gemma-4-31B-it vs gemma-4-26B-A4B
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 21 August 2026.
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | gemma-4-31B-it | gemma-4-26B-A4B |
|---|---|---|
| Deployment | Open weights · also via API | Open weights |
| Parameters | 32.7 B | 26.5 B |
| Architecture | Gemma4ForConditionalGeneration | Gemma4ForConditionalGeneration |
| Context length | 262,144 | — |
| Licence | apache-2.0 | apache-2.0 |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Allowed |
| Languages | — | — |
| Downloads 30d | 7,079,469 | 864,997 |
| Downloads all time | 73.4 M | 2.0 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2026-03-11 | 2026-03-12 |
| API input price / 1M tokens | $0.20 | not on OpenRouter |
| API output price / 1M tokens | $0.40 | not on OpenRouter |
| Est. cost per 1M input + 1M output tokens | $0.60 | not on OpenRouter |
| Cached input / 1M tokens | — | not on OpenRouter |
| AA Intelligence Index | 4.4 | not on OpenRouter |
| AA Coding Index | 43.4 | not on OpenRouter |
| AA Agentic Index | 4.2 | not on OpenRouter |
| Max output tokens | 16,384 | not on OpenRouter |
| API providers | 16 | 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-4-31B-it
$0.60
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 90 days (13 Aug – 10 Nov)
10.0 M865 K
gemma-4-31B-it
gemma-4-26B-A4B
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
gemma-4-26B-A4B · fp16
61.3 GB / 24 GB
gemma-4-31B-it · fp16
74.2 GB / 24 GB