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Gemma 4 26B A4B API pricing.

Gemma 4 26B A4B is Google’s model on the API market, released 3 Apr 2026. Prices are per million tokens in USD, as last read from the price list.

$0.10Input / 1M
$0.30Output / 1M
262KContext
33KMax output
Capability scores
Epoch AI
Epoch Capabilities Index
142
Range 139 to 144 · #113 of 271 models Epoch has scored

The index combines many benchmarks into one general-capability score; the range is how sure Epoch is of the number. Each area score is this site's average of the model's Epoch results in that area, where 0 is what guessing would score and 100 is perfect. Compare every model, and value for money →

Source: Epoch AI, Capabilities & benchmarking (licensed CC BY 4.0). Data refreshed 2 November 2026. These are Epoch's own tests; other benchmark sites can rank models differently.

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Specification
USD per million tokens
Provider
Google
Model id
google/gemma-4-26b-a4b-it
Input
$0.10
Output
$0.30
Cached input
$0.050
Context window
262K tokens
Maximum output
33K tokens
Takes
image, text, video
Returns
text
Tool use
Yes
Reasoning
Yes
Released
3 Apr 2026
First tracked
17 Sept 2026

At $0.10 per million input tokens, Gemma 4 26B A4B is dearer than 54 of the 340 models on the price list.

Price changes
Tracked since 17 Sept 2026
Gemma 4 26B A4B price per million tokens over timeFree$0.25$0.5017 Sept2 Nov
InputOutput
  1. Input $0.030 → $0.10 · Output $0.090 → $0.30
  2. Input $0.068 → $0.030 · Output $0.23 → $0.090
  3. Input $0.090 → $0.068 · Output $0.30 → $0.23

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Prices and specifications come from OpenRouter’s catalogue, last read 2 Nov 2026. A provider’s own price may differ; how this is collected.