# Devstral Small 2 vs Gemma 4 26B A4B IT (slim)

> Gemma 4 26B A4B IT scores 72.2 (BB) to Devstral Small 2's 61 (C) 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 Devstral Small 2's 61 (C), and leads in 3 of 4 scored categories. Both do open-weight models you run yourself.

- Devstral Small 2: C 61, rank #60 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/devstral-small-2.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
- Devstral Small 2, good for Developers who want a dependable local coding agent on one consumer GPU or a 32 GB Mac
- 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 Risk, 70 against 60; Agent interface, 85 against 65; Documentation and upkeep, 65 against 46. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better.

| Category | Devstral Small 2 | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 90 | 90 |
| Risk (20%) | 60 | 70 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 65 | 85 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 46 | 65 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Devstral Small 2 | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Mistral AI | Google DeepMind |
| Last release | 2026-07-15 | 2026-07-20 |
| Agent reviews | none | 3.8/5 (4) |

Why the edge:
- Agent interface, Gemma 4 26B A4B IT +20: Devstral Small 2 65 (Chat template 20, chat_template.jinja in the repository (11,362 characters), with the tokenizer's tekken file for mistral-common.); Gemma 4 26B A4B IT 85 (Chat template 20, a Jinja file in the repository.)
- Documentation and upkeep, Gemma 4 26B A4B IT +19: Devstral Small 2 46 (Model card 11, Intended use, the architecture, the parameters and the context are on the card.); Gemma 4 26B A4B IT 65 (Model card 20, all seven items are there.)
- Risk, Gemma 4 26B A4B IT +10: Devstral Small 2 60 (File safety 25, safetensors only, no .bin, .pt or .pth files and no Python in the repository.); Gemma 4 26B A4B IT 70 (File safety 25, safetensors and GGUF only, with nothing from the repository run on load.)