Gemma 4 26B A4B vs Qwen3 235B 2507 (Reasoning)

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· Qwen3 235B 2507 (Reasoning)

Quick Verdict

Pick Gemma 4 26B A4B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Qwen3 235B 2507 (Reasoning) only becomes the better choice if reasoning is the priority.

Gemma 4 26B A4B is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 64 to 55. 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 43.3. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is MMMU-Pro, 73.8% to 38%. Qwen3 235B 2507 (Reasoning) does hit back in reasoning, 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 128K for Qwen3 235B 2507 (Reasoning).

Operational tradeoffs

PriceFree*Free*
SpeedN/AN/A
TTFTN/AN/A
Context256K128K

Decision framing

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BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4BQwen3 235B 2507 (Reasoning)
Agentic
Terminal-Bench 2.047%
BrowseComp48%
CodingGemma 4 26B A4B wins
LiveCodeBench77.1%74.1%
HumanEval32%
SWE-bench Verified16%
SWE-bench Pro29%
Multimodal & GroundedGemma 4 26B A4B wins
MMMU-Pro73.8%38%
OfficeQA Pro47%
ReasoningQwen3 235B 2507 (Reasoning) wins
BBH64.8%63%
MRCRv244.1%58%
MuSR36%
LongBench v258%
KnowledgeGemma 4 26B A4B wins
GPQA82.3%81.1%
MMLU-Pro82.6%84.4%
HLE17.2%6%
HLE w/o tools8.7%
MMLU40%
SuperGPQA64.9%
FrontierScience42%
SimpleQA38%
Instruction Following
IFEval87.8%
Multilingual
MGSM62%
MMLU-ProX81%
Mathematics
AIME 202340%
AIME 202442%
AIME 202592.3%
HMMT Feb 202336%
HMMT Feb 202438%
HMMT Feb 202537%
BRUMO 202539%
MATH-50060%
Frequently Asked Questions (5)

Which is better, Gemma 4 26B A4B or Qwen3 235B 2507 (Reasoning)?

Gemma 4 26B A4B is ahead overall, 64 to 55. The biggest single separator in this matchup is MMMU-Pro, where the scores are 73.8% and 38%.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Gemma 4 26B A4B or Qwen3 235B 2507 (Reasoning)?

Gemma 4 26B A4B has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 56.1 versus 50. Inside this category, HLE is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Gemma 4 26B A4B or Qwen3 235B 2507 (Reasoning)?

Gemma 4 26B A4B has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 77.1 versus 43.3. Inside this category, LiveCodeBench is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, Gemma 4 26B A4B or Qwen3 235B 2507 (Reasoning)?

Qwen3 235B 2507 (Reasoning) has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 52.1 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 Qwen3 235B 2507 (Reasoning)?

Gemma 4 26B A4B has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 73.8 versus 42.1. Inside this category, MMMU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: April 2, 2026

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