| Provider | |
|---|---|
| Model ID | google/gemma-4-26b-a4b-it |
| Prompt Price per 1M tokens | $0.06 |
| Completion Price per 1M tokens | $0.33 |
| Sample Workload Cost 1M input + 500K output | $0.23 |
| Context Window | 262.14K |
| Release Date | |
| Popularity | #28 |
| Popularity Signal | 37.8B tokens |
Gemma 4 26B A4B
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Prices normalized to USD per 1M tokens
Sample workload: 1M input + 500K output
Budget brief
Gemma 4 26B A4B is estimated at $0.23 for the standard workload.
Gemma 4 26B A4B is best suited for cost-sensitive production traffic. A 1M input token plus 500K output token workload is estimated at $0.23.
Input price$0.06per 1M tokens
Output price$0.33per 1M tokens
Context window262.14Kreported maximum
Popularity#2837.8B tokens signal volume
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Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is an instruction-tuned Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) model from Google DeepMind. Despite 25.2B total parameters, only 3.8B activate per token during inference — delivering near-31B quality at...
Gemma 4 26B A4B is best suited for cost-sensitive production traffic.
A 1M input token plus 500K output token workload is estimated at $0.23.
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