Pairwise benchmark snapshot · Aug 17, 2026noindex (thin pair)

Auto Router (Beta) vs Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free) benchmark

Name: Auto Router (Beta) vs Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free) AI benchmark comparison
Creator: CompareLLM
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

In this head-to-head showdown, Auto Router (Beta) is more budget-friendly at $-1,000,000/1M per 1M output tokens. Review the complete breakdown below to determine which model best fits your performance and budget requirements.

Share Analysis:

Verified Head-to-Head Advantage Breakdown

3 direct benchmark disciplines evaluated across capability, speed, and cost

Auto Router (Beta) (3)Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free) (0)

Auto Router (Beta)

3 of 3 Wins

✓Input price✓Output price✓Context window

Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free)

0 of 3 Wins

Competitive baseline across remaining benchmarks

openrouter

Leads 3 of 3 metrics

Auto Router (Beta)

Auto-discovered from OpenRouter (openrouter/auto-beta). Preview until a second source matches.

$-1000000/1M out

Google

Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free)

Auto-discovered from OpenRouter (google/gemma-4-26b-a4b-it:free). Preview until a second source matches.

$0/1M out

Top Rival Showdowns for Auto Router (Beta)

All Matchups

Compare vs:vs Claude Opus 4.5 vs GPT-5 vs Gemini 3 Pro vs Grok 4.6 vs DeepSeek V4 Pro

Preference Leader

No shared data

Single model data

Throughput Leader

No shared data

No latency data

Value per Dollar LeaderAuto Router (Beta) Wins

Auto Router (Beta)

$-1000000 / 1M output

Capability Percentiles

Relative percentile scores computed across all active models in the benchmark catalog.

Multi-Dimensional Capability Radar

Leaders Matchup Capability Radar

Comparing top Western standard models with China's leading frontier rival across 6 skill dimensions. Tap any spoke or dot to inspect.

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0–100 %ile

Head-to-Head Comparison

Overall Matchup Breakdown

Category wins across reasoning intelligence, generation speed, and token cost.

Auto Router (Beta) (3)vsGoogle: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free) (0)

Auto Router (Beta): 3W (100%)Overall: Auto Router (Beta)Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free): 0W (0%)

← Auto Router (Beta)Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free) →

Tied (0-0)

Intelligence & Reasoning

Preference Elo, Coding proficiency, SWE-bench & LiveBench accuracy

Benchmark

Auto Router (Beta)vsGoogle: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free)

Preference Elo

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Coding Elo

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SWE-bench

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LiveBench

—vs—

GPQA Diamond

—vs—

Auto Router (Beta): 0WGoogle: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free): 0W

Tied (0-0)

Speed & Latency

Generation throughput and time to first token responsiveness

Benchmark

Auto Router (Beta)vsGoogle: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free)

Output speed

—vs—

Time to first token

—vs—

Auto Router (Beta): 0WGoogle: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free): 0W

🏆Auto Router (Beta)(3/3)

Pricing & Capacity

Cost per million tokens and max context window length

Benchmark

Auto Router (Beta)vsGoogle: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free)

Output price

$-1,000,000/1Mvs$0/1M+$1,000,000/1M

Input price

$-1,000,000/1Mvs$0/1M+$1,000,000/1M

Context window

2Mvs262k+1.7M

Auto Router (Beta): 3WGoogle: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free): 0W

Side-by-Side Benchmark Matrix

Input price+$1,000,000/1M

Auto Router (Beta)$-1,000,000/1M

openrouter · Aug 17, 2026

Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free)$0/1M

openrouter · Aug 17, 2026

Output price+$1,000,000/1M

Auto Router (Beta)$-1,000,000/1M

openrouter · Aug 17, 2026

Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free)$0/1M

openrouter · Aug 17, 2026

Context window+1.7M

Auto Router (Beta)2M

openrouter · Aug 17, 2026

Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free)262k

openrouter · Aug 17, 2026

Benchmark	Auto Router (Beta)	Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free)	Advantage Delta
Input price	$-1,000,000/1M openrouter · Aug 17, 2026	$0/1M openrouter · Aug 17, 2026	+$1,000,000/1M
Output price	$-1,000,000/1M openrouter · Aug 17, 2026	$0/1M openrouter · Aug 17, 2026	+$1,000,000/1M
Context window	2M openrouter · Aug 17, 2026	262k openrouter · Aug 17, 2026	+1.7M

Key Selection Recommendations

1
Auto Router (Beta):Pick Auto Router (Beta) when you are optimizing output cost.
2
Auto Router (Beta):Pick Auto Router (Beta) for million-token RAG or long-document jobs.

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsinsufficient data

Need SWE-bench on both sides.

High-volume chatAuto Router (Beta)

Lower output list price ($-1,000,000/1M).

Voice / low-latency UIinsufficient data

Need TTFT on both sides.

