# Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite vs Gemma 4 26B A4B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite and Gemma 4 26B A4B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gemini-3-5-flash-lite-vs-gemma-4-26b-a4b
- Last updated: September 4, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 0
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

No benchmark verdict yet: there is no shared sourced benchmark row for Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite and Gemma 4 26B A4B.

## Summary

- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite and Gemma 4 26B A4B do not currently share a sourced benchmark row. The mirror therefore compares metadata, pricing, context windows, and each model's separately reported coverage without naming a benchmark winner.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | Gemma 4 26B A4B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Google | Google |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 256K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 60.5 | 56.66 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 10 | 4 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.30 / $2.50 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite public-lane score: 43.4 (Estimated · #104/151)
- Gemma 4 26B A4B public-lane score: 49.2 (Estimated · #71/151)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | Gemma 4 26B A4B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 54% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | 74% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 50.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite public-lane score: 43.6 (Supported · #121/183)
- Gemma 4 26B A4B public-lane score: 41.7 (Supported · #130/183)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | Gemma 4 26B A4B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 54.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 54.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 79.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 75.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite public-lane score: 76.1 (#16/48)
- Gemma 4 26B A4B public-lane score: 43.7 (#41/48)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | Gemma 4 26B A4B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | Coming soon | 73.8% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite public-lane score: 60.8 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- Gemma 4 26B A4B public-lane score: 65.4 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | Gemma 4 26B A4B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MRCRv2 | 72.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite public-lane score: 53 (Supported · #71/181)
- Gemma 4 26B A4B public-lane score: 44.1 (Supported · #120/181)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | Gemma 4 26B A4B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 83.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 85.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | Coming soon | 82.6% | Coming soon |
| HLE | Coming soon | 17.2% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 8.7% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite public-lane score: Coming soon
- Gemma 4 26B A4B public-lane score: 88.4 (#30/120)

## FAQ

### Can I compare Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite and Gemma 4 26B A4B on BenchLM yet?

Not fully yet. BenchLM is tracking both models, but sourced benchmark coverage is still incomplete for a fair score-level comparison.

### Why does this page show "coming soon" values?

BenchLM only calls winners when public benchmark coverage is available on both sides of the comparison.

## Related Comparisons

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- [Gemma 4 26B A4B vs Gemma 4 31B](/compare/gemma-4-26b-a4b-vs-gemma-4-31b)
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- [Gemma 4 26B A4B vs Gemma 4 12B](/compare/gemma-4-12b-vs-gemma-4-26b-a4b)

## Explore More

- [Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite profile](/models/gemini-3-5-flash-lite)
- [Gemma 4 26B A4B profile](/models/gemma-4-26b-a4b)
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