Model benchmarks

gemma-4-26B-A4B-it-UD-IQ4_NL local LLM performance

As of September 2026, gemma-4-26B-A4B-it-UD-IQ4_NL runs at up to 93.8 tok/s for local inference (best of 3 community benchmark runs across 1 GPU).

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Model size

26B

Peak speed

93.8 tok/s

Average speed

83.2 tok/s

Avg prefill

515.0 tok/s

Min memory

12.7 GB

Max context

131,072 tokens

Avg output / run

18,512 tokens

Avg runtime / run

3m 34s

Avg quality

74.5

Benchmark runs

3

GPUs tested

1

Quality by task

Average LLM-judged quality (0–100) with the run-to-run spread shown as a P5–P95 band, overall and for each benchmark task, across all 3 runs. The low and high columns show how much the judge’s score varies between runs, and need at least two runs to display.

TaskP5 (low)AvgP95 (high)
Overall73.774.575.5
Agent Workflow77.482.588.3
Code Generation64.967.671.9
Role Play & Narrative74.680.584.8
Research & Analysis63.167.573.2

Performance by hardware and tool

Every hardware/tool/quantization combination gemma-4-26B-A4B-it-UD-IQ4_NL has been benchmarked on, ranked by peak token generation speed. Last updated September 2026.

HardwareToolQuantBest tok/sAvg tok/sMemoryContextQualityRuns
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060llama.cpp93.8 tok/s83.2 tok/s12.7 GB131,072 tokens74.53

Frequently asked questions

Is gemma-4-26B-A4B-it-UD-IQ4_NL good for coding?
In our benchmarks, gemma-4-26B-A4B-it-UD-IQ4_NL scores 67.6/100 for coding. It runs at about 83.2 tok/s, so if you want more speed, unsloth/Qwen3.8-27B-GGUF:IQ3_S is faster (~104.3 tok/s) and still scores well for coding (83.0/100).
Is gemma-4-26B-A4B-it-UD-IQ4_NL good for agentic (tool-using) tasks?
In our benchmarks, gemma-4-26B-A4B-it-UD-IQ4_NL scores 82.5/100 for agentic workflows. It runs at about 83.2 tok/s, so if you want more speed, Tiel-Coder-35B-A3B-Q4_K_S is faster (~165.0 tok/s) and still scores well for agentic workflows (89.3/100).
How fast is gemma-4-26B-A4B-it-UD-IQ4_NL for local inference?
Across 3 community benchmark runs, gemma-4-26B-A4B-it-UD-IQ4_NL reaches up to 93.8 tok/s and averages 83.2 tok/s, with the fastest results on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060.
How much memory does gemma-4-26B-A4B-it-UD-IQ4_NL need?
The leanest observed configuration used about 12.7 GB of memory.
Which tools have been used to run gemma-4-26B-A4B-it-UD-IQ4_NL?
Benchmarks were submitted using llama.cpp. Results are community-contributed and updated as new runs arrive.