Gemma 4 26B A4B is 21.5× cheaper per million tokens (blended). Gemma 4 26B A4B has the larger context window (262,144 vs 200,000 tokens). Gemma 4 26B A4B is open-weights; the other is not.

Gemma 4 26B A4B vs o4 Mini (batch)

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Identity

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ProviderGoogleOpenAI
Sluggoogle__gemma-4-26b-a4b-itopenai__o4-mini--batch
Statuslivelive
Open weightsYesNo
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Quality

Fieldgoogle__gemma-4-26b-a4b-itopenai__o4-mini--batch
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Cost

Fieldgoogle__gemma-4-26b-a4b-itopenai__o4-mini--batch
Input $ / 1M tokens$0.03$0.55
Cached input $ / 1M$0.02$0.14
Output $ / 1M tokens$0.10$2.20

Context

Fieldgoogle__gemma-4-26b-a4b-itopenai__o4-mini--batch
Max context tokens262,144200,000
Max output tokens32,768100,000

Modalities

Fieldgoogle__gemma-4-26b-a4b-itopenai__o4-mini--batch
Inputimage, text, videoimage, text, file
Outputtexttext