o3gpt-oss-20bMinistral 3 3B 2512Nova Micro 1.0Phi 4Granite 4.2 8BHy3GLM 5.3 FlashSolar Pro 4Trinity Large ThinkingMiniMax M3Mistral Large 4Claude Opus 5.5GPT-6.1 SolGemini 4 ArgonGPT-5.4GPT-6 Lunagpt-oss-120bLlama 4 Maverick

Specifications and pricing

From OpenRouter's catalogue, plus the leaderboard's test dates

SpecificationGemini 4 ArgonGemma 4 26B A4B
CreatorGoogleGoogle
Released13 Oct 20263 Apr 2026
Weights—Open weights
ReasoningYesYes
Inputaudio, file, image, text, videoimage, text, video
Outputtexttext
Context window1M tokens262k tokens
Knowledge cutoff——
List price in / out per 1M$2 / $10$0.09 / $0.3
Blended price per 1M (3:1)$4.00$0.14
Cheapest hostGoogle AI Studio · $1 / $5Darkbloom · $0.042 / $0.22
Hosts on OpenRouter215
Last tested25 Oct 202627 Oct 2026

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Gemini 4 Argon vs Gemma 4 26B A4B: frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 4 Argon better than Gemma 4 26B A4B?
Gemini 4 Argon is more accurate: it answered 67 of 80 questions correctly (83.8%) against 12 of 80 (15.0%) for Gemma 4 26B A4B. Gemini 4 Argon is more accurate; Gemma 4 26B A4B is cheaper.
Which is cheaper, Gemini 4 Argon or Gemma 4 26B A4B?
Gemma 4 26B A4B is cheaper: $0.0011 per question as billed, against $0.0062. List prices: Gemini 4 Argon $2 in / $10 out, Gemma 4 26B A4B $0.09 in / $0.3 out per million tokens.
Which is faster, Gemini 4 Argon or Gemma 4 26B A4B?
Gemma 4 26B A4B is faster at 172 output tokens per second, against 69. Time to first token: 3.3 s for Gemini 4 Argon, 0.7 s for Gemma 4 26B A4B.
Which has the larger context window, Gemini 4 Argon or Gemma 4 26B A4B?
Gemini 4 Argon, with 1M tokens against 262k.