Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free)
Analysis Summary
Google's Gemma 4 26B A4B is listed as a free model with text, image, and video input, tool use, function calling, and a 262K-token context window. The supplied record has no benchmark results, so its reasoning, coding, and multimodal quality are not established here. The listed features give teams useful areas to test, but do not by themselves demonstrate dependable performance.
It may be worth piloting for lower-risk workloads involving mixed media or tool integration, especially when cost is a priority. Before using it for client-facing content or autonomous tasks, teams should measure instruction following, output consistency, and error handling on their own representative inputs.
The free pricing and breadth of listed capabilities make experimentation accessible. Treat it as an evaluation candidate rather than a validated production model until testing confirms it meets the required standard.
Assessed September 23, 2026
Editorial notes
Gemma 4 26B A4B is free and lists vision, video input, tool calling, and a 262K context, but no benchmark results are provided to verify its reliability or task performance.
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DFO Verdict
Gemma 4 26B A4B is free and lists vision, video input, tool calling, and a 262K context, but no benchmark results are provided to verify its reliability or task performance.
How Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free) compares
Its 262K-token context window is larger than 74% of the models we list. Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free) is currently free to use via OpenRouter.
Dark bar = input · light bar = output, scaled to the priciest peer.
1M tokens ≈ 8 full-length novels or ~2,500 pages of business documents in a single request.
About Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free)
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..
Frequently asked questions about Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free)
How much does Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free) cost?
Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free) is currently available for free via OpenRouter.
What is the context window of Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free)?
Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free) has a context window of 262,144 tokens (262K).
What can Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free) do?
Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free) supports image/vision input, tool use, and function calling.
Who created Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free)?
Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free) is developed by Google and was released on April 3, 2026.