Is Gemma 4 26B A4B IT or Claude Haiku 3.5 cheaper?

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is cheaper on output tokens ($0.60 vs $4.00 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Gemma 4 26B A4B IT or Claude Haiku 3.5?

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT has the larger context window (262K tokens).

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT vs Claude Haiku 3.5

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is cheaper on output tokens, while Gemma 4 26B A4B IT offers a larger context window. Choose Gemma 4 26B A4B IT or Claude Haiku 3.5 based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Gemma 4 26B A4B IT	Claude Haiku 3.5
Provider	Vertex	Vertex
Input / 1M tokens	$0.15	$0.80
Output / 1M tokens	$0.60	$4.00
Context window	262K	200K
Parameters	—	—
Open weights	Yes	No
Released	Apr 2026	Oct 2024

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT details →Claude Haiku 3.5 details →

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