Gemma 4 26B A4B vs o1-preview

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· o1-preview

Quick Verdict

Pick o1-preview if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Gemma 4 26B A4B only becomes the better choice if coding is the priority or you need the larger 256K context window.

o1-preview is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 72 to 64. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

o1-preview's sharpest advantage is in reasoning, where it averages 85.4 against 44.1. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is MRCRv2, 44.1% to 83%. 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.

Gemma 4 26B A4B gives you the larger context window at 256K, compared with 200K for o1-preview.

Operational tradeoffs

ProviderGoogleOpenAI
PriceFree*Pricing unavailable
SpeedN/AN/A
TTFTN/AN/A
Context256K200K

Decision framing

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Runtime metrics show N/A when BenchLM does not have a sourced snapshot for that exact model. The scoring rules and freshness policy are documented on the methodology page.

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4Bo1-preview
Agentic
Terminal-Bench 2.077%
BrowseComp79%
OSWorld-Verified71%
CodingGemma 4 26B A4B wins
LiveCodeBench77.1%60%
HumanEval86%
SWE-bench Verified65%
SWE-bench Pro69%
Multimodal & Groundedo1-preview wins
MMMU-Pro73.8%72%
OfficeQA Pro80%
Reasoningo1-preview wins
BBH64.8%93%
MRCRv244.1%83%
MuSR86%
LongBench v287%
Knowledgeo1-preview wins
GPQA82.3%90%
MMLU-Pro82.6%80%
HLE17.2%32%
HLE w/o tools8.7%
MMLU92%
SuperGPQA88%
FrontierScience83%
SimpleQA88%
Instruction Following
IFEval88%
Multilingual
MGSM90%
MMLU-ProX86%
Mathematics
AIME 202394%
AIME 202496%
AIME 202595%
HMMT Feb 202390%
HMMT Feb 202492%
HMMT Feb 202591%
BRUMO 202593%
MATH-50094%
Frequently Asked Questions (5)

Which is better, Gemma 4 26B A4B or o1-preview?

o1-preview is ahead overall, 72 to 64. The biggest single separator in this matchup is MRCRv2, where the scores are 44.1% and 83%.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Gemma 4 26B A4B or o1-preview?

o1-preview has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 72.7 versus 56.1. Inside this category, HLE is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Gemma 4 26B A4B or o1-preview?

Gemma 4 26B A4B has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 77.1 versus 64.6. Inside this category, LiveCodeBench is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, Gemma 4 26B A4B or o1-preview?

o1-preview has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 85.4 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 o1-preview?

o1-preview has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 75.6 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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