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 vs Mistral: Mistral Small 3.2 24B
Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B wins on 3 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
Mistral-Small-3.2-24B-Instruct-2506 is an updated 24B parameter model from Mistral optimized for instruction following, repetition reduction, and improved function calling. Compared to the 3.1 release, version 3.2 significantly improves acc…
Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B | Mistral: Mistral Small 3.2 24B | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 262K | 256K | 🏆 Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B |
| Input price (per 1M) Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider. | $0.09 | $0.09 | 🏆 Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $0.30 | $0.25 | 🏆 Mistral: Mistral Small 3.2 24B |
| 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 | — | 🏆 Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B |
Frequently asked questions
Is Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B better than Mistral: Mistral Small 3.2 24B?
Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B wins on 3 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
What's the price difference between Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B and Mistral: Mistral Small 3.2 24B?
Input: $0.09 vs $0.09 per 1M tokens. Output: $0.30 vs $0.25 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B and Mistral: Mistral Small 3.2 24B support?
Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B supports up to 262K tokens. Mistral: Mistral Small 3.2 24B supports up to 256K tokens.
Do both Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B and Mistral: Mistral Small 3.2 24B support tool calling?
Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B: yes. Mistral: Mistral Small 3.2 24B: yes.