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Gemma 4 26B A4B vs Laguna M.1

Gemma 4 26B A4B (Google) and Laguna M.1 (Poolside) compared on the ModelCap Index, API price, context window, provider availability, weight access and every public benchmark board they share. Figures are the same ones shown on the live rankings; nothing here is a hidden score.

Snapshot as of 10 September 2026

As of 10 September 2026, Gemma 4 26B A4B holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#38 vs #40).

Which should you choose?

Choose Gemma 4 26B A4B if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #38 against #40 (65.2 vs 64.5 points).
  • you want provider choice — 9 listed API providers against 0.

Choose Laguna M.1 if…

  • you want the more recently listed model — Laguna M.1 was listed 15 June 2026, Gemma 4 26B A4B 3 April 2026.

Gemma 4 26B A4B vs Laguna M.1: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of Gemma 4 26B A4B and Laguna M.1
FieldGemma 4 26B A4BGoogleLaguna M.1Poolside
ModelCap Index position#38#40
Index score65.264.5
EvidenceMeasuredEstimated
Input price / 1M tokens$0.07Unlisted
Output price / 1M tokens$0.34Unlisted
Context window262K tokens— tokens
Max output tokens16K—
API providers listed90
Weight accessOpen weightsOpen weights
Input modalitiesImage, Text, VideoText
First listed3 April 202615 June 2026
PublisherGooglePoolside

Evidence: 2 public benchmark observations across 2 boards · global-corpus-prior over 184 held-out anchors (6%); launch card against 3 resolved peers on 3 rows (94%); optimism haircut 0 from cross-lab-probe; shrunk 0.8 toward the measured corpus. Prices are the lowest listed API offer per million tokens observed on the OpenRouter catalogue.

Benchmark scores: Gemma 4 26B A4B vs Laguna M.1

Public benchmark boards where Gemma 4 26B A4B or Laguna M.1 has a published result
BoardGemma 4 26B A4BLaguna M.1Leads
Arena codingArena (LMArena)14811466–1496—Only one result
AA τ²-Bench TelecomArtificial Analysis40.4%tau2:telecom:dual-control:pass-at-1:3-repeats:source-model="Gemma 4 26B A4B (Non-reasoning)":reasoning=false—Only one result
AA Humanity's Last ExamArtificial Analysis11.5%hle:may-2025:text-only-2158:no-tools:pass-at-1:source-model="Gemma 4 26B A4B (Non-reasoning)":reasoning=false—Only one result

Scores are the sources' own published figures for each model's best evaluated configuration; ModelCap never re-runs a benchmark.

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Gemma 4 26B A4B vs Laguna M.1: common questions

Is Gemma 4 26B A4B better than Laguna M.1?

Gemma 4 26B A4B ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 10 September 2026: #38 against #40. That is a capability ranking built from public benchmark evidence with published uncertainty; whether it is "better" for you also depends on price, context and where you can run it. Their published uncertainty intervals overlap, so the rank difference alone does not establish a reliable capability advantage for your workload.

Is Gemma 4 26B A4B cheaper than Laguna M.1?

At least one of the two has no listed API price on ModelCap right now, so no price comparison is made.

Which has the bigger context window, Gemma 4 26B A4B or Laguna M.1?

Both publish a 262K-token context window.

Which is better for coding, Gemma 4 26B A4B or Laguna M.1?

The two models do not share a coding benchmark board on ModelCap yet, so no head-to-head coding score is published; the ModelCap Index position is the closest overall signal.

Are Gemma 4 26B A4B and Laguna M.1 open-weight models?

Gemma 4 26B A4B: Open weights. Laguna M.1: Open weights. Open weights mean the checkpoint can be downloaded and self-hosted under its licence; API-only models are available solely through hosted endpoints.

Where can I run Gemma 4 26B A4B and Laguna M.1?

ModelCap currently lists 9 API providers for Gemma 4 26B A4B and 0 for Laguna M.1, from the OpenRouter catalogue snapshot the site serves; each model page lists the providers and their prices.

How current is this Gemma 4 26B A4B vs Laguna M.1 comparison?

Every figure comes from the sealed ModelCap dataset published 10 September 2026; the page re-renders within a minute of each data refresh, and the ModelCap Index positions are the same ones shown on the live rankings.

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