Is Google Gemma 4 26B A4B Instruct or Claude Opus 4.5 cheaper?

Google Gemma 4 26B A4B Instruct is cheaper on output tokens ($0.50 vs $30.00 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Google Gemma 4 26B A4B Instruct or Claude Opus 4.5?

Google Gemma 4 26B A4B Instruct has the larger context window (256K tokens).

Google Gemma 4 26B A4B Instruct vs Claude Opus 4.5

Google Gemma 4 26B A4B Instruct is cheaper on output tokens, while Google Gemma 4 26B A4B Instruct offers a larger context window. Choose Google Gemma 4 26B A4B Instruct or Claude Opus 4.5 based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Google Gemma 4 26B A4B Instruct	Claude Opus 4.5
Provider	Venice AI	Venice AI
Input / 1M tokens	$0.16	$6.00
Output / 1M tokens	$0.50	$30.00
Context window	256K	198K
Parameters	—	—
Open weights	Yes	No
Released	Apr 2026	Dec 2025

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