Side-by-side benchmark comparison across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, and math workflows.
Gemma 4 26B A4B
64
1/8 categoriesGPT-5.2-Codex
82
Winner · 3/8 categoriesGemma 4 26B A4B· GPT-5.2-Codex
Pick GPT-5.2-Codex if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Gemma 4 26B A4B only becomes the better choice if coding is the priority or you want the cheaper token bill.
GPT-5.2-Codex is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 82 to 64. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.
GPT-5.2-Codex's sharpest advantage is in reasoning, where it averages 91.1 against 44.1. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is MRCRv2, 44.1% to 91%. Gemma 4 26B A4B does hit back in coding, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.
GPT-5.2-Codex is also the more expensive model on tokens at $2.00 input / $8.00 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. GPT-5.2-Codex gives you the larger context window at 400K, compared with 256K for Gemma 4 26B A4B.
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| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B | GPT-5.2-Codex |
|---|---|---|
| Agentic | ||
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | — | 90% |
| BrowseComp | — | 85% |
| OSWorld-Verified | — | 85% |
| CodingGemma 4 26B A4B wins | ||
| LiveCodeBench | 77.1% | 66% |
| HumanEval | — | 95% |
| SWE-bench Verified | — | 76% |
| SWE-bench Pro | — | 86% |
| SWE-Rebench | — | 56.8% |
| Multimodal & GroundedGPT-5.2-Codex wins | ||
| MMMU-Pro | 73.8% | 84% |
| OfficeQA Pro | — | 92% |
| ReasoningGPT-5.2-Codex wins | ||
| BBH | 64.8% | 90% |
| MRCRv2 | 44.1% | 91% |
| MuSR | — | 93% |
| LongBench v2 | — | 90% |
| KnowledgeGPT-5.2-Codex wins | ||
| GPQA | 82.3% | 97% |
| MMLU-Pro | 82.6% | 80% |
| HLE | 17.2% | 26% |
| HLE w/o tools | 8.7% | — |
| MMLU | — | 99% |
| SuperGPQA | — | 95% |
| FrontierScience | — | 86% |
| SimpleQA | — | 95% |
| Instruction Following | ||
| IFEval | — | 92% |
| Multilingual | ||
| MGSM | — | 91% |
| MMLU-ProX | — | 87% |
| Mathematics | ||
| AIME 2023 | — | 99% |
| AIME 2024 | — | 99% |
| AIME 2025 | — | 98% |
| HMMT Feb 2023 | — | 95% |
| HMMT Feb 2024 | — | 97% |
| HMMT Feb 2025 | — | 96% |
| BRUMO 2025 | — | 96% |
| MATH-500 | — | 94% |
GPT-5.2-Codex is ahead overall, 82 to 64. The biggest single separator in this matchup is MRCRv2, where the scores are 44.1% and 91%.
GPT-5.2-Codex has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 74.5 versus 56.1. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
Gemma 4 26B A4B has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 77.1 versus 69.3. Inside this category, LiveCodeBench is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
GPT-5.2-Codex has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 91.1 versus 44.1. Inside this category, MRCRv2 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
GPT-5.2-Codex has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 87.6 versus 73.8. Inside this category, MMMU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
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