DeepSeek V3.2 vs Gemma 4 26B A4B

Side-by-side benchmark comparison across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, and math workflows.

Agentic
Coding
Multimodal & Grounded
Reasoning
Knowledge
Instruction Following
Multilingual
Mathematics

DeepSeek V3.2· Gemma 4 26B A4B

Quick Verdict

Pick Gemma 4 26B A4B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. DeepSeek V3.2 only becomes the better choice if reasoning is the priority or you would rather avoid the extra latency and token burn of a reasoning model.

Gemma 4 26B A4B has the cleaner overall profile here, landing at 64 versus 61. It is a real lead, but still close enough that category-level strengths matter more than the headline number.

Gemma 4 26B A4B's sharpest advantage is in coding, where it averages 77.1 against 56.1. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is MRCRv2, 70% to 44.1%. DeepSeek V3.2 does hit back in reasoning, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.

Gemma 4 26B A4B is the reasoning model in the pair, while DeepSeek V3.2 is not. That usually helps on harder chain-of-thought-heavy tests, but it can also mean more latency and more token spend in real use. Gemma 4 26B A4B gives you the larger context window at 256K, compared with 128K for DeepSeek V3.2.

Operational tradeoffs

PriceFree*Free*
Speed35 t/sN/A
TTFT3.75sN/A
Context128K256K

Decision framing

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BenchmarkDeepSeek V3.2Gemma 4 26B A4B
Agentic
Terminal-Bench 2.060%
BrowseComp62%
OSWorld-Verified55%
Claw-Eval51.0%
DeepPlanning19.0%
VITA-Bench18.5%
CodingGemma 4 26B A4B wins
HumanEval76%
SWE-bench Verified45%
SWE-Rebench60.9%
React Native Evals69%
LiveCodeBench77.1%
Multimodal & GroundedGemma 4 26B A4B wins
MMMU-Pro61%73.8%
OfficeQA Pro72%
ReasoningDeepSeek V3.2 wins
LongBench v269%
MRCRv270%44.1%
ARC-AGI-24%
BBH64.8%
KnowledgeGemma 4 26B A4B wins
GPQA83%82.3%
HLE11%17.2%
FrontierScience72%
MMLU-Pro82.6%
HLE w/o tools8.7%
Instruction Following
IFEval85%
Multilingual
MGSM84%
MMLU-ProX81%
Mathematics
AIME 202384%
AIME 202486%
AIME 202585%
HMMT Feb 202380%
MATH-50081%
Frequently Asked Questions (5)

Which is better, DeepSeek V3.2 or Gemma 4 26B A4B?

Gemma 4 26B A4B is ahead overall, 64 to 61. The biggest single separator in this matchup is MRCRv2, where the scores are 70% and 44.1%.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, DeepSeek V3.2 or Gemma 4 26B A4B?

Gemma 4 26B A4B has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 56.1 versus 48. Inside this category, HLE is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, DeepSeek V3.2 or Gemma 4 26B A4B?

Gemma 4 26B A4B has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 77.1 versus 56.1. DeepSeek V3.2 stays close enough that the answer can still flip depending on your workload.

Which is better for reasoning, DeepSeek V3.2 or Gemma 4 26B A4B?

DeepSeek V3.2 has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 49 versus 44.1. Inside this category, MRCRv2 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multimodal and grounded tasks, DeepSeek V3.2 or Gemma 4 26B A4B?

Gemma 4 26B A4B has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 73.8 versus 66. Inside this category, MMMU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: April 2, 2026

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