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DeepSeek V4 Flash vs Gemma 4 26B A4B IT

DeepSeek V4 Flash grades higher overall (72.1 against 62.1). DeepSeek V4 Flash costs 18% less for the same work.

DeepSeek V4 Flash

by DeepSeek · #27 of 67 overall

Coming soon · price at launch
Context
1M
Input / 1M
$0.090
Output / 1M
$0.18

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT

by Google · #38 of 67 overall

Coming soon · price at launch
Context
256K
Input / 1M
$0.070
Output / 1M
$0.34

Better overall

DeepSeek V4 Flash

Grade 72.1 vs 62.1

Cheaper

DeepSeek V4 Flash

18% less, $0.11 vs $0.14 blended

Larger context

DeepSeek V4 Flash

1M vs 256K tokens

Head to head

Public benchmarks. Longer is better; each value links to its source.

LMArena TextElo-style rating · LMArena (CC BY 4.0) · Oct 15, 2026
DeepSeek V4 FlashDeepSeek V4 Flash: 1,436
Gemma 4 26B A4B ITGemma 4 26B A4B IT: 1,438
LMArena WebDevElo-style rating · LMArena (CC BY 4.0) · Oct 13, 2026
DeepSeek V4 FlashDeepSeek V4 Flash: 1,582
Gemma 4 26B A4B ITGemma 4 26B A4B IT: 1,359
LMArena CodingElo-style rating · LMArena (CC BY 4.0) · Oct 15, 2026
DeepSeek V4 FlashDeepSeek V4 Flash: 1,484
Gemma 4 26B A4B ITGemma 4 26B A4B IT: 1,483
SWE-bench Verified% of issues resolved · SWE-bench · Apr 22, 2026 · reference
DeepSeek V4 FlashDeepSeek V4 Flash: 79%v
Gemma 4 26B A4B ITGemma 4 26B A4B IT: —
SWE-Bench Pro% of tasks resolved · Scale AI SWE-Bench Pro · Apr 22, 2026 · reference
DeepSeek V4 FlashDeepSeek V4 Flash: 52.6%v
Gemma 4 26B A4B ITGemma 4 26B A4B IT: —
Terminal-Bench 2.0% of tasks passed · Terminal-Bench · Apr 22, 2026 · reference
DeepSeek V4 FlashDeepSeek V4 Flash: 56.9%v
Gemma 4 26B A4B ITGemma 4 26B A4B IT: —
LiveCodeBenchpass@1, % · LiveCodeBench · Apr 22, 2026 · reference
DeepSeek V4 FlashDeepSeek V4 Flash: 91.6%v
Gemma 4 26B A4B ITGemma 4 26B A4B IT: 77.1%v

DeepSeek V4 FlashGemma 4 26B A4B ITv = reported by the model’s maker. — = no public score yet. Arena bars span the range across every model we grade.

What it costs you

Drag to match your monthly usage.

DeepSeek V4 Flash$25.20 /month
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT$27.60 /month

DeepSeek V4 Flash saves you $2.40 a month at this usage, $28.80 a year.

At a glance

AttributeDeepSeek V4 FlashGemma 4 26B A4B IT
Made byDeepSeekGoogle
AvailabilityComing soonComing soon
Overall gradeExcellent · 72.1Strong · 62.1
Overall rank#27 of 67#38 of 67
Input price$0.090 per 1M$0.070 per 1M
Output price$0.18 per 1M$0.34 per 1M
Context window1,048,576 tokens262,144 tokens
Reasoning levelsNoNo
Reads imagesNoYes
Model IDdeepseek-v4-flashgemma-4-26b-a4b-it

Try both with one key

Same endpoint, same key, both hosted in the USA. Change one word to switch models, in Claude Code, Cursor, Cline or your own code.

Get your API key
# Ask either model the same thing
curl https://fullsendai.com/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FULLSEND_API_KEY" \
  -d '{"model": "deepseek-v4-flash", "messages": [...]}'

# …then swap one word
  -d '{"model": "gemma-4-26b-a4b-it", "messages": [...]}'

Questions

Is DeepSeek V4 Flash or Gemma 4 26B A4B IT better?

DeepSeek V4 Flash grades 72.1 against 62.1 for Gemma 4 26B A4B IT, from public benchmarks.

Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V4 Flash or Gemma 4 26B A4B IT?

DeepSeek V4 Flash: $0.090 in and $0.18 out per million tokens, against $0.070 and $0.34 through FullsendAI.

Which has the larger context window?

DeepSeek V4 Flash, with 1,048,576 tokens.

Can I use both with one API key?

Yes, once they launch: both are coming soon, at the prices shown, and both will use the same FullsendAI key.

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Scores: LMArena (CC BY 4.0), SWE-bench, Scale AI SWE-Bench Pro, Terminal-Bench, LiveCodeBench, and model makers’ published results where marked v. Prices are FullsendAI’s, per million tokens. Data as of Oct 28, 2026.