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Gemma 4 26B A4B pricing, context window and specs
Gemma 4 26B A4B costs $0.0675 per million input tokens and $0.225 per million output tokens, and reads up to 262,144 tokens per request. By blended price it is the cheapest of Google’s 5 current models here.
- Input / 1M
- $0.0675
- Output / 1M
- $0.225
- Cached / 1M
- $0.0375
- Context
- 262,144
- Max output
- Not published
- Released
- 2026-04-03
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Pricing
Gemma 4 26B A4B API pricing
| Price per 1M tokens | Input | Output |
|---|---|---|
| Standard | $0.0675 | $0.225 |
| Cached input (read) | $0.0375 | – |
Output costs 3.3× the input price, so long replies drive the bill more than long prompts. If your requests share a long fixed prefix, such as a system prompt or tool definitions, caching cuts that part to 56% of the normal input price.
History
Gemma 4 26B A4B price history
Price cut, −25% blended
- Input
- from $0.09 to $0.0675
- −25%
- Output
- from $0.30 to $0.225
- −25%
- Cached input
- from $0.05 to $0.0375
- −25%
Gemma 4 26B A4B has open weights, so this is the price of OpenRouter’s top-ranked host, which can move when hosts change rather than because Google changed its price. Every change across all models is in the AI pricing changes log.
Examples
What Gemma 4 26B A4B costs in practice
| Workload | Tokens in / out | Requests/day | Per request | Per month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Support chatbot50% cached | 1,500 / 400 | 1,000 | $0.000169 | $5.13 |
| RAG app20% cached | 6,000 / 500 | 500 | $0.000482 | $7.32 |
| Coding agent80% cached | 40,000 / 2,000 | 200 | $0.00219 | $13.32 |
| Document summariser | 8,000 / 600 | 300 | $0.000675 | $6.16 |
Change any number in the cost calculator.
Context
Context window
Gemma 4 26B A4B accepts up to 262,144 tokens per request, roughly 196,608 English words or 393 pages. That budget is shared between your prompt and the reply, and no separate cap on the reply is published.
Filling the whole window with one prompt costs about $0.0177 at list price, so for repeated long-document work, retrieval (sending only the relevant parts) or prompt caching is usually much cheaper.
Features
Capabilities
- Image input
- Yes
- Tool / function calling
- Yes
- Reasoning mode
- Yes
- Prompt caching
- Yes
- Structured output
- Yes
- Open weights
- Yes
- Accepts
- image, text, video
- Knowledge cutoff
- Not published
As declared by the provider’s API. It shows a feature exists, not how well it works.
API
Gemma 4 26B A4B model ID
- OpenRouter
google/gemma-4-26b-a4b-it- Open weights
- google/gemma-4-26B-A4B-it
Use the OpenRouter ID when calling it through OpenRouter; Google’s own API may name it differently. See the model ID reference for the providers we document. See how much VRAM Gemma 4 26B-A4B needs to run locally.
Where Gemma 4 26B A4B sits in Google’s line-up
Ranked by blended price (three parts input to one part output, $0.1069 per 1M for Gemma 4 26B A4B), it is the cheapest of Google’s 5 current models here. One step up, Gemma 4 31B costs $0.1525 (1.4× as much). See every Google model and price
| Model | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Context | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gemma 4 26B A4B (this page) | $0.0675 | $0.225 | 262,144 | 2026-04-03 |
| Gemma 4 31B | $0.09 | $0.34 | 262,144 | 2026-04-02 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | $0.30 | $2.50 | 1,048,576 | 2026-07-21 |
| Gemini 3.8 Flash | $0.75 | $3.75 | 1,048,576 | 2026-09-02 |
| Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview | $2 | $12 | 1,048,576 | 2026-02-19 |
Google’s current models with a page here, cheapest first. Older and superseded models are listed on the provider page and in the comparison table.
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FAQ
Gemma 4 26B A4B questions
How much does Gemma 4 26B A4B cost?
Gemma 4 26B A4B costs $0.0675 per million input tokens and $0.225 per million output tokens, with cached input at $0.0375. A typical chatbot reply (1,500 tokens in, 400 out) costs about $0.000191. Use the LLM cost calculator for your own workload.
What is Gemma 4 26B A4B’s context window?
262,144 tokens, about 196,608 English words or 393 printed pages, shared between your prompt and the reply. No separate limit on the reply is published, so the window is the limit.
Does Gemma 4 26B A4B support prompt caching and batch requests?
Yes, cached input is billed at $0.0375 per million tokens (56% of the normal input price). No batch price is published for it.
What are cheaper alternatives to Gemma 4 26B A4B?
In our data there’s no cheaper model with the same essentials and a comparable context window.
What is the API model ID for Gemma 4 26B A4B?
On OpenRouter it is google/gemma-4-26b-a4b-it. Google’s own API may use a different name, so check its model list before you deploy. Pass the ID as the model value in each request.
Is Gemma 4 26B A4B open source?
Yes, Gemma 4 26B A4B has open weights, so you can run it yourself or choose between several hosting providers. The prices here are a typical hosted price.