Compare · ModelsLive · 2 picked · head to head
R1 Distill Llama 70B vs Gemma 4 26B A4B
Side by side · benchmarks, pricing, and signals you can act on.
Winner summary
Gemma 4 26B A4B wins on 1/1 benchmarks
Gemma 4 26B A4B wins 1 of 1 shared benchmarks. Leads in speed.
Category leads
speed·Gemma 4 26B A4B
Hype vs Reality
Attention vs performance
R1 Distill Llama 70B
#271 by perf·#17 by attention
Gemma 4 26B A4B
#158 by perf·#4 by attention
Best value
Gemma 4 26B A4B
9.1x better value than R1 Distill Llama 70B
R1 Distill Llama 70B
34.8 pts/$
$0.80/M
Gemma 4 26B A4B
314.5 pts/$
$0.15/M
Vendor risk
Mixed exposure
One or more vendors flagged
DeepSeek
$3.4B·Tier 1
Google DeepMind
$4.27T·Tier 1
Head to head
1 benchmark · 2 models
R1 Distill Llama 70BGemma 4 26B A4B
Artificial Analysis · Quality Index
Gemma 4 26B A4B leads by +0.7
R1 Distill Llama 70B
15.9
Gemma 4 26B A4B
16.7
Full benchmark table
| Benchmark | R1 Distill Llama 70B | Gemma 4 26B A4B |
|---|---|---|
Artificial Analysis · Quality Index | 15.9 | 16.7 |
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
| Model | Input | Output | Context | Projected $/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $0.80 | $0.80 | 8K tokens (~4 books) | $8.00 | |
| $0.07 | $0.23 | 262K tokens (~131 books) | $1.07 |