Across 42 shared benchmarks, Gemma 4 26B A4B scores higher on 9 and MiniMax M2.7 on 33. The widest gap is OmniScience Non-Hallucination, where MiniMax M2.7 scores 65.6 against 13.6. Gemma 4 26B A4B is the cheaper of the two on tracked API pricing ($0.13 against $0.30 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.