Head-to-head comparison across 1benchmark categories. Overall scores shown here use BenchLM's provisional ranking lane.
Gemma 4 26B A4B
55
Sakana Fugu Ultra
100
Pick Sakana Fugu Ultra if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Gemma 4 26B A4B only becomes the better choice if you want the cheaper token bill.
Knowledge
+46.3 difference
Gemma 4 26B A4B
Sakana Fugu Ultra
$0 / $0
$5 / $30
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
256K
1M
Pick Sakana Fugu Ultra if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Gemma 4 26B A4B only becomes the better choice if you want the cheaper token bill.
Sakana Fugu Ultra is clearly ahead on the provisional aggregate, 100 to 55. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.
Sakana Fugu Ultra's sharpest advantage is in knowledge, where it averages 95.5 against 49.2.
Sakana Fugu Ultra is also the more expensive model on tokens at $5.00 input / $30.00 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. Sakana Fugu Ultra gives you the larger context window at 1M, compared with 256K for Gemma 4 26B A4B.
Sakana Fugu Ultra is ahead on BenchLM's provisional leaderboard, 100 to 55.
Sakana Fugu Ultra has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 95.5 versus 49.2. Gemma 4 26B A4B stays close enough that the answer can still flip depending on your workload.
For engineers, researchers, and the plain curious — a weekly brief on new models, ranking shifts, and pricing changes.
Free. No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.