# Gemma 4 26B A4b vs O3 Mini

As of Oct 15, 2026, Gemma 4 26B A4b leads O3 Mini in 2 of 3 shared categories: Reasoning and Long context.

Gemma 4 26B A4b: price per 1M tokens is unset in the catalog.

O3 Mini: $1.9250000000000003 per 1M blended tokens.

Gemma 4 26B A4b: open weights.

O3 Mini: closed weights.

- Which to pick, General LLM: As of Oct 15, 2026, O3 Mini leads Gemma 4 26B A4b in General LLM at #10 against #91.
- Which to pick, Reasoning: As of Oct 15, 2026, Gemma 4 26B A4b leads O3 Mini in Reasoning at #86 against #172.
- Which to pick, Long context: As of Oct 15, 2026, Gemma 4 26B A4b leads O3 Mini in Long context at #91 against #186.

As of Oct 15, 2026, Gemma 4 26B A4b is tied for state of the art in General LLM (since Oct 8, 2026; sources LMArena Text (style-controlled, overall); methodology v1.0).

As of Oct 15, 2026, O3 Mini is a former state-of-the-art holder in Reasoning (since Feb 9, 2025; sources LMArena Text (style-controlled, hard prompts); methodology v1.0).