Model benchmarks

gemma4-26b-opus-distill local LLM performance

As of October 2026, gemma4-26b-opus-distill runs at up to 63.5 tok/s for local inference (best of 2 community benchmark runs across 1 GPU).

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Model size

26B

Peak speed

63.5 tok/s

Average speed

63.3 tok/s

Avg PP

824.1 tok/s

Min memory

22.6 GB

Max context

65,536 tokens

Avg output / run

5,308 tokens

Avg runtime / run

1m 42s

Avg quality

68.0

Benchmark runs

2

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 2 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)
Overall65.768.070.2
Agent Workflow64.171.879.4
Code Generation55.856.957.9
Role Play & Narrative74.777.079.2
Research & Analysis64.466.468.3

Performance by hardware and tool

Every hardware/tool/quantization combination gemma4-26b-opus-distill has been benchmarked on, ranked by peak token generation speed. Last updated October 2026.

HardwareToolQuantBest tok/sAvg tok/sMemoryContextQualityRuns
NVIDIA RTX A2000 12GBllama.cpp—63.5 tok/s63.3 tok/s22.6 GB65,536 tokens68.02

Benchmark runs

All 2 gemma4-26b-opus-distill runs submitted so far — expand one for its hardware, quality breakdown and per-scenario detail.

Frequently asked questions

Is gemma4-26b-opus-distill good for coding?
In our benchmarks, gemma4-26b-opus-distill scores 56.9/100 for coding. It runs at about 63.3 tok/s, so if you want more speed, Nex-N2.5-mini-IQ3_XXS is faster (~91.4 tok/s) and still scores well for coding (81.6/100).
Is gemma4-26b-opus-distill good for agentic (tool-using) tasks?
In our benchmarks, gemma4-26b-opus-distill scores 71.8/100 for agentic workflows. It runs at about 63.3 tok/s, so if you want more speed, Nex-N2.5-mini-APEX-Mini is faster (~88.2 tok/s) and still scores well for agentic workflows (91.3/100).
How fast is gemma4-26b-opus-distill for local inference?
Across 2 community benchmark runs, gemma4-26b-opus-distill reaches up to 63.5 tok/s and averages 63.3 tok/s, with the fastest results on NVIDIA RTX A2000 12GB.
How much memory does gemma4-26b-opus-distill need?
The leanest observed configuration used about 22.6 GB of memory.
Which tools have been used to run gemma4-26b-opus-distill?
Benchmarks were submitted using llama.cpp. Results are community-contributed and updated as new runs arrive.