Model comparison
Claude Sonnet 4 vs Gemma 3n E4b IT
Claude Sonnet 4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.6 to 36.7 on the Noometry Index. Gemma 3n E4b IT costs 80× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Claude Sonnet 4's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude Sonnet 4 scores higher in 7 categories and Gemma 3n E4b IT in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Claude Sonnet 4 leads 41.5 to 32.5.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is Kagi LLM Benchmark: 73% for Claude Sonnet 4 and 31.5% for Gemma 3n E4b IT.
- Gemma 3n E4b IT is cheaper at $0.06 / $0.12 per million input/output tokens, against $3 / $15 for Claude Sonnet 4.
- Claude Sonnet 4 accepts more context: 200K tokens versus 33K.
- Gemma 3n E4b IT has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Claude Sonnet 4 | Gemma 3n E4b IT | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | |
| Noometry Index | 40.6 | 36.7 |
| Released | 2025-05-22 | 2025-05-20 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 200K | 33K |
| Max output | 64K | 33K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $3 | $0.06 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $15 | $0.12 |
| Results tracked | 58 | 18 |
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Category by category
Coding Claude Sonnet 4 leads
Claude Sonnet 4: 44.0 (#70), Gemma 3n E4b IT: 36.4 (#193)
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4 | Gemma 3n E4b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1414 | 1269 |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | 64.9% | — |
| Aider Polyglot | 61.3% | — |
| SciCode | 40% | — |
| GSO | 4.9% | — |
| WeirdML | 46.1% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 655.35 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Claude Sonnet 4: 38.3 (#29), Gemma 3n E4b IT: —
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4 | Gemma 3n E4b IT |
|---|---|---|
| TheAgentCompany | 33.1% | — |
| Cybench | 35% | — |
| DeepResearch Bench | 46.6% | — |
| OSWorld | 43.9% | — |
| METR Time Horizons | 62% | — |
Reasoning Claude Sonnet 4 leads
Claude Sonnet 4: 23.0 (#169), Gemma 3n E4b IT: 19.2 (#239)
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4 | Gemma 3n E4b IT |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 73% | 31.5% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1372 | 1284 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 5.9% | — |
| SimpleBench | 45.5% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 40% | — |
| CritPt | 0.3% | — |
| EnigmaEval | 3.1% | — |
| DTBench | 77.1% | — |
| LMCA | 29% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 141.69 | — |
| ForecastBench | 60.2 | — |
Math Claude Sonnet 4 leads
Claude Sonnet 4: 41.5 (#71), Gemma 3n E4b IT: 32.5 (#186)
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4 | Gemma 3n E4b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1375 | 1251 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 71.1% | — |
| Omni-MATH | 60.2% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 84.4% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 4.1% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | 0% | — |
Knowledge Claude Sonnet 4 leads
Claude Sonnet 4: 41.6 (#99), Gemma 3n E4b IT: 33.6 (#193)
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4 | Gemma 3n E4b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1371 | 1245 |
| GPQA Diamond | 79.2% | — |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 7.8% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 84.3% | — |
| Confabulations | 13.2% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 10.3% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 70.6% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Claude Sonnet 4: 25.6 (#116), Gemma 3n E4b IT: —
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4 | Gemma 3n E4b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1191 | — |
| GeoBench | 37% | — |
| VPCT | 34% | — |
| MindCube | 44.8% | — |
Multilingual Claude Sonnet 4 leads
Claude Sonnet 4: 46.9 (#151), Gemma 3n E4b IT: 43.5 (#179)
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4 | Gemma 3n E4b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1333 | 1285 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1351 | 1310 |
| LMArena French | 1364 | 1330 |
| LMArena German | 1331 | 1312 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1301 | 1274 |
| LMArena Korean | 1293 | 1259 |
| LMArena Russian | 1355 | 1288 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1356 | 1305 |
Instruction Following Claude Sonnet 4 leads
Claude Sonnet 4: 71.8 (#141), Gemma 3n E4b IT: 66.3 (#205)
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4 | Gemma 3n E4b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1375 | 1255 |
| IFEval | 84% | — |
Long Context Gemma 3n E4b IT leads
Claude Sonnet 4: 33.6 (#254), Gemma 3n E4b IT: 38.8 (#185)
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4 | Gemma 3n E4b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1398 | 1277 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | 46.9% | — |
Writing & Preference Claude Sonnet 4 leads
Claude Sonnet 4: 57.3 (#127), Gemma 3n E4b IT: 50.3 (#181)
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4 | Gemma 3n E4b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1351 | 1306 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1345 | 1287 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1376 | 1276 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 81.4% | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1483 | — |
| WildBench | 83.8% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Claude Sonnet 4 better than Gemma 3n E4b IT?
Claude Sonnet 4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.6 to 36.7 on the Noometry Index. Gemma 3n E4b IT costs 80× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Claude Sonnet 4's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Claude Sonnet 4 or Gemma 3n E4b IT?
Gemma 3n E4b IT is cheaper. It lists at $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.12 per million output tokens; Claude Sonnet 4 lists at $3 and $15.
Is Claude Sonnet 4 or Gemma 3n E4b IT better for coding?
Claude Sonnet 4 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 44.0 versus 36.4 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Claude Sonnet 4 does, with 200K tokens against 33K.
How many benchmarks do Claude Sonnet 4 and Gemma 3n E4b IT share?
18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude Sonnet 4 has 58 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 3n E4b IT has 18.