Model comparison
Claude Sonnet 5.5 vs Gemma 2B
Claude Sonnet 5.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 60.5 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- The widest gap is in math, where Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads 88.7 to 27.6.
- Gemma 2B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Claude Sonnet 5.5 | Gemma 2B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | |
| Noometry Index | 60.5 | 29.1 |
| Released | 2026-09-28 | 2024-02-21 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 1M | — |
| Max output | 128K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $10 | — |
| Results tracked | 16 | 23 |
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Category by category
Coding Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads
Claude Sonnet 5.5: 65.5 (#6), Gemma 2B: 28.9 (#300)
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | Gemma 2B |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierCode | 52.1% | — |
| CursorBench | 55.5% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1699 | — |
| FrontierSWE | 61.9% | — |
| SciCode | 61% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1010 |
| ALE-Bench | 1,819 | — |
| HumanEval+ | — | 20.7% |
| MBPP+ | — | 34.1% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Claude Sonnet 5.5: 44.9 (#14), Gemma 2B: —
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | Gemma 2B |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 75.5% | — |
Reasoning Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads
Claude Sonnet 5.5: 52.4 (#29), Gemma 2B: 17.9 (#275)
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | Gemma 2B |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | 31.4% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 989 |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 65% | — |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 35.2% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 93.57 |
| HellaSwag | — | 71.4% |
| PIQA | — | 77.3% |
| WinoGrande | — | 65.4% |
Math Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads
Claude Sonnet 5.5: 88.7 (#4), Gemma 2B: 27.6 (#237)
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | Gemma 2B |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 88.8% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 80.5% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 100% | — |
| ProofBench | 100% | — |
| LMArena Math | — | 1009 |
| GSM8K | — | 17.7% |
Knowledge Not comparable
Claude Sonnet 5.5: 66.0 (#11), Gemma 2B: —
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | Gemma 2B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 95.6% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 46.5% | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 42.1% |
| BoolQ | — | 69.4% |
| MMLU | — | 42.3% |
| TriviaQA | — | 53.2% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Claude Sonnet 5.5: 53.2 (#5), Gemma 2B: —
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | Gemma 2B |
|---|---|---|
| Furniture Assembly | 75% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Claude Sonnet 5.5: —, Gemma 2B: 23.1 (#289)
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | Gemma 2B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 958 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 986 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 937 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Claude Sonnet 5.5: —, Gemma 2B: 48.8 (#297)
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | Gemma 2B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 971 |
Long Context Not comparable
Claude Sonnet 5.5: —, Gemma 2B: 29.9 (#286)
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | Gemma 2B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 981 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Claude Sonnet 5.5: —, Gemma 2B: 24.1 (#303)
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | Gemma 2B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1002 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 986 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 945 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Claude Sonnet 5.5 better than Gemma 2B?
Claude Sonnet 5.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 60.5 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.
Is Claude Sonnet 5.5 or Gemma 2B better for coding?
Claude Sonnet 5.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 65.5 versus 28.9 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Claude Sonnet 5.5 and Gemma 2B share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude Sonnet 5.5 has 16 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 2B has 23.