Gemma 4 26B-A4B IT is Google's instruction-tuned mixture-of-experts variant in the Gemma 4 family, with around 25 billion total parameters but only 3.8 billion active per token, routed through 8 of 128 experts plus a shared expert. Developed by Google DeepMind on the same research lineage as Gemini 3, it accepts text and image inputs and supports configurable thinking modes for step-by-step reasoning. The model carries a 256K token context window, native function calling, structured output, and comprehension across more than 140 languages. Sparse expert activation lets it approach the quality of much larger dense models while using far less compute per token, which helps lower latency for agentic and real-time workloads. Released April 2, 2026, under the Apache 2.0 license.
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Gemma 4 26B A4B IT runs on 7 different routes through the Opper gateway. Compare residency, zero data retention and training posture at a glance, with full data-handling detail per route below.
| Provider | Region | Zero data retention | Training | Input | Output | Cache read |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | No | $0.07 | $0.34 | Input price | ||
| Multi | No | $0.05 | $0.29 | $0.03 | ||
| EU | No | $0.14 | $0.57 | Input price | ||
| US | No | — | — | Input price | ||
| EU | No | $0.10 | $0.40 | $0.05 | ||
| US | No | $0.13 | $0.40 | Input price | ||
| EU | No | $0.29 | $0.57 | Input price |
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT runs on 3 independently monitored routes through the Opper gateway. A direct integration leaves you on one of them, the gateway serves whichever is healthy.
Measured over the last 30 days from each provider's official status feed via StatusGator. Refreshed hourly. 4 further routes for this model are not on the board yet and are not counted above. See uptime for every provider Opper monitors.
Each route hosting Gemma 4 26B A4B IT has its own privacy posture, residency, and GDPR terms. Postures are maintained by Opper with a last-verification timestamp.
Zero data retention: nothing is logged, held for abuse monitoring or used for training. No training on customer data. US; unknown; DPA available.
Zero data retention: nothing is logged, held for abuse monitoring or used for training. No training on customer data. GLOBAL; SCCs; DPA available.
Zero data retention: nothing is logged, held for abuse monitoring or used for training. No training on customer data. EU; DPA available.
Zero data retention with abuse monitoring: prompts and outputs are kept for abuse monitoring only, for a window the provider does not state, and are not used for training. No training on customer data. US; SCCs; DPA available.
Content is retained: provider logging, 90-day retention. No training on customer data. EU; SCCs; DPA available.
Zero data retention: nothing is logged, held for abuse monitoring or used for training. No training on customer data. US; SCCs; DPA available.
Zero data retention with abuse monitoring: prompts and outputs are kept for up to 14 days for abuse monitoring only, and are not used for training. No training on customer data. EU; DPA available.
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import OpenAI from "openai";const client = new OpenAI({apiKey: process.env.OPPER_API_KEY,baseURL: "https://api.opper.ai/v3/compat",});const completion = await client.chat.completions.create({model: "gemma-4-26b-a4b-it",messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello" }],});console.log(completion.choices[0].message.content);
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