Head-to-head comparison across 2benchmark categories. Overall scores shown here use BenchLM's provisional ranking lane.
Gemini 3.5 Flash
88
Gemma 4 26B A4B
55
Verified leaderboard positions: Gemini 3.5 Flash #7 · Gemma 4 26B A4B unranked
Pick Gemini 3.5 Flash if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Gemma 4 26B A4B only becomes the better choice if you want the cheaper token bill.
Knowledge
+8.8 difference
Multimodal
+10.0 difference
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Gemma 4 26B A4B
$1.5 / $9
$0 / $0
284.2 t/s
N/A
18.55s
N/A
1M
256K
Pick Gemini 3.5 Flash if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Gemma 4 26B A4B only becomes the better choice if you want the cheaper token bill.
Gemini 3.5 Flash is clearly ahead on the provisional aggregate, 88 to 55. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.
Gemini 3.5 Flash's sharpest advantage is in multimodal & grounded, where it averages 83.8 against 73.8. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is HLE, 40.2% to 17.2%.
Gemini 3.5 Flash is also the more expensive model on tokens at $1.50 input / $9.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.00 input / $0.00 output per 1M tokens for Gemma 4 26B A4B. That is roughly Infinityx on output cost alone. Gemini 3.5 Flash gives you the larger context window at 1M, compared with 256K for Gemma 4 26B A4B.
Gemini 3.5 Flash is ahead on BenchLM's provisional leaderboard, 88 to 55. The biggest single separator in this matchup is HLE, where the scores are 40.2% and 17.2%.
Gemini 3.5 Flash has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 58 versus 49.2. Inside this category, HLE is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
Gemini 3.5 Flash has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 83.8 versus 73.8. Inside this category, MMMU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
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