Claude Fable 5.2 (Low, Default Fallback) vs Gemma 4 26B A4B (Non-reasoning)

Claude Fable 5.2 (Low, Default Fallback) vs Gemma 4 26B A4B (Non-reasoning). A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

AnthropicClaude Fable 5.2 (Low, Default Fallback)Off the frontier
Intelligence
53.90
Total cost
$2862
GoogleGemma 4 26B A4B (Non-reasoning)Not ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
-
Total cost
-
Verdict

Comparison incomplete

A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

MetricClaude Fable 5.2 (Low, Default Fallback)Gemma 4 26B A4B (Non-reasoning)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)53.9Not reported— not comparable
Total AA cost (lower is better)$2,861.78Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)21.73s4.68s−78.5% Gemma 4 26B A4B (Non-… is 78.5% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$8.00 / $40.0$0.12 / $0.40
Input modalitiesText, ImageText, Image, Video
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