Gemma 4 26B A4B vs o1-pro

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-pro

Quick Verdict

Pick Gemma 4 26B A4B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. o1-pro only becomes the better choice if knowledge is the priority.

Gemma 4 26B A4B is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 64 to 45. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Gemma 4 26B A4B's sharpest advantage is in coding, where it averages 77.1 against 23. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is MMMU-Pro, 73.8% to 48%. o1-pro does hit back in knowledge, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.

o1-pro is also the more expensive model on tokens at $150.00 input / $600.00 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. Gemma 4 26B A4B gives you the larger context window at 256K, compared with 200K for o1-pro.

Operational tradeoffs

ProviderGoogleOpenAI
PriceFree*$150.00 / $600.00
SpeedN/AN/A
TTFTN/AN/A
Context256K200K

Decision framing

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BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4Bo1-pro
Agentic
Terminal-Bench 2.040%
BrowseComp50%
OSWorld-Verified32%
CodingGemma 4 26B A4B wins
LiveCodeBench77.1%
SWE-bench Pro23%
Multimodal & GroundedGemma 4 26B A4B wins
MMMU-Pro73.8%48%
OfficeQA Pro49%
Reasoningo1-pro wins
BBH64.8%
MRCRv244.1%59%
LongBench v254%
Knowledgeo1-pro wins
GPQA82.3%79%
MMLU-Pro82.6%
HLE17.2%
HLE w/o tools8.7%
FrontierScience63%
Instruction Following
Coming soon
Multilingual
MMLU-ProX52%
Mathematics
AIME 202486%
Frequently Asked Questions (5)

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

Gemma 4 26B A4B is ahead overall, 64 to 45. The biggest single separator in this matchup is MMMU-Pro, where the scores are 73.8% and 48%.

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

o1-pro has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 69.4 versus 56.1. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

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

Gemma 4 26B A4B has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 77.1 versus 23. o1-pro stays close enough that the answer can still flip depending on your workload.

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

o1-pro has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 56.3 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-pro?

Gemma 4 26B A4B has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 73.8 versus 48.5. Inside this category, MMMU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: April 2, 2026

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