# Claude Opus 4.6 vs Gemma 4 26B A4B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Claude Opus 4.6 and Gemma 4 26B A4B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/claude-opus-4-6-vs-gemma-4-26b-a4b
- Last updated: October 17, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 5
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Pick Claude Opus 4.6 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Gemma 4 26B A4B only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Claude Opus 4.6 leads overall 62.39 to 45.65.
- The clearest category separation is in instruction following, where the averages are 52.4 for Claude Opus 4.6 and 88.7 for Gemma 4 26B A4B.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is HLE in Knowledge, with scores of 53% and 17.2%.
- Gemma 4 26B A4B is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Claude Opus 4.6 also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Claude Opus 4.6 | Gemma 4 26B A4B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Anthropic | Google |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 256K |
| Overall Score | 62.39 | 45.65 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 36 | 7 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $5.00 / $25.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Opus 4.6 public-lane score: 45.7 (Supported · #57/128)
- Gemma 4 26B A4B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 | Gemma 4 26B A4B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 65.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 83.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | 72.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AndroidWorld | 62.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | 70.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSearchQA | 73.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CyberGym | 66.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | 61.85% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ResearchClawBench | 19.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| JobBench | 36.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ApprenticeBench | 5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Claude Opus 4.6
- Claude Opus 4.6 public-lane score: 46.1 (Supported · #52/150)
- Gemma 4 26B A4B public-lane score: 30.9 (Supported · #93/150)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 | Gemma 4 26B A4B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 80.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified* | 75.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench Pro | 70.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 53.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-Rebench | 65.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| React Native Evals | 84.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 65.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Vibe Code Bench | 57.57% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierCode 1.1 Main | 26.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 77.1% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Opus 4.6 public-lane score: 71.9 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Gemma 4 26B A4B public-lane score: 53.7 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 | Gemma 4 26B A4B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MRCRv2 | Coming soon | 44.1% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Claude Opus 4.6
- Claude Opus 4.6 public-lane score: 74.5 (#25/54)
- Gemma 4 26B A4B public-lane score: 66.9 (#39/54)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 | Gemma 4 26B A4B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | 77.3% | 73.8% | Claude Opus 4.6 |
| ERQA | 51.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ScreenSpot Pro | 83.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MedXpertQA (MM) | 64.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Directional only
- Claude Opus 4.6 public-lane score: 59 (Estimated · #52/184)
- Gemma 4 26B A4B public-lane score: 40 (Estimated · #118/184)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 | Gemma 4 26B A4B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 91.3% | 82.3% | Claude Opus 4.6 |
| GPQA-D | 89.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | 95% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | 82% | 82.6% | Gemma 4 26B A4B |
| MMLU-Pro (Arcee) | 89.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 53% | 17.2% | Claude Opus 4.6 |
| HLE w/o tools | 40% | 8.7% | Claude Opus 4.6 |
| HealthBench Hard | 14.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MedXpertQA (Text) | 52.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Directional only
- Claude Opus 4.6 public-lane score: 52.4 (#87/148)
- Gemma 4 26B A4B public-lane score: 88.7 (#34/148)

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Opus 4.6 public-lane score: 69.1 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- Gemma 4 26B A4B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 | Gemma 4 26B A4B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME25 (Arcee) | 99.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 65.965% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 26.829% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Claude Opus 4.6 or Gemma 4 26B A4B?

Claude Opus 4.6 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Claude Opus 4.6 and Gemma 4 26B A4B?

The widest category gap is in instruction following, where the averages are 52.4 for Claude Opus 4.6 and 88.7 for Gemma 4 26B A4B.

### How many benchmarks does Claude Opus 4.6 cover on BenchLM?

Claude Opus 4.6 currently has 36 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Gemma 4 26B A4B cover on BenchLM?

Gemma 4 26B A4B currently has 7 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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