Claude Opus 4.7 vs Gemma 4 26B A4B
Wins 7 of 8 areas
Coding · Agents · Reasoning · Facts · Images and charts · Math · Long documents
Wins 1 of 8 areas
Following instructions
Claude Opus 4.7 is the stronger all-rounder.Gemma 4 26B A4B is cheaper and better at following instructions.
Scores updated · 40 tests both models report · How we compare
Where each one wins
Tests won in each of the eight areas we test. Each piece is one test, so a longer bar means more evidence; grey means the two scored within a point of each other.
- CodingWriting and fixing software70Claude Opus 4.77 of 7 tests
- AgentsCarrying out multi-step tasks on its own50Claude Opus 4.75 of 5 tests
- Images and chartsUnderstanding pictures, charts and video40Claude Opus 4.74 of 4 tests
- ReasoningHard problems that need careful thinking30Claude Opus 4.73 of 3 tests
- MathCompetition and research-level math20Claude Opus 4.72 of 2 tests
- Long documentsFinding answers in very long texts20Claude Opus 4.72 of 2 tests
- FactsGetting facts right instead of making them up21Claude Opus 4.72 of 3 tests
- Following instructionsDoing exactly what it is asked01Gemma 4 26B A4B1 of 1 test
Following instructions rests on a single test.
What it costs
Prices per million tokens, roughly 750,000 words. The bars show the cost of a million tokens read plus a million written.
Gemma 4 26B A4B costs 98% less for the same work.
The biggest differences
The tests each model wins by the widest margin, up to three each. Scores are out of 100.
Where Claude Opus 4.7 pulls ahead
- Fixes real GitHub issues in Python projectsSWE-bench Verified+70.2points ahead
- Fixes real GitHub issues in many programming languagesSWE-bench Multilingual+63.2points ahead
- Finds hard-to-locate facts by browsing the webBrowseComp+53points ahead
Where Gemma 4 26B A4B pulls ahead
- Follows unfamiliar, precisely checkable instructionsIFBench+13.8points ahead
Every test, side by side
All 40 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.
CodingClaude Opus 4.7
- SWE-bench VerifiedClaude Opus 4.7 by 70.287.617.4+70.2
- SWE-bench MultilingualClaude Opus 4.7 by 63.280.517.3+63.2
- SWE-bench ProClaude Opus 4.7 by 50.564.313.8+50.5
- Terminal-Bench 2.1Claude Opus 4.7 by 44.183.139+44.1
- Terminal-Bench HardClaude Opus 4.7 by 37.951.513.6+37.9
- LMArena · WebDevClaude Opus 4.7 by 199 rating points15581359+199 rating
- SciCodeClaude Opus 4.7 by 14.554.540+14.5
AgentsClaude Opus 4.7
- BrowseCompClaude Opus 4.7 by 5379.326.3+53
- GDPValClaude Opus 4.7 by 39.442.83.4+39.4
- MCP AtlasClaude Opus 4.7 by 27.377.350+27.3
- AA IT-Bench SREClaude Opus 4.7 by 23.146.723.6+23.1
- τ-Bench V3 · BankingClaude Opus 4.7 by 22.634.612+22.6
ReasoningClaude Opus 4.7
- Humanity's Last ExamClaude Opus 4.7 by 2342.319.3+23
- GPQA DiamondClaude Opus 4.7 by 12.291.479.2+12.2
- CritPtClaude Opus 4.7 by 12120+12
FactsClaude Opus 4.7
- AA-Omniscience · Non-hallucinationClaude Opus 4.7 by 44.157.713.6+44.1
- AA-Omniscience · AccuracyClaude Opus 4.7 by 29.848.919.1+29.8
- Vectara HHEM hallucination ratelower is betterGemma 4 26B A4B by 6.8125.2+6.8
Images and chartsClaude Opus 4.7
- CharXiv (RQ)Claude Opus 4.7 by 229169+22
- MMMU-ProClaude Opus 4.7 by 9.678.869.2+9.6
- LMArena · VisionClaude Opus 4.7 by 53 rating points13131260+53 rating
- MathVistaClaude Opus 4.7 by 584.479.4+5
MathClaude Opus 4.7
- HMMT Feb. 2026Claude Opus 4.7 by 14.993.979+14.9
- AIME 2026Claude Opus 4.7 by 7.595.888.3+7.5
Long documentsClaude Opus 4.7
- MRCR v2 8 needle 128k (average)Claude Opus 4.7 by 15.259.344.1+15.2
- AA-LCRClaude Opus 4.7 by 1378.765.7+13
Following instructionsGemma 4 26B A4B
- IFBenchGemma 4 26B A4B by 13.858.672.4+13.8
Other results13 tests, not counted
Tests outside the eight areas. They are not counted above: several are summary scores built from other tests, or the same test under another name.
- AA-OmniscienceClaude Opus 4.7 by 78.127.3-50.8+78.1
- τ²-Bench Telecom (AA run)Claude Opus 4.7 by 4588.643.6+45
- HLE (with tools)Claude Opus 4.7 by 37.554.717.2+37.5
- Terminal-Bench 2.0Claude Opus 4.7 by 35.269.434.2+35.2
- Artificial Analysis Coding IndexClaude Opus 4.7 by 34.373.639.3+34.3
- AA Agentic IndexClaude Opus 4.7 by 28.539.511+28.5
- AA IntelligenceClaude Opus 4.7 by 2440.716.7+24
- vectara_avg_summary_lengthClaude Opus 4.7 by 82 rating points149.167.1+82 rating
- vectara_factual_consistencyGemma 4 26B A4B by 6.88894.8+6.8
- MMMLUClaude Opus 4.7 by 5.291.586.3+5.2
- SimpleVQAClaude Opus 4.7 by 4.356.552.2+4.3
- RealWorldQAClaude Opus 4.7 by 3.475.672.2+3.4
- vectara_answer_rateGemma 4 26B A4B by 1.89899.8+1.8
Questions people ask
Which is better, Claude Opus 4.7 or Gemma 4 26B A4B?
Claude Opus 4.7 wins seven of the eight areas we test: coding, agents, reasoning, facts, images and charts, math and long documents. Gemma 4 26B A4B wins following instructions, and costs 98% less.
Which is better for coding?
Claude Opus 4.7. It wins 7 of the 7 coding tests both models report; Gemma 4 26B A4B wins none.
Which is cheaper?
Claude Opus 4.7 costs $5.00 per million input tokens and $25.00 per million output tokens; Gemma 4 26B A4B costs $0.13 and $0.40. That makes Gemma 4 26B A4B about 98% cheaper for the same work.
How do you compare the two?
We use the 40 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 27 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 13 are listed but not counted, because several are summary scores or repeat a test. Each score is the one shown on the model's own page.