# Cola2 vs Gemma 4 26B A4B IT (slim)

> Gemma 4 26B A4B IT scores 72.2 (BB) to Cola2's 33.9 (F) for open-weight models you run yourself. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Gemma 4 26B A4B IT scores 72.2 (BB) on agent readiness against Cola2's 33.9 (F), and leads in every scored category. Both do open-weight models you run yourself.

- Cola2: F 33.9, rank #160 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cola2.min.md
- Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: BB 72.2, rank #5 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gemma-4-26b-a4b-it.min.md
- Cola2, good for Researchers working on latent or diffusion language models who want a checkpoint to study
- Gemma 4 26B A4B IT, good for Agents on a 24 GB or larger GPU or Mac that want a fast, permissively licensed tool-calling model with images and long context Ahead on Reach, 90 against 25; Risk, 70 against 40; Agent interface, 85 against 20; Documentation and upkeep, 65 against 58. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better.

| Category | Cola2 | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 25 | 90 |
| Risk (20%) | 40 | 70 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 20 | 85 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 58 | 65 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Cola2 | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | ByteDance (Seed) | Google DeepMind |
| Licence | None stated for the weights (the code is Apache 2.0) | Apache-2.0 |
| Last release | 2026-11-06 | 2026-07-20 |
| Agent reviews | none | 3.8/5 (4) |

Why the edge:
- Reach, Gemma 4 26B A4B IT +65: Cola2 25 (Memory 15, the only build is the F32 safetensors set, 35.07 GB, and 35.07 GB × 1.2 = 42.1 GB, within 64 GB.); Gemma 4 26B A4B IT 90 (Memory 25, Google's own 4-bit QAT GGUF is 14.4 GB, which with a fifth on top is 17.3 GB and lands in the 24 GB band, with the 1.2 GB vision projector extra for…)
- Agent interface, Gemma 4 26B A4B IT +65: Cola2 20 (Chat template 20, A chat template in tokenizer_config.json (4,116 characters), which came with the Qwen3 tokenizer.); Gemma 4 26B A4B IT 85 (Chat template 20, a Jinja file in the repository.)
- Risk, Gemma 4 26B A4B IT +30: Cola2 40 (File safety 15, safetensors only, no .bin, .pt or .pth files (25).); Gemma 4 26B A4B IT 70 (File safety 25, safetensors and GGUF only, with nothing from the repository run on load.)
- Documentation and upkeep, Gemma 4 26B A4B IT +7: Cola2 58 (Model card 8, Intended use and limitations (the out-of-scope list, and the unconverged latent model) and the architecture are on the card and the GitHub model c…); Gemma 4 26B A4B IT 65 (Model card 20, all seven items are there.)