Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Max) vs Gemma 4 26B A4B (Reasoning)

Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Max) vs Gemma 4 26B A4B (Reasoning). A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

AnthropicClaude Sonnet 4.6 (Max)Off the frontier
Intelligence
30.10
Total cost
$4925
GoogleGemma 4 26B A4B (Reasoning)Not ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
16.70
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 Sonnet 4.6 (Max)Gemma 4 26B A4B (Reasoning)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)30.116.7−44.5% Gemma 4 26B A4B (Reas… is 44.5% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$4,924.80Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)163.10s27.17s−83.3% Gemma 4 26B A4B (Reas… is 83.3% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$3.00 / $15.0$0.10 / $0.34
Input modalitiesText, ImageText, Image, Video
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