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...
Model details →Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free) vs Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct (free)
Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free) wins on 2 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct is an instruction-tuned chat model in the Qwen3-Next series optimized for fast, stable responses without “thinking” traces. It targets complex tasks across reasoning, code generation, knowledge QA, and multilingu…
Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free) | Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct (free) | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 262K | 262K | Tie |
| Input price (per 1M) Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider. | $0.00 | $0.00 | Tie |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $0.00 | $0.00 | Tie |
| Tool / function calling First-class support for emitting structured tool calls. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| Vision input Accepts image inputs alongside text. | Yes | — | 🏆 Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free) |
| Reasoning mode Internal chain-of-thought / extended-thinking support. | Yes | — | 🏆 Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free) |
Frequently asked questions
Is Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free) better than Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct (free)?
Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free) wins on 2 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
What's the price difference between Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free) and Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct (free)?
Input: $0.00 vs $0.00 per 1M tokens. Output: $0.00 vs $0.00 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free) and Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct (free) support?
Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free) supports up to 262K tokens. Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct (free) supports up to 262K tokens.
Do both Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free) and Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct (free) support tool calling?
Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free): yes. Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct (free): yes.