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Deepseek R1 Distill Qwen 1p5b vs Gemma 4 26b A4b It Maas

This page is context-first: how much text each model can take in one request. Full specs adds capabilities and limits; the pricing matrix below is only about $/million tokens from hosts that list both models.

Alibaba

Model

Deepseek R1 Distill Qwen 1p5b

Context window

131K

131,072 tokens · ~98K words

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Google

Model

Gemma 4 26b A4b It Maas

Image inputTool calling

Context window

256K

256,000 tokens · ~192K words

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Context window · side by side

Bar length is relative to the larger of the two windows (100% = max of this pair). This is not pricing.

Deepseek R1 Distill Qwen 1p5b131K
Gemma 4 26b A4b It Maas256K

Gemma 4 26b A4b It Maas has about 2× the context window of the other in this pair.

Token calculator →Memory savings →

Gemma 4 26b A4b It Maas has 95% more context capacity (256K vs 131K tokens). Deepseek R1 Distill Qwen 1p5b is 33% cheaper on input.

Quick verdicts

Short takeaways — validate with your own workloads.

  • Long document processing

    Use Gemma 4 26b A4b It Maas. Its 256K context fits entire documents without chunking (vs 131K).

  • RAG / high-volume retrieval

    Use Deepseek R1 Distill Qwen 1p5b. Input tokens are 33% cheaper — critical when sending large retrieved contexts.

  • Long output (reports, code files)

    Use Deepseek R1 Distill Qwen 1p5b. Its 131K max output lets you generate complete artifacts in one request.

Full specs

Context, output, capabilities, and dates. Green highlights the favorable value where we compute a winner.

SpecDeepseek R1 Distill Qwen 1p5bGemma 4 26b A4b It Maas
Context window131,072 tokens (131K)256,000 tokens (256K)
Max output tokens131,072 tokens (131K)128,000 tokens (128K)
Speed tierDeepBalanced
VisionNoYes
Function callingNoYes
Extended thinkingNoNo
Prompt cachingNoNo
Batch APINoNo
Release dateN/AN/A

Pricing matrix

Dollar rates only: hosts that list both models, per 1M tokens. For how much text fits, use the context section above — not this table.

ProviderDeepseek R1 Distill Qwen 1p5b inDeepseek R1 Distill Qwen 1p5b outGemma 4 26b A4b It Maas inGemma 4 26b A4b It Maas out
Fireworks$0.100/M$0.100/M——
Google Vertex——$0.150/M$0.600/M

Frequently asked questions

Gemma 4 26b A4b It Maas has a larger context window: 256K tokens vs 131K. For long documents, large codebases, or extended agent sessions, the larger context window reduces the need to chunk inputs or summarize history.

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