Gemma 4 26B A4B (Reasoning) API Provider Benchmarking & Analysis
This analysis is intended to support you in choosing the best API provider of Gemma 4 26B A4B (Reasoning) for your use-case.
Fastest
Makora
Novita
Google AI Studio
Parasail
DeepInfra (FP8)Output speed
Total 7 providers
Lowest Latency
MakoraNovitaGoogle AI StudioParasailDeepInfra (FP8)Time to first answer token
Total 7 providers
Lowest Price
Google AI StudioMakoraDeepInfra (FP8)Parasail
CloudflareBlended price (per 1M tokens)
Total 7 providers
Gemma 4 26B A4B is available through 7 API providers, each offering different performance characteristics and pricing. Below is a comparison of the key metrics across providers.
- For output speed, the top providers are Makora (122.5 t/s), Novita (66.9 t/s), and Google AI Studio (46.8 t/s). Speed varies significantly across providers, with a 349% difference between the fastest and slowest.
- For latency, Makora (17.43s), Novita (31.44s), and Google AI Studio (43.68s) offer the lowest time to first answer token.
- For pricing, Google AI Studio (0.00), Makora (0.08), and DeepInfra (FP8) (0.10) offer the lowest blended prices per 1M tokens.
- Makora offers the best performance with both the highest speed and lowest latency. For cost optimization, Google AI Studio provides the most competitive pricing.
Highlights
Update: Default performance benchmarking workload has updated to 10k input tokens to better reflect production use cases. You can still select different workloads above.
Pricing
Pricing: Cache Hit, Input, and Output
Pricing: Blended Price
Pricing: Cache Discount
Output Speed vs. Price
Speed
Measured by Output Speed (tokens per second)
Output Speed: Gemma 4 26B A4B (Reasoning)
Latency vs. Output Speed
Latency
Measured by Time (seconds) to First Token
Time to First Answer Token
End-to-End Response Time
Seconds to output 500 tokens, calculated based on time to first token, 'thinking' time for reasoning models, and output speed
End-to-End Response Time
Key Comparison Metrics & API Features
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about Gemma 4 26B A4B (Reasoning) providers
Gemma 4 26B A4B (Reasoning) is available through 7 API providers: Makora, Novita, Google AI Studio, Cloudflare, DeepInfra (FP8), Parasail, and GMI (FP8). Each provider offers different performance characteristics and pricing.
Gemma 4 26B A4B (Reasoning) is currently available through 7 API providers that we benchmark and track.
The fastest providers for Gemma 4 26B A4B (Reasoning) by output speed are Makora (122.5 t/s), Novita (66.9 t/s), and Google AI Studio (46.8 t/s). Output speed measures how quickly tokens are generated after the model starts responding.
The providers with the lowest time to first answer token for Gemma 4 26B A4B (Reasoning) are Makora (17.43s), Novita (31.44s), and Google AI Studio (43.68s). Lower latency means faster initial response time.
The most affordable providers for Gemma 4 26B A4B (Reasoning) by blended price are Google AI Studio ($0.00 per 1M tokens), Makora ($0.08 per 1M tokens), and DeepInfra (FP8) ($0.10 per 1M tokens). Blended price uses a 7:2:1 cache hit/input/output token ratio.
The providers with the lowest input token pricing for Gemma 4 26B A4B (Reasoning) are Google AI Studio ($0.00 per 1M input tokens), DeepInfra (FP8) ($0.07 per 1M input tokens), and Makora ($0.10 per 1M input tokens).
The providers with the lowest output token pricing for Gemma 4 26B A4B (Reasoning) are Google AI Studio ($0.00 per 1M output tokens), Cloudflare ($0.30 per 1M output tokens), and Makora ($0.34 per 1M output tokens).
Output speed for Gemma 4 26B A4B (Reasoning) varies significantly across providers. Makora is the fastest at 122.5 t/s, which is 4.5x faster than DeepInfra (FP8) at 27.3 t/s.
All 7 providers of Gemma 4 26B A4B (Reasoning) support JSON mode for structured output.
All 7 providers of Gemma 4 26B A4B (Reasoning) support function calling (tool use).
For Gemma 4 26B A4B (Reasoning), Makora offers the best performance with highest speed and lowest latency. For cost optimization, Google AI Studio provides the most competitive pricing.
When choosing a provider for Gemma 4 26B A4B (Reasoning), consider: output speed (for throughput-intensive tasks), latency (for interactive applications requiring quick first responses), pricing (for cost-sensitive workloads), and API features like JSON mode or function calling.
Yes, provider performance can vary over time due to infrastructure changes, load balancing, and updates. We continuously benchmark all providers and display historical performance trends in the "Over Time" charts.
For information about Gemma 4 26B A4B (Reasoning)'s intelligence, capabilities, modalities, and how it compares to other models, see the model overview page. View model overview