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Gemma 4 26B A4B
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is an instruction-tuned Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) model from Google DeepMind. Despite 25.2B total parameters, only 3.8B activate per token during inference — delivering near-31B quality at...
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What published route metadata supports
CachingHugging FaceReasoningStructured outputTool useVideo inputVision
Input modalities
ImageTextVideo
Supported API parameters
frequency_penaltyinclude_reasoninglogit_biaslogprobsmax_tokensmin_ppresence_penaltyreasoningrepetition_penaltyresponse_formatseedstopstructured_outputstemperaturetool_choicetoolstop_ktop_logprobstop_p
Only source-backed fields are filled
Release dateNot independently verified
Knowledge cutoffNot independently verified
Open weightsNot independently verified
OpenRouter catalog date2026-04-03
LLMPrice does not infer a release date, knowledge cutoff, or open-weight status from a model name, Hugging Face link, or pricing route.
Could this workload cost less?Compare Gemma 4 26B A4B with cheaper models using the same workload.
Find cheaper alternatives →| Endpoint / route | Model ID | Input | Cached | Output | Context | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenRouterFree | google/gemma-4-26b-a4b-it:free | $0 | — | $0 | 262K | OpenRouter API ↗ |
| OpenRouterStandard | google/gemma-4-26b-a4b-it | $0.0675 | $0.0375 | $0.225 | 262K | OpenRouter API ↗ |
Hugging Face references
Presence of a Hugging Face ID is not treated as proof that model weights are open.
7 verified price changes since Aug 26, 2026
0 route availability changes recorded. No earlier prices are inferred.
Input / 1M$0.0675Aug 26, 2026 → Oct 11, 2026
Output / 1M$0.225Aug 26, 2026 → Oct 11, 2026
- Oct 11, 2026OpenRouter · Standard
Input $0.09 → $0.0675 · Cached input $0.05 → $0.0375 · Output $0.3 → $0.225
- Oct 5, 2026OpenRouter · Standard
Input $0.0675 → $0.09 · Cached input $0.0375 → $0.05 · Output $0.225 → $0.3
- Oct 3, 2026OpenRouter · Standard
Input $0.09 → $0.0675 · Cached input $0.05 → $0.0375 · Output $0.3 → $0.225
- Sep 28, 2026OpenRouter · Standard
Input $0.0675 → $0.09 · Cached input $0.0375 → $0.05 · Output $0.225 → $0.3
- Sep 26, 2026OpenRouter · Standard
Input $0.09 → $0.0675 · Cached input $0.05 → $0.0375 · Output $0.3 → $0.225
- Sep 13, 2026OpenRouter · Standard
Input $0.042 → $0.09 · Cached input — → $0.05 · Output $0.22 → $0.3