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DeepSeek R1 vs Gemma 4 26B A4B

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For a typical workload (100,000 requests / mo), Gemma 4 26B A4B is the cheapest — 85% less than the priciest here ($22.00/mo vs $146.00/mo).

 DeepSeek R1Gemma 4 26B A4B
Input / 1M tokens$0.500$0.070
Output / 1M tokens$2.15$0.340
Typical request (1,200 in + 400 out)$0.0015$0.0002
Context window163,840 tokens262,144 tokens
Max output32,768 tokens16,384 tokens
Quality score84/10074/100
TierFlagshipBalanced
ProviderDeepSeekGoogle

Projected monthly cost

Requests / moDeepSeek R1Gemma 4 26B A4B
1,000$1.46$0.22
10,000$14.60$2.20
100,000$146.00$22.00
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DeepSeek R1

Chain-of-thought reasoning competitive with closed flagship models on math and logic benchmarks, at open-weight pricing.

Emits long reasoning traces that inflate output token counts and cost — cap reasoning length or use a distilled variant for latency-sensitive paths.

Gemma 4 26B A4B

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Vendor list rates · per-request examples assume 1,200 input + 400 output tokens.