# Gemma 4 26B A4B vs Step 3.7 Flash

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Gemma 4 26B A4B and Step 3.7 Flash across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gemma-4-26b-a4b-vs-step-3-7-flash
- Last updated: October 15, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 0
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

No benchmark verdict yet: there is no shared sourced benchmark row for Gemma 4 26B A4B and Step 3.7 Flash.

## Summary

- Gemma 4 26B A4B and Step 3.7 Flash 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 | Gemma 4 26B A4B | Step 3.7 Flash |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Google | StepFun |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 256K | 256K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 45.63 | 43.7 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 7 | 11 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $0.20 / $1.15 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemma 4 26B A4B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Step 3.7 Flash public-lane score: 37.1 (Estimated · #74/126)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B | Step 3.7 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 59.5% | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 75.8% | Coming soon |
| DeepSearchQA | Coming soon | 92.8% | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon | Coming soon | 49.5% | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | Coming soon | 67.1% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | Coming soon | 47.2% | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | Coming soon | 51.57% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemma 4 26B A4B public-lane score: 30.9 (Supported · #92/149)
- Step 3.7 Flash public-lane score: 30.2 (Estimated · #95/149)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B | Step 3.7 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 77.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 56.3% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 59.5% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemma 4 26B A4B public-lane score: 53.7 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- Step 3.7 Flash public-lane score: 76.5 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B | Step 3.7 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MRCRv2 | 44.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemma 4 26B A4B public-lane score: 66.9 (#39/54)
- Step 3.7 Flash public-lane score: 75.4 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B | Step 3.7 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | 73.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SimpleVQA | Coming soon | 79.2% | Coming soon |
| V* | Coming soon | 95.3% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemma 4 26B A4B public-lane score: 40 (Estimated · #116/182)
- Step 3.7 Flash public-lane score: 45 (Estimated · #96/182)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B | Step 3.7 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 82.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | 82.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 17.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | 8.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemma 4 26B A4B public-lane score: 88.7 (#33/146)
- Step 3.7 Flash public-lane score: 82.1 (#54/146)

## FAQ

### Can I compare Gemma 4 26B A4B and Step 3.7 Flash 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.

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- [Step 3.7 Flash vs Gemma 4 12B](/compare/gemma-4-12b-vs-step-3-7-flash)

## Explore More

- [Gemma 4 26B A4B profile](/models/gemma-4-26b-a4b)
- [Step 3.7 Flash profile](/models/step-3-7-flash)
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