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Gemma 4 26B A4B

Catalog entry documented by the provider, with clearly scoped public ranking signals.

GoogleAssumption · GemmaAssumption · General availability · Stale
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Historical · Not automatically certified. Saved for reference only; this model does not drive the current Radar.

Official model ID

google/gemma-4-26B-A4B-it

Assumption · General availability · Stale
Provider
Google
Model family
Gemma
Release generation
Assumption · Current generation
Catalog status
Assumption · General availability · Stale
Automatically verified
Unknown · Not automatically certified
Lifecycle last verified
Lifecycle source
Lifecycle source
Lifecycle evidence
The provider-owned repository publishes google/gemma-4-26B-A4B-it. General availability describes the released weight artifact, not a hosted API or unrestricted deployment entitlement.
Historical

Common family use cases

Assumption · Run or adapt it yourself · Work with images or audio · Everyday work

Family limitations

Assumption · Smaller footprints trade capability for resource efficiency.

Published ranking signals

Unknown · No comparable public ranking signal is currently linked to this exact version.

Verify the exact version before choosing: capabilities, price, context limits, latency, tools, and regional availability can differ by provider access path.

Assumption · OpenGPT catalog guidance

Best for

  • Self-hosted workloads that need a balance of capability and hardware demand.
  • Local experimentation, adaptation, and resource-aware open deployment.

Strengths

  • A medium open-weight role targets a practical local capability and resource trade-off.
  • Gemma 4 26B A4B is provider-listed as the medium open-weight release in its model family.

Weaknesses

  • General availability does not guarantee identical capabilities across every product, account, or endpoint.
  • Verify exact capabilities, pricing, latency, context limits, tools, and regional availability with the provider.

Alternatives

Assumption · These points are OpenGPT decision guidance derived from provider-confirmed family, catalog role, and lifecycle information. They are not measured results for this exact version. Verify capabilities, pricing, latency, context limits, tools, and regional availability with the provider.

Model family

Family-level guidance

The following summary describes the broader model family from official positioning. It is not a measured result for this exact version.

Assumption · Model family: Gemma

Gemma

Google's lightweight open-model family for local experimentation, adaptation, and selected multimodal tasks.

Run or adapt it yourselfWork with images or audioEveryday workSolve problems or code
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Family strengths

Downloadable models support private and customizable deployments. Several sizes make local and constrained-hardware experiments practical.

Family limitations

Smaller footprints trade capability for resource efficiency. Users own serving, safety, updates, and license compliance.

Verify the exact version before choosing: capabilities, price, context limits, latency, tools, and regional availability can differ by provider access path.

Provider documentation and OpenGPT catalog classification are labeled separately.

Version differences

Compare two catalog model IDs from one model family. Provider IDs, sources and published ranking signals are shown; OpenGPT catalog classification is labeled separately.
Gemma 4 26B A4B / Gemma 4 E2B
Version differencesGemma 4 26B A4BGemma 4 E2B
Official model IDgoogle/gemma-4-26B-A4B-itgoogle/gemma-4-E2B-it
Directory statusHistorical · Not automatically certifiedHistorical · Not automatically certified
OpenGPT catalog roleAssumption · Open · mediumAssumption · Open · small
Current public ranking signals
Provider sourceGoogleGoogle
Model detailsModel detailsModel details

No verified feature-difference data is available. OpenGPT does not infer speed, price, context length, or quality.

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Published ranking signals

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No comparable public ranking signal is currently linked to this exact version.

Missing data is not a zero score and does not mean the model is weak. It means this edition cannot safely attach a published result to the exact official version.