# Gemma 4 26B A4B vs Ornith-1.5-397B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Gemma 4 26B A4B and Ornith-1.5-397B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gemma-4-26b-a4b-vs-ornith-1-5-397b
- Last updated: October 2, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 2
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Gemma 4 26B A4B and Ornith-1.5-397B share only 2 sourced benchmark rows.

## Summary

- Only 2 shared sourced benchmark rows are available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- Ornith-1.5-397B has the larger published context window at 262K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Gemma 4 26B A4B | Ornith-1.5-397B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Google | Ornith AI |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 256K | 262K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 46.89 | 62.72 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 4 | 18 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemma 4 26B A4B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ornith-1.5-397B public-lane score: 56.8 (Estimated · #29/119)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B | Ornith-1.5-397B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 86.1% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | Coming soon | 56.1% | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | Coming soon | 80% | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon-Verified | Coming soon | 71.2% | Coming soon |
| WideResearch | Coming soon | 80.8% | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 86.6% | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | Coming soon | 81.4% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemma 4 26B A4B public-lane score: 33.8 (Supported · #86/144)
- Ornith-1.5-397B public-lane score: 54.7 (Estimated · #34/144)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B | Ornith-1.5-397B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 86.1% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 86% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 65.1% | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 79.6% | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | Coming soon | 56.0% | Coming soon |
| frontierBench | Coming soon | 13.5% | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | Coming soon | 59.5% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemma 4 26B A4B public-lane score: 67.4 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Ornith-1.5-397B public-lane score: Coming soon

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemma 4 26B A4B public-lane score: 45.2 (#42/49)
- Ornith-1.5-397B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B | Ornith-1.5-397B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | 73.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemma 4 26B A4B public-lane score: 36.5 (Supported · #108/171)
- Ornith-1.5-397B public-lane score: 63.3 (Estimated · #36/171)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B | Ornith-1.5-397B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-Pro | 82.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 17.2% | 44.6% | Ornith-1.5-397B |
| HLE w/o tools | 8.7% | 44.6% | Ornith-1.5-397B |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 92.8% | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 92.8% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemma 4 26B A4B public-lane score: 87.3 (#30/125)
- Ornith-1.5-397B public-lane score: Coming soon

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Gemma 4 26B A4B and Ornith-1.5-397B?

Not yet. The models share only 2 sourced benchmark rows, so this mirror reports the available measurements and metadata without naming a broad winner.

### What can I compare safely on this page?

Published pricing, context windows, model type, and individual shared benchmark rows are directly comparable. Independent overall scores and non-overlapping benchmark coverage are labeled separately and should not be read as a controlled head-to-head result.

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