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Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 09-2025 vs Gemma 4 26B A4B Instruct

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 09-2025 wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Larger context window
  • Better at math
  • Has reasoning mode

Gemma 4 26B A4B Instruct wins:

  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
Price Advantage
Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 09-2025
Benchmark Advantage
Gemma 4 26B A4B Instruct
Context Window
Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 09-2025
Speed
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Pricing Comparison

Benchmark Comparison

Context & Performance

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureGemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 09-2025Gemma 4 26B A4B Instruct
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyGemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 09-2025Gemma 4 26B A4B Instruct
LicenseProprietaryProprietary
AuthorGoogleGoogle
ReleasedSep 2025Apr 2026

Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 09-2025 Modalities

Input
textimagefileaudiovideo
Output
text

Gemma 4 26B A4B Instruct Modalities

Input
imagetextvideo
Output
text

Frequently Asked Questions

Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 09-2025 has cheaper input pricing at $0.10/M tokens. Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 09-2025 has cheaper output pricing at $0.40/M tokens.
Gemma 4 26B A4B Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 22.4, compared to Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 09-2025's score of 14.5.
Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 09-2025 has a 1,048,576 token context window, while Gemma 4 26B A4B Instruct has a 262,144 token context window.
Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 09-2025 supports vision. Gemma 4 26B A4B Instruct supports vision.