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Gemma 4 26B A4B IT vs Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct

Close to a tie overall. Gemma 4 26B A4B IT costs 60% less for the same work, and both read a 256K-token context.

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

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct

by Qwen · #37 of 67 overall

Coming soon · price at launch
Context
256K
Input / 1M
$0.090
Output / 1M
$1.10

Better overall

About even

Grade 62.1 vs 62.5

Cheaper

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT

60% less, $0.14 vs $0.34 blended

Larger context

Same

256K 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
Gemma 4 26B A4B ITGemma 4 26B A4B IT: 1,438
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B InstructQwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct: 1,399
LMArena WebDevElo-style rating · LMArena (CC BY 4.0) · Oct 13, 2026
Gemma 4 26B A4B ITGemma 4 26B A4B IT: 1,359
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B InstructQwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct: —
LMArena CodingElo-style rating · LMArena (CC BY 4.0) · Oct 15, 2026
Gemma 4 26B A4B ITGemma 4 26B A4B IT: 1,483
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B InstructQwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct: 1,444
Aider Polyglot% of exercises solved · Aider (aider.chat) · Sep 9, 2025
Gemma 4 26B A4B ITGemma 4 26B A4B IT: —
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B InstructQwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct: 49.8%v
LiveCodeBenchpass@1, % · LiveCodeBench · Mar 11, 2026 · reference
Gemma 4 26B A4B ITGemma 4 26B A4B IT: 77.1%v
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B InstructQwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct: 56.6%v

Gemma 4 26B A4B ITQwen3 Next 80B A3B Instructv = 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.

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT$27.60 /month
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct$62.00 /month

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT saves you $34.40 a month at this usage, $413 a year.

At a glance

AttributeGemma 4 26B A4B ITQwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct
Made byGoogleQwen
AvailabilityComing soonComing soon
Overall gradeStrong · 62.1Strong · 62.5
Overall rank#38 of 67#37 of 67
Input price$0.070 per 1M$0.090 per 1M
Output price$0.34 per 1M$1.10 per 1M
Context window262,144 tokens262,144 tokens
Reasoning levelsNoYes
Reads imagesYesNo
Model IDgemma-4-26b-a4b-itqwen3-next-80b-a3b-instruct

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": "gemma-4-26b-a4b-it", "messages": [...]}'

# …then swap one word
  -d '{"model": "qwen3-next-80b-a3b-instruct", "messages": [...]}'

Questions

Is Gemma 4 26B A4B IT or Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct better?

They grade within two points of each other (62.1 and 62.5), so pick on price and the benchmarks that match your work.

Which is cheaper, Gemma 4 26B A4B IT or Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct?

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: $0.070 in and $0.34 out per million tokens, against $0.090 and $1.10 through FullsendAI.

Which has the larger context window?

Neither: both take 262,144 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), Aider (aider.chat), LiveCodeBench, and model makers’ published results where marked v. Prices are FullsendAI’s, per million tokens. Data as of Oct 28, 2026.