gemma-4-26B-A4B-it vs Qwen3.8-27B-GGUF
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 24 October 2026.
google · A · Open weights
Params
26.5 B
Context
—
30d
9.1 M
apache-2.0 · commercial OK
byteshape · B · Open weights
Params
27.0 B
Context
—
30d
2.0 M
apache-2.0 · commercial OK
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | gemma-4-26B-A4B-it | Qwen3.8-27B-GGUF |
|---|---|---|
| Deployment | Open weights · also via API | Open weights |
| Parameters | 26.5 B | 27.0 B |
| Architecture | Gemma4ForConditionalGeneration | — |
| Context length | 262,144 | — |
| Licence | apache-2.0 | apache-2.0 |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Allowed |
| Languages | — | — |
| Downloads 30d | 9,095,856 | 1,959,864 |
| Downloads all time | 72.4 M | 2.1 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | GGUF |
| Gated | No | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2026-03-11 | 2026-08-18 |
| API input price / 1M tokens | $0.068 | not on OpenRouter |
| API output price / 1M tokens | $0.23 | not on OpenRouter |
| Est. cost per 1M input + 1M output tokens | $0.29 | not on OpenRouter |
| Cached input / 1M tokens | $0.038 | not on OpenRouter |
| AA Intelligence Index | 16.7 | not on OpenRouter |
| AA Coding Index | 39.3 | not on OpenRouter |
| AA Agentic Index | 2.9 | not on OpenRouter |
| Max output tokens | 235,929 | not on OpenRouter |
| API providers | 13 | not on OpenRouter |
| Tool calling | Yes | not on OpenRouter |
| Reasoning mode | Yes | not on OpenRouter |
API cost
Estimated cost of 1M input + 1M output tokens via OpenRouter
gemma-4-26B-A4B-it
$0.29
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 89 days (28 Jul – 24 Oct)
13.1 M833 K
gemma-4-26B-A4B-it
Qwen3.8-27B-GGUF
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
gemma-4-26B-A4B-it · fp16
61.3 GB / 24 GB