Gemma 4 26B A4B vs GPT-5.4

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

Agentic
Coding
Multimodal & Grounded
Reasoning
Knowledge
Instruction Following
Multilingual
Mathematics

Gemma 4 26B A4B· GPT-5.4

Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-5.4 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-5.4 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-5.4's sharpest advantage is in reasoning, where it averages 89.9 against 44.1. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is MRCRv2, 44.1% to 97%. 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-5.4 is also the more expensive model on tokens at $2.50 input / $15.00 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-5.4 gives you the larger context window at 1.05M, compared with 256K for Gemma 4 26B A4B.

Operational tradeoffs

ProviderGoogleOpenAI
PriceFree*$2.50 / $15.00
SpeedN/A74 t/s
TTFTN/A151.79s
Context256K1.05M

Decision framing

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BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4BGPT-5.4
Agentic
Terminal-Bench 2.075.1%
BrowseComp82.7%
OSWorld-Verified75%
MCP Atlas67.2%
Toolathlon54.6%
Tau2-Telecom98.9%
Claw-Eval66.3%
CodingGemma 4 26B A4B wins
LiveCodeBench77.1%84%
HumanEval95%
SWE-bench Verified84%
SWE-bench Pro57.7%
React Native Evals82.6%
Multimodal & GroundedGPT-5.4 wins
MMMU-Pro73.8%81.2%
OfficeQA Pro96%
MMMU-Pro w/ Python81.5%
ReasoningGPT-5.4 wins
BBH64.8%97%
MRCRv244.1%97%
MuSR94%
LongBench v295%
MRCR v2 64K-128K86%
MRCR v2 128K-256K79.3%
Graphwalks BFS 128K93.1%
Graphwalks Parents 128K89.8%
ARC-AGI-273.3%
KnowledgeGPT-5.4 wins
GPQA82.3%92.8%
MMLU-Pro82.6%93%
HLE17.2%48%
HLE w/o tools8.7%39.8%
MMLU99%
SuperGPQA96%
FrontierScience91%
SimpleQA97%
Instruction Following
IFEval96%
Multilingual
MGSM96%
MMLU-ProX94%
Mathematics
AIME 202399%
AIME 202499%
AIME 202599%
HMMT Feb 202396%
HMMT Feb 202498%
HMMT Feb 202597%
BRUMO 202597%
MATH-50099%
Frequently Asked Questions (5)

Which is better, Gemma 4 26B A4B or GPT-5.4?

GPT-5.4 is ahead overall, 82 to 64. The biggest single separator in this matchup is MRCRv2, where the scores are 44.1% and 97%.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Gemma 4 26B A4B or GPT-5.4?

GPT-5.4 has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 83.1 versus 56.1. Inside this category, HLE w/o tools is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Gemma 4 26B A4B or GPT-5.4?

Gemma 4 26B A4B has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 77.1 versus 73.9. Inside this category, LiveCodeBench is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, Gemma 4 26B A4B or GPT-5.4?

GPT-5.4 has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 89.9 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, Gemma 4 26B A4B or GPT-5.4?

GPT-5.4 has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 87.9 versus 73.8. Inside this category, MMMU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: April 2, 2026

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