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Decision facts

• Gemini 3.8 Flash is #5; Gemma 4 26B A4B is #49 on the same current language board.
• Index scores are 83.5 for Gemini 3.8 Flash and 66.2 for Gemma 4 26B A4B. Their published uncertainty intervals do not overlap, but the aggregate Index does not predict performance on every task; compare the relevant benchmark configurations before choosing.
• Both positions use Measured evidence.
• Listed output price per 1M tokens is $4.13 for Gemini 3.8 Flash and $0.22 for Gemma 4 26B A4B. For 1,000 requests with 2,000 input and 500 output tokens each (2M input + 0.5M output), the listed-rate estimate is $3.71 for Gemini 3.8 Flash versus $0.25 for Gemma 4 26B A4B. Gemma 4 26B A4B costs 93.3% less in this scenario. This excludes caching, batch discounts, prompt-length tiers, tool charges and retries; verify the selected endpoint before budgeting.
• Published context is 1,048,576 tokens for Gemini 3.8 Flash and 262,144 for Gemma 4 26B A4B.
• Weight access differs: Gemini 3.8 Flash is none; Gemma 4 26B A4B is open.
• ModelCap currently lists 2 providers for Gemini 3.8 Flash and 13 for Gemma 4 26B A4B.

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