Head-to-head comparison across 1benchmark categories. Overall scores shown here use BenchLM's provisional ranking lane.
Gemma 4 26B A4B
56
ZAYA1-74B-Preview
58
Pick ZAYA1-74B-Preview if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Gemma 4 26B A4B only becomes the better choice if its workflow or ecosystem matters more than the raw scoreboard.
Knowledge
+15.1 difference
Gemma 4 26B A4B
ZAYA1-74B-Preview
$0 / $0
$0 / $0
N/A
N/A
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256K
256K
Pick ZAYA1-74B-Preview if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Gemma 4 26B A4B only becomes the better choice if its workflow or ecosystem matters more than the raw scoreboard.
ZAYA1-74B-Preview has the cleaner provisional overall profile here, landing at 58 versus 56. It is a real lead, but still close enough that category-level strengths matter more than the headline number.
ZAYA1-74B-Preview's sharpest advantage is in knowledge, where it averages 64.3 against 49.2. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is MMLU-Pro, 82.6% to 68.1%.
ZAYA1-74B-Preview is ahead on BenchLM's provisional leaderboard, 58 to 56. The biggest single separator in this matchup is MMLU-Pro, where the scores are 82.6% and 68.1%.
ZAYA1-74B-Preview has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 64.3 versus 49.2. Inside this category, MMLU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
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