Gemma 4 models feel very different depending on size (26B vs 31B)

I spent a few hours trying out the new Gemma 4 models, and one thing that stood out pretty quickly — the difference between sizes is more noticeable than I expected. Didn’t run any formal benchmarks, just hands-on usage. Tested: Gemma-4-26B-A4B-it Gemma-4-31B-it Mostly used them for: some coding (Py