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 StepFun: Step 3.5 Flash (free)
Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free) wins on 2 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
Step 3.5 Flash is StepFun's most capable open-source foundation model. Built on a sparse Mixture of Experts (MoE) architecture, it selectively activates only 11B of its 196B parameters per token. It is a reasoning model that is incredibly s…
Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free) | StepFun: Step 3.5 Flash (free) | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 262K | 256K | 🏆 Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free) |
| 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 | Yes | Tie |
Frequently asked questions
Is Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free) better than StepFun: Step 3.5 Flash (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 StepFun: Step 3.5 Flash (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 StepFun: Step 3.5 Flash (free) support?
Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free) supports up to 262K tokens. StepFun: Step 3.5 Flash (free) supports up to 256K tokens.
Do both Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free) and StepFun: Step 3.5 Flash (free) support tool calling?
Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free): yes. StepFun: Step 3.5 Flash (free): yes.