Gemma 4 26B A4B: API pricing, context window and capabilities

Prices from official vendor price lists · October 2026

Gemma 4 26B A4B costs $0.07 per 1M input tokens and $0.34 per 1M output tokens, with a 262.1K context window. One of the cheapest models here — below 84% of the rating on output price. Suited to high volume, where a wrong answer is cheap to retry.

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Capabilities

API $/1M (in / out)

$0.07 / $0.34

Context window

262.1K tokens

Price / mo

API only

Overview Reviews

Gemma 4 26B A4B is an AI model from Google DeepMind, priced at $0.07 input and $0.34 output per 1M tokens. That places it in the budget tier of this rating — cheaper than 84% of the 205 priced models listed.

It holds 262.1K tokens in a single conversation. Capabilities recorded in this rating: text & chat, vision, video, structured JSON output, code execution. Access is through the API rather than a consumer subscription.

API price$0.07 / $0.34per 1M tokens, in / out

Context262.1K tokenstokens per conversation

VendorGoogle DeepMindall models from this vendor

TierBudgetcheaper than 84% of models

Cost calculator

1M tokens/mo10M tokens/mo50M tokens/mo200M tokens/mo

Standard$0.27~~AED 1 per month~~

With batch −50%$0.14~~AED 1 per month~~

With caching on input$0.26~~AED 1 per month~~

Standard$2.73~~AED 10 per month~~

With batch −50%$1.36~~AED 5 per month~~

With caching on input$2.57~~AED 9 per month~~

Standard$13.63~~AED 50 per month~~

With batch −50%$6.81~~AED 25 per month~~

With caching on input$12.84~~AED 47 per month~~

Standard$54.50~~AED 200 per month~~

With batch −50%$27.25~~AED 100 per month~~

With caching on input$51.35~~AED 189 per month~~

Assumes a 1:3 input-to-output ratio, which is typical for chat and generation. Dirham figures use 3.6725 per dollar. Batch and caching discounts apply where the vendor offers them.

Compared with alternatives

How Gemma 4 26B A4B sits against its neighbours in this rating. Tap a card to open that model.

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Cheaper

OpenAI

$0.075 / $0.3131.1K tokens

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Closest match

Google DeepMind

$0.09 / $0.34262.1K tokens

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Step up

Alibaba (Qwen)

$0.113 / $0.3821M tokens

Good and poor fit

Good fit

Reading screenshots, charts, scanned documents and photos.
General text generation and conversation across languages.

Poor fit

Integrations that depend on structured function calls.

Related filters

Text & chat234 models for text generation and chat

Vision159 models that read images

Code execution47 models that run code in a sandbox

Prompt caching153 models with cheap repeated context

Batch API146 models with half-price async processing

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Frequently asked questions

How much does Gemma 4 26B A4B cost?

$0.07 / $0.34 per 1M tokens, input and output. In dirhams that is roughly AED 0.26 per 1M input tokens. Batch processing halves it where the vendor offers it.

What is the context window of Gemma 4 26B A4B?

262.1K tokens in a single conversation.

What can Gemma 4 26B A4B do?

In this rating it is recorded with: text & chat, vision, video, structured JSON output, code execution, prompt caching, batch API, priority / fast tier, free tier, multilingual, open weights.

Is Gemma 4 26B A4B a good choice?

It depends on the job. See the good-fit and poor-fit lists above, and compare against the neighbouring models before committing.

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