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Grok Imagine Image Quality vs Gemma-4-26b-A4b-IT

Pricing per million tokens, context window, capabilities — pulled from each provider's public docs. All 2 are available via the same AIgateway OpenAI-compatible endpoint; flip the model string to switch.

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Grok Imagine Image Quality
xai/grok-imagine-image-quality
Gemma-4-26b-A4b-IT
google/gemma-4-26b-a4b-it
Provider
xAI
Google
Family
Gemma
Modality
image
text
Context window
131,072 tok
Max output
4,096 tok
Released
2026-05-22
2026-04-02
License
Proprietary
Open-weight
Input price
$0.340 /1M
Output price
$0.560 /1M
Per image
$0.050 /img
Tools
Streaming
yes
Vision
yes
JSON mode
Reasoning
Prompt caching
Batch API
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Grok Imagine Image Quality
xai/grok-imagine-image-quality
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xAI's higher-fidelity text-to-image model optimized for sharper details, more accurate compositions, and stronger text rendering. Supports image editing via reference images and masks. Trades speed for quality compared to grok-imagine-image. Default output at 2k resolution.

Strengths
  • Text-to-image generation
  • Creative control
Use cases
Marketing assetsProduct mockupsConcept art
Gemma-4-26b-A4b-IT
google/gemma-4-26b-a4b-it
Full spec →

Gemma 4 is Google's most intelligent family of open models, built from Gemini 3 research to maximize intelligence-per-parameter.

Strengths
  • General-purpose chat
  • Long context
  • Tool use
Use cases
ChatbotsContent generationAgentic workflows

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SWITCH BETWEEN THEM

One key, all 2, one line different.

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.aigateway.sh/v1",
    api_key="sk-aig-...",
)

# Grok Imagine Image Quality
client.chat.completions.create(
    model="xai/grok-imagine-image-quality",
    messages=[{"role":"user","content":"hello"}],
)

# Gemma-4-26b-A4b-IT
client.chat.completions.create(
    model="google/gemma-4-26b-a4b-it",
    messages=[{"role":"user","content":"hello"}],
)
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