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

Head to head · tested 27 Oct 2026

Gemma 4 26B A4B vs Nova Micro 1.0: accuracy, speed and price

Similar accuracy; Nova Micro 1.0 costs less per question.

GoogleGemma 4 26B A4B15.0% score · #71$0.0011 per question172 tok/sAmazonNova Micro 1.022.5% score · #70$0.000087 per question180 tok/s

Verdict

Built from the measurements below

  • Accuracy is too close to call: Gemma 4 26B A4B scored 15.0% and Nova Micro 1.0 22.5% on the same 80 questions, a gap within what chance alone could produce.
  • Nova Micro 1.0 is 12× cheaper per question as billed ($0.000087 vs $0.0011), reasoning tokens included.
  • Output speed is similar (172 vs 180 tokens per second).
  • Nova Micro 1.0 starts answering sooner: 0.5 s to the first token, against 0.7 s for Gemma 4 26B A4B.
  • Gemma 4 26B A4B accepts more context: 262k tokens against 128k.

Which should you choose?

Choose Gemma 4 26B A4B for open weights you can run yourself, a 262k-token context window and more hosts to choose from on OpenRouter (15 against 1). Choose Nova Micro 1.0 for the lower cost per correct answer ($0.00039 against $0.0072), a quicker first token and shorter outputs (about 545 tokens per question against 3,722). The widest subject gap is in economics: Nova Micro 1.0 answered 6 of 9 correctly, Gemma 4 26B A4B 4 of 9. With so few questions per subject, treat this as a lead to test on your own prompts, not a result.

Accuracy gap -7.5 points (z = -1.22). 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

MeasureGemma 4 26B A4BNova Micro 1.0Edge
Verification scoreHigher is better15.0%22.5%Too close to call
Cost per questionLower is better$0.0011$0.000087Nova Micro 1.0
Output speedHigher is better172180Similar
Time to first tokenLower is better0.7 s0.5 sNova Micro 1.0
End-to-end response timeLower is better4.8 s2.1 sNova Micro 1.0
Tokens per questionLower is better3,722545Nova Micro 1.0
Context windowHigher is better262k128kGemma 4 26B A4B

Side by side

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

Every measure

Gemma 4 26B A4B first, Nova Micro 1.0 second

Verification scorehigher is better
Gemma 4 26B A4B15.0%
Nova Micro 1.022.5%
Cost per questionlower is better
Gemma 4 26B A4B$0.0011
Nova Micro 1.0$0.000087
Output speedhigher is better
Gemma 4 26B A4B172
Nova Micro 1.0180
Time to first tokenlower is better
Gemma 4 26B A4B0.7 s
Nova Micro 1.00.5 s
End-to-end response timelower is better
Gemma 4 26B A4B4.8 s
Nova Micro 1.02.1 s
Tokens per questionlower is better
Gemma 4 26B A4B3,722
Nova Micro 1.0545
Context windowhigher is better
Gemma 4 26B A4B262k
Nova Micro 1.0128k

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

SpecificationGemma 4 26B A4BNova Micro 1.0
CreatorGoogleAmazon
Released3 Apr 20265 Dec 2024
WeightsOpen weights—
ReasoningYesNo
Inputimage, text, videotext
Outputtexttext
Context window262k tokens128k tokens
Knowledge cutoff—31 Oct 2024
List price in / out per 1M$0.09 / $0.3$0.035 / $0.14
Blended price per 1M (3:1)$0.14$0.06
Cheapest hostDarkbloom · $0.042 / $0.22Amazon Bedrock · $0.035 / $0.14
Hosts on OpenRouter151
Last tested27 Oct 202626 Oct 2026

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Gemma 4 26B A4B vs Nova Micro 1.0: frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 4 26B A4B better than Nova Micro 1.0?
On accuracy they are statistically tied: Gemma 4 26B A4B scored 15.0% and Nova Micro 1.0 22.5% on the same 80 questions from open datasets. Similar accuracy; Nova Micro 1.0 costs less per question.
Which is cheaper, Gemma 4 26B A4B or Nova Micro 1.0?
Nova Micro 1.0 is cheaper: $0.000087 per question as billed, against $0.0011. List prices: Gemma 4 26B A4B $0.09 in / $0.3 out, Nova Micro 1.0 $0.035 in / $0.14 out per million tokens.
Which is faster, Gemma 4 26B A4B or Nova Micro 1.0?
Their output speed is similar: 172 and 180 tokens per second.
Which has the larger context window, Gemma 4 26B A4B or Nova Micro 1.0?
Gemma 4 26B A4B, with 262k tokens against 128k.