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9 undominated of 134 · Aug 28, 2026

As of Aug 28, 2026, Gemma 4 26B A4B scores higher and costs less than GPT-5 Nano for Balanced on LMArena, but it is not a drop-in. You would give up: context, max output, file.

Current model

GPT-5 Nano

Balanced

3 tokens in per 1 out

GPT-5 Nano1320.3 · $0.138/MLMArena EloEffective $/M · Balanced
134 rated, priced standard models. Chartreuse is the frontier. Cobalt is the model you named, when it is not on the staircase.

Gemma 4 26B A4B scores higher and costs less, but you would give up: context, max output, file.

GPT-5 Nano

LMArena Elo

1320.3

Effective $/M · Balanced

$0.138/M

Gemma 4 26B A4B

LMArena Elo

1434.6

Effective $/M · Balanced

$0.138/M

Higher score, lower price, named losses

Not a drop-in. The loss is why these are not a recommendation.

ModelLMArenaEffective $/MYou give up
Gemma 4 26B A4B 1434.6$0.138/Mcontext, max output, file
DeepSeek V4 Flash 04231431.6$0.101/Mimage, file
Qwen3.5-Flash1397.6$0.114/Mmax output, file
Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 25071384.3$0.084/Mcontext, max output, image, file, reasoning
Solar Pro 41376.2$0.052/Mimage, file

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