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Claude 3.5 Sonnet vs DiffusionGemma 26B-A4B

Claude 3.5 Sonnet and DiffusionGemma 26B-A4B are closely matched at 19.1 and 19.4 on the LLM Stats Score.

Anthropic · Google · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Claude 3.5 Sonnet and DiffusionGemma 26B-A4B are closely matched on the overall LLM Stats Score at 19.1 and 19.4.

In the 2 individual benchmarks reported for both models, DiffusionGemma 26B-A4B wins 2; this is a narrower head-to-head signal than the composite indexes.

Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose Claude 3.5 Sonnet

  • you want predictable pricing at $3.00/M input and $15.00/M output

Choose DiffusionGemma 26B-A4B

  • you value its reported benchmark strengths — it wins 2 of 2 exact shared results
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Jun 2026
  • you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Claude 3.5 Sonnet
Anthropic
DiffusionGemma 26B-A4B
Google
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
19.1
#206
19.4
#204
Reasoning
20.1
#188
19.1
#201
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
0 of 2
2 of 2
Input price
$3.00 / M
— / M
Output price
$15.00 / M
— / M
Context window
200,000
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Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

3 shared
Index
Claude 3.5 Sonnet
DiffusionGemma 26B-A4B
Math
23.2#132
17.6#192
Vision
14.4#93
10.6#118
Multimodal
17.6#76
14.8#91
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

19 reported for Claude 3.5 Sonnet · 14 for DiffusionGemma 26B-A4B

2 shared

Claude 3.5 Sonnet outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while DiffusionGemma 26B-A4B is better at 1 benchmark (GPQA).

DiffusionGemma 26B-A4B has a slight edge in benchmark performance.

Thu Sep 10 2026 • llm-stats.com

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Claude 3.5 Sonnet specifies input context (200,000 tokens). Only Claude 3.5 Sonnet specifies output context (200,000 tokens).

Anthropic
Claude 3.5 Sonnet
Input200,000 tokens
Output200,000 tokens
Google
DiffusionGemma 26B-A4B
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Thu Sep 10 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Both Claude 3.5 Sonnet and DiffusionGemma 26B-A4B support multimodal inputs.

They are both capable of processing various types of data, offering versatility in application.

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

Text
Images
Audio
Video

DiffusionGemma 26B-A4B

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Claude 3.5 Sonnet is licensed under a proprietary license, while DiffusionGemma 26B-A4B uses Apache 2.0.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

Proprietary

Closed source

DiffusionGemma 26B-A4B

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude 3.5 Sonnet was released on 2024-10-22, while DiffusionGemma 26B-A4B was released on 2026-06-10.

DiffusionGemma 26B-A4B is 20 months newer than Claude 3.5 Sonnet.

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

Oct 22, 2024

1.9 years ago

DiffusionGemma 26B-A4B

Jun 10, 2026

3 months ago

1.6yr newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

DiffusionGemma 26B-A4B has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2025-01-01, while Claude 3.5 Sonnet's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm DiffusionGemma 26B-A4B's training data extends to 2025-01-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without Claude 3.5 Sonnet's cutoff date.

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

—

DiffusionGemma 26B-A4B

Jan 2025

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Claude 3.5 Sonnet and DiffusionGemma 26B-A4B side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Claude 3.5 Sonnet
✓ Preferred
DiffusionGemma 26B-A4B
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FAQ

Common questions about Claude 3.5 Sonnet vs DiffusionGemma 26B-A4B.

Which is better, Claude 3.5 Sonnet or DiffusionGemma 26B-A4B?

Claude 3.5 Sonnet and DiffusionGemma 26B-A4B are closely matched on the LLM Stats Score at 19.1 and 19.4. Claude 3.5 Sonnet is made by Anthropic and DiffusionGemma 26B-A4B is made by Google. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does Claude 3.5 Sonnet compare to DiffusionGemma 26B-A4B in benchmarks?

Claude 3.5 Sonnet scores GSM8k: 96.4%, DocVQA: 95.2%, AI2D: 94.7%, HumanEval: 93.7%, BIG-Bench Hard: 93.1%. DiffusionGemma 26B-A4B scores MMMLU: 81.5%, MMLU-Pro: 77.6%, GPQA: 73.2%, MathVision: 70.5%, AIME 2026: 69.1%.

What are the context window sizes for Claude 3.5 Sonnet and DiffusionGemma 26B-A4B?

Claude 3.5 Sonnet supports 200K tokens and DiffusionGemma 26B-A4B supports an unknown number of tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Claude 3.5 Sonnet and DiffusionGemma 26B-A4B?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (19.1 vs 19.4), licensing (Proprietary vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Claude 3.5 Sonnet and DiffusionGemma 26B-A4B?

Claude 3.5 Sonnet is developed by Anthropic and DiffusionGemma 26B-A4B is developed by Google.

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