Model comparison
Gemma 2B vs Gemma 4 26B A4B IT
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2B scores higher in 0 categories and Gemma 4 26B A4B IT in 7 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads 58.8 to 24.1.
Side by side
| Gemma 2B | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | ||
| Noometry Index | 29.1 | 43.1 |
| Released | 2024-02-21 | 2026-04-02 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 33K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.0765 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.26 |
| Results tracked | 23 | 28 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Gemma 2B: 28.9 (#300), Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 38.8 (#156)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1010 | 1446 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1359 |
| SciCode | — | 40% |
| WeirdML | — | 35.2% |
| ALE-Bench | — | 927.17 |
| HumanEval+ | 20.7% | — |
| MBPP+ | 34.1% | — |
Reasoning Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Gemma 2B: 17.9 (#275), Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 21.1 (#205)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 989 | 1438 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 93.57 | 141.85 |
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 6% |
| DTBench | — | 74.9% |
| LMCA | — | 29.7% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 35.2% | — |
| HellaSwag | 71.4% | — |
| PIQA | 77.3% | — |
| WinoGrande | 65.4% | — |
Math Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Gemma 2B: 27.6 (#237), Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 45.7 (#61)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1009 | 1469 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 82.2% |
| GSM8K | 17.7% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Gemma 2B: —, Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 45.6 (#79)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 73.2% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 5.2% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1447 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 42.1% | — |
| BoolQ | 69.4% | — |
| MMLU | 42.3% | — |
| TriviaQA | 53.2% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemma 2B: —, Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 39.9 (#43)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1260 |
Multilingual Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Gemma 2B: 23.1 (#289), Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 53.3 (#68)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 958 | 1422 |
| LMArena Chinese | 986 | 1495 |
| LMArena Russian | 937 | 1434 |
| LMArena French | — | 1459 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1415 |
Instruction Following Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Gemma 2B: 48.8 (#297), Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 75.0 (#78)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 971 | 1420 |
Long Context Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Gemma 2B: 29.9 (#286), Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 43.6 (#87)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 981 | 1427 |
Writing & Preference Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Gemma 2B: 24.1 (#303), Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 58.8 (#110)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1002 | 1434 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 986 | 1401 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 945 | 1442 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1305 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 2B better than Gemma 4 26B A4B IT?
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemma 2B or Gemma 4 26B A4B IT better for coding?
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.8 versus 28.9 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 2B and Gemma 4 26B A4B IT share?
12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2B has 23 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 4 26B A4B IT has 28.