Head-to-head comparison across 1benchmark categories. Overall scores shown here use BenchLM's provisional ranking lane.
Gemma 4 26B A4B
55
o1-pro
29
Pick Gemma 4 26B A4B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. o1-pro only becomes the better choice if knowledge is the priority.
Knowledge
+29.8 difference
Gemma 4 26B A4B
o1-pro
$0 / $0
$150 / $600
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
256K
200K
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 provisional aggregate, 55 to 29. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.
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.
Gemma 4 26B A4B is ahead on BenchLM's provisional leaderboard, 55 to 29.
o1-pro has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 79 versus 49.2. Gemma 4 26B A4B stays close enough that the answer can still flip depending on your workload.
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