Google Gemma 4 26B A4B Instruct API

Google Gemma 4 26B A4B Instruct is a large language model by Google, available on the Venice API as google-gemma-4-26b-a4b-it. It runs privately, with zero data retention.Gemma 4 26B A4B is a Mixture-of-Experts model from Google DeepMind with 26B total parameters and only 4B active per token, offering fast inference at high quality. It handles text, image, and video input, supports 256K context, function calling, and reasoning with configurable thinking modes.

Google Gemma 4 26B A4B Instruct API pricing

Model ID	Variant	Privacy	Price
`google-gemma-4-26b-a4b-it`	Standard	Private	$0.13 input /$ 0.40 output per 1M tokens

Google Gemma 4 26B A4B Instruct specifications

Spec	Value
Provider	Google
Released	Apr 2, 2026
Privacy	Private
Open weights	Yes
Context window	250K tokens
Max output	8K tokens
Reasoning effort	none, low, medium, high
Served precision	BF16

How to use the Google Gemma 4 26B A4B Instruct API

Send requests to POST https://api.venice.ai/api/v1/chat/completions with "model": "google-gemma-4-26b-a4b-it" and your API key.

curl https://api.venice.ai/api/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $VENICE_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "google-gemma-4-26b-a4b-it",
    "messages": [{ "role": "user", "content": "Explain TEE attestation in two sentences." }],
    "reasoning_effort": "low"
  }'

Google Gemma 4 26B A4B Instruct API FAQ

How much does the Google Gemma 4 26B A4B Instruct API cost?

0.13 per 1M input tokens and

0.40 per 1M output tokens, with cached input at $0.05 per 1M. Prices are in USD and can be paid in DIEM at parity.

What is the Google Gemma 4 26B A4B Instruct model ID?

Use google-gemma-4-26b-a4b-it as the model parameter.

Is the Google Gemma 4 26B A4B Instruct API private?

Google Gemma 4 26B A4B Instruct is private: requests run on infrastructure Venice controls with zero data retention, and prompts and outputs are never stored or used for training.

What is the context window of Google Gemma 4 26B A4B Instruct?

250K tokens of context, with up to 8K output tokens per response.

What does Google Gemma 4 26B A4B Instruct support?

Google Gemma 4 26B A4B Instruct supports function calling, structured outputs, reasoning, image input, web search and prompt caching. Reasoning effort is adjustable with reasoning_effort: none, low, medium and high (default low).

Which endpoint does the Google Gemma 4 26B A4B Instruct API use?

Call POST /chat/completions. /responses (Alpha) is also supported.

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