Long-document RAGAuto Router (Beta)

Larger window (2M).

Screenshots / visioninsufficient data

Neither side is marked as vision-capable.

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	insufficient data	Need SWE-bench on both sides.
High-volume chat	Auto Router (Beta)	Lower output list price ($-1,000,000/1M).
Voice / low-latency UI	insufficient data	Need TTFT on both sides.
Long-document RAG	Auto Router (Beta)	Larger window (2M).
Screenshots / vision	insufficient data	Neither side is marked as vision-capable.

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Verified Head-to-Head Telemetry

LIVE BENCHMARK

openrouter

Auto Router (Beta)

Elo n/a

SWE-bench—

Speed (tok/s)2M

Input / 1M Tokens$-1,000,000/1M

Output / 1M Tokens$-1,000,000/1M

Google

Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free)

Elo n/a

SWE-bench—

Speed (tok/s)262k

Input / 1M Tokens$0/1M

Output / 1M Tokens$0/1M

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Auto Router (Beta) or Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free)?: We do not have preference Elo for both models, so we do not declare an overall winner. Compare the metrics that exist.
Which is better at coding, Auto Router (Beta) or Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free)?: SWE-bench is missing for at least one model, so we do not rank coding from a single number.
Which is cheaper to run in production?: Auto Router (Beta) output tokens are $-1,000,000/1M versus $0/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.
Which is faster, Auto Router (Beta) or Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free)?: We do not have TTFT for both models.
Which has the larger context window?: Auto Router (Beta) accepts 2M tokens versus 262k.
Can I self-host either model?: Neither model is marked open-weights here. You are comparing hosted APIs.
Are these scores from CompareLLM’s own evals?: No. V1 aggregates public leaderboards (and optional first-party latency pings). Each cell names its source and date. Read /methodology.
What does preference Elo mean on this page?: Preference Elo is a crowd vote from LMArena / Arena. People see two hidden answers and pick the one they like more. The model that wins more often gets a higher Elo. That means people preferred it — not that it passed a school test. It is not SWE-bench, not accuracy, and not a number we invent. Auto Router (Beta) and Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free) Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.

Capability Percentiles

Relative percentile scores computed across all active models in the benchmark catalog.

Multi-Dimensional Capability Radar

Leaders Matchup Capability Radar

Comparing top Western standard models with China's leading frontier rival across 6 skill dimensions. Tap any spoke or dot to inspect.

Tap any node to inspect

0–100 %ile

Benchmark

Auto Router (Beta)

Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free)

Advantage Delta

Input price

$-1,000,000/1M

openrouter · Aug 17, 2026

$0/1M

openrouter · Aug 17, 2026

+$1,000,000/1M

Output price

$-1,000,000/1M

openrouter · Aug 17, 2026

$0/1M

openrouter · Aug 17, 2026

+$1,000,000/1M

Context window

openrouter · Aug 17, 2026

262k

openrouter · Aug 17, 2026

+1.7M

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsinsufficient data

Need SWE-bench on both sides.

High-volume chatAuto Router (Beta)

Lower output list price ($-1,000,000/1M).

Voice / low-latency UIinsufficient data

Need TTFT on both sides.

Long-document RAGAuto Router (Beta)

Larger window (2M).

Screenshots / visioninsufficient data

Neither side is marked as vision-capable.

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	insufficient data	Need SWE-bench on both sides.
High-volume chat	Auto Router (Beta)	Lower output list price ($-1,000,000/1M).
Voice / low-latency UI	insufficient data	Need TTFT on both sides.
Long-document RAG	Auto Router (Beta)	Larger window (2M).
Screenshots / vision	insufficient data	Neither side is marked as vision-capable.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Auto Router (Beta) or Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free)?

We do not have preference Elo for both models, so we do not declare an overall winner. Compare the metrics that exist.

Which is better at coding, Auto Router (Beta) or Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free)?

SWE-bench is missing for at least one model, so we do not rank coding from a single number.

Which is cheaper to run in production?

Auto Router (Beta) output tokens are $-1,000,000/1M versus $0/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.

Which is faster, Auto Router (Beta) or Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free)?

We do not have TTFT for both models.

Which has the larger context window?

Auto Router (Beta) accepts 2M tokens versus 262k.

Can I self-host either model?

Neither model is marked open-weights here. You are comparing hosted APIs.

Are these scores from CompareLLM’s own evals?

No. V1 aggregates public leaderboards (and optional first-party latency pings). Each cell names its source and date. Read /methodology.

What does preference Elo mean on this page?

Preference Elo is a crowd vote from LMArena / Arena. People see two hidden answers and pick the one they like more. The model that wins more often gets a higher Elo. That means people preferred it — not that it passed a school test. It is not SWE-bench, not accuracy, and not a number we invent. Auto Router (Beta) and Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free) Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.