Claude 3.5 Sonnet vs Gemma 3 4B Comparison
Comparing Claude 3.5 Sonnet and Gemma 3 4B across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.
Performance Benchmarks
Comparative analysis across standard metrics
Claude 3.5 Sonnet outperforms in 9 benchmarks (AI2D, BIG-Bench Hard, ChartQA, DocVQA, GPQA, GSM8k, HumanEval, MATH, MMLU-Pro), while Gemma 3 4B is better at 0 benchmarks.
Claude 3.5 Sonnet significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.
Arena Performance
Human preference votes
Pricing Analysis
Price comparison per million tokens
For input processing, Claude 3.5 Sonnet ($3.00/1M tokens) is 150.0x more expensive than Gemma 3 4B ($0.02/1M tokens).
For output processing, Claude 3.5 Sonnet ($15.00/1M tokens) is 375.0x more expensive than Gemma 3 4B ($0.04/1M tokens).
In conclusion, Claude 3.5 Sonnet is more expensive than Gemma 3 4B.*
* Using a 3:1 ratio of input to output tokens
Context Window
Maximum input and output token capacity
Claude 3.5 Sonnet accepts 200,000 input tokens compared to Gemma 3 4B's 131,072 tokens. Claude 3.5 Sonnet can generate longer responses up to 200,000 tokens, while Gemma 3 4B is limited to 131,072 tokens.
Input Capabilities
Supported data types and modalities
Both Claude 3.5 Sonnet and Gemma 3 4B support multimodal inputs.
They are both capable of processing various types of data, offering versatility in application.
Claude 3.5 Sonnet
Gemma 3 4B
License
Usage and distribution terms
Claude 3.5 Sonnet is licensed under a proprietary license, while Gemma 3 4B uses Gemma.
License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.
Proprietary
Closed source
Gemma
Open weights
Release Timeline
When each model was launched
Claude 3.5 Sonnet was released on 2024-10-22, while Gemma 3 4B was released on 2025-03-12.
Gemma 3 4B is 5 months newer than Claude 3.5 Sonnet.
Oct 22, 2024
1.4 years ago
Mar 12, 2025
1.0 years ago
4mo newerKnowledge Cutoff
When training data ends
Gemma 3 4B has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2024-08-01, while Claude 3.5 Sonnet's cutoff date is not specified.
We can confirm Gemma 3 4B's training data extends to 2024-08-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without Claude 3.5 Sonnet's cutoff date.
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Aug 2024
Provider Availability
Claude 3.5 Sonnet is available from Anthropic, Bedrock, Google. Gemma 3 4B is available from DeepInfra. The availability of providers can affect quality of the model and reliability.
Claude 3.5 Sonnet
Gemma 3 4B
Outputs Comparison
Key Takeaways
Claude 3.5 Sonnet
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Gemma 3 4B
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