Across 37 shared benchmarks, Gemma 4 26B A4B scores higher on 22 and Kimi K2 Instruct on 13, with 2 level. The widest gap is vectara_hallucination_rate, where Gemma 4 26B A4B scores 5.2 against 17.9. Gemma 4 26B A4B is the cheaper of the two on tracked API pricing ($0.13 against $0.60 per million input tokens).
Best tracked score per model per benchmark (default configuration; source-attributed). ↓ marks lower-is-better metrics. Open either model for its full surface, provenance and pricing. Quoted rates are the price-setter row we currently track for each model — its direct or vendor-official listing where one exists (direct, direct), otherwise the lowest tracked offer.