Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B

Name: Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B
Author: OpenRouter

26B / 4B

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is an instruction-tuned Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) model from Google DeepMind.

Context

262K

Max output

236K

Input price

$0.09/1M tokens

Output price

$0.3/1M tokens

Capabilities

vision

tool call

structured output

reasoning

json mode

streaming

fine tuning

batch

Details

Model IDgoogle/gemma-4-26b-a4b-it

ProviderOpenRouter

CreatorGoogle AI

Familygemma-4

License—

Parameters26B / 4B

Status—

Input modalitiesimage, text, video

Output modalitiestext

Architecture—

Knowledge cutoff—

Training data cutoff—

Release date2026-04-03

Deprecation date—

Typechat

Reasoning tokens—

Max input—

Open weight—

Sourceofficial

Last updated2026-09-13

Tools

Function Callingfunction_calling

Call external functions and APIs

Pricing

Input

$0.09

↑114%$0.04

Output

$0.3

↑36%$0.22

Cache write

—

Cache read

$0.05

Batch in

—

Batch out

—

Price history · $/1M input

$0.06

$0.12

$0.09

Apr 24May 23Aug 13Sep 13

Date	Input	Output	Cache read	Change
Apr 5, 2026	$0.13	$0.4	—	—
Apr 13, 202614e5cfd	$0.12	$0.4	—	↓8%
Apr 14, 20261867def	$0.08	$0.35	$0.01	↓33%
Apr 16, 2026655eec1	$0.07	$0.4	$0.04	↓12%
Apr 22, 20266231fb5	$0.08	$0.35	$0.01	↑14%
Apr 22, 202680802be	$0.07	$0.35	$0.04	↓12%
Apr 24, 20266a1e7e3	$0.06	$0.33	$0.04	↓14%
May 18, 202673d11c6	$0.07	$0.34	$0.04	↑17%
May 23, 20269e091d8	$0.06	$0.33	$0.04	↓14%
Jul 17, 202620c73ac	$0.1	$0.3	$0.04	↑67%
Jul 25, 2026bf78dcf	$0.12	$0.35	$0.05	↑20%
Jul 31, 2026dbe2d73	$0.07	$0.34	$0.05	↓42%
Aug 13, 20263cddff5	$0.12	$0.4	$0.05	↑71%
Aug 31, 2026e3d7ded	$0.07	$0.34	$0.05	↓42%
Sep 11, 202617bcfbf	$0.042	$0.22	$0.05	↓40%
Sep 13, 2026f844c98	$0.09	$0.3	$0.05	↑114%

Input is ↓31% since Apr 5, 2026, from $0.13 to $0.09 per 1M tokens.

Price across providers

Provider	Input	Output	Since launch
DeepInfracheapest	$0.07	$0.34	—
OpenRouter	$0.09	$0.3	↓31%
Novita AI	$0.13	$0.4	—
Vercel AI Gateway	$0.13	$0.4	—

Family Comparison: gemma-4

Model	Caps	Perf	Speed	Context	Max out	Pricing
Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free)	RVTS	—	—	262K	33K
Google: Gemma 4 31B (free)	RVTS	—	—	262K	33K
Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B	RVTS	—	—	262K	236K	$0.09$0.3
Google: Gemma 4 31B	RVTS	—	—	262K	16K	$0.09$0.34
Google: Gemma 4 31B (batch)	RVTS	—	—	262K	236K	$0.39$0.97

API

GET/v1/models/openrouter/google/gemma-4-26b-a4b-it

Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B

google/gemma-4-26b-a4b-it

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is an instruction-tuned Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) model from Google DeepMind.

Changes · 17 entries

google/gemma-4-26b-a4b-itupdatef844c98Sep 13, 2026, 06:38 AM

max_output_tokens32768→235929

pricinginput$0.042→$0.09output$0.22→$0.3

google/gemma-4-26b-a4b-itupdate265df08Sep 12, 2026, 06:33 AM

context_window1000000→262144

google/gemma-4-26b-a4b-itupdate17bcfbfSep 11, 2026, 06:36 AM

context_window262144→1000000

max_output_tokens16384→32768

pricinginput$0.07→$0.042output$0.34→$0.22

google/gemma-4-26b-a4b-itupdatee3d7dedAug 31, 2026, 04:13 AM

max_output_tokens262144→16384

pricinginput$0.12→$0.07output$0.4→$0.34

google/gemma-4-26b-a4b-itupdate3cddff5Aug 13, 2026, 02:54 AM

max_output_tokens16384→262144

pricinginput$0.07→$0.12output$0.34→$0.4

google/gemma-4-26b-a4b-itupdatedbe2d73Jul 31, 2026, 06:07 AM

max_output_tokens262144→16384

pricinginput$0.12→$0.07output$0.35→$0.34

google/gemma-4-26b-a4b-itupdatebf78dcfJul 25, 2026, 05:49 AM

max_output_tokens256000→262144

pricinginput$0.1→$0.12output$0.3→$0.35cached input$0.04→$0.05

google/gemma-4-26b-a4b-itupdate20c73acJul 17, 2026, 02:34 AM

max_output_tokens16384→256000

pricinginput$0.06→$0.1output$0.33→$0.3

google/gemma-4-26b-a4b-itupdate9e091d8May 23, 2026, 05:20 PM

pricinginput$0.07→$0.06output$0.34→$0.33

google/gemma-4-26b-a4b-itupdate73d11c6May 18, 2026, 03:39 AM

max_output_tokens262144→16384

pricinginput$0.06→$0.07output$0.33→$0.34

google/gemma-4-26b-a4b-itupdate6a1e7e3Apr 24, 2026, 02:41 AM

pricinginput$0.07→$0.06output$0.35→$0.33

google/gemma-4-26b-a4b-itupdate80802beApr 22, 2026, 02:56 PM

pricinginput$0.08→$0.07cached input$0.01→$0.04

google/gemma-4-26b-a4b-itupdate6231fb5Apr 22, 2026, 02:50 AM

pricinginput$0.07→$0.08output$0.4→$0.35cached input$0.04→$0.01

google/gemma-4-26b-a4b-itupdate655eec1Apr 16, 2026, 02:46 PM

pricinginput$0.08→$0.07output$0.35→$0.4cached input$0.01→$0.04

google/gemma-4-26b-a4b-itupdate1867defApr 14, 2026, 10:11 AM

pricinginput$0.12→$0.08output$0.4→$0.35cached input$0.01

google/gemma-4-26b-a4b-itupdate14e5cfdApr 13, 2026, 02:40 AM

pricinginput$0.13→$0.12

google/gemma-4-26b-a4b-itcreatefdb701fApr 5, 2026, 05:48 AM