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 Anthropic: Claude Opus Latest
Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free) wins on 2 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
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Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free) | Anthropic: Claude Opus Latest | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 262K | 1M | 🏆 Anthropic: Claude Opus Latest |
| Input price (per 1M) Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider. | $0.00 | $5.00 | 🏆 Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free) |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $0.00 | $25.00 | 🏆 Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free) |
| Tool / function calling First-class support for emitting structured tool calls. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| Vision input Accepts image inputs alongside text. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| Reasoning mode Internal chain-of-thought / extended-thinking support. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
Frequently asked questions
Is Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free) better than Anthropic: Claude Opus Latest?
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 Anthropic: Claude Opus Latest?
Input: $0.00 vs $5.00 per 1M tokens. Output: $0.00 vs $25.00 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free) and Anthropic: Claude Opus Latest support?
Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free) supports up to 262K tokens. Anthropic: Claude Opus Latest supports up to 1M tokens.
Do both Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free) and Anthropic: Claude Opus Latest support tool calling?
Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free): yes. Anthropic: Claude Opus Latest: yes.
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