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Claude 3 Sonnet vs Gemma 4 E2B

Claude 3 Sonnet and Gemma 4 E2B are closely matched at 1.7 and 6.7 on the LLM Stats Score.

Anthropic · Google · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Claude 3 Sonnet and Gemma 4 E2B are closely matched on the overall LLM Stats Score at 1.7 and 6.7.

In the 2 individual benchmarks reported for both models, Gemma 4 E2B 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 Sonnet

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

Choose Gemma 4 E2B

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

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Claude 3 Sonnet
Anthropic
Gemma 4 E2B
Google
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
1.7
#322
6.7
#294
Reasoning
1.7
#313
5.6
#295
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

1 shared
Index
Claude 3 Sonnet
Gemma 4 E2B
Math
7.4#264
5.7#270
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

11 reported for Claude 3 Sonnet · 11 for Gemma 4 E2B

2 shared

Claude 3 Sonnet outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Gemma 4 E2B is better at 2 benchmarks (GPQA, MMLU-Pro).

Gemma 4 E2B significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Tue Sep 22 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 Sonnet specifies input context (200,000 tokens). Only Claude 3 Sonnet specifies output context (200,000 tokens).

Anthropic
Claude 3 Sonnet
Input200,000 tokens
Output200,000 tokens
Google
Gemma 4 E2B
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Tue Sep 22 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Both Claude 3 Sonnet and Gemma 4 E2B support multimodal inputs.

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

Claude 3 Sonnet

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Gemma 4 E2B

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Claude 3 Sonnet is licensed under a proprietary license, while Gemma 4 E2B uses Apache 2.0.

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

Claude 3 Sonnet

Proprietary

Closed source

Gemma 4 E2B

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude 3 Sonnet was released on 2024-02-29, while Gemma 4 E2B was released on 2026-04-02.

Gemma 4 E2B is 25 months newer than Claude 3 Sonnet.

Claude 3 Sonnet

Feb 29, 2024

2.6 years ago

Gemma 4 E2B

Apr 2, 2026

5 months ago

2.1yr newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Gemma 4 E2B has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2025-01-01, while Claude 3 Sonnet's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Gemma 4 E2B's training data extends to 2025-01-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without Claude 3 Sonnet's cutoff date.

Claude 3 Sonnet

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Gemma 4 E2B

Jan 2025

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Claude 3 Sonnet and Gemma 4 E2B side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Claude 3 Sonnet
✓ Preferred
Gemma 4 E2B
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FAQ

Common questions about Claude 3 Sonnet vs Gemma 4 E2B.

Which is better, Claude 3 Sonnet or Gemma 4 E2B?

Claude 3 Sonnet and Gemma 4 E2B are closely matched on the LLM Stats Score at 1.7 and 6.7. Claude 3 Sonnet is made by Anthropic and Gemma 4 E2B 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 Sonnet compare to Gemma 4 E2B in benchmarks?

Claude 3 Sonnet scores ARC-C: 93.2%, GSM8k: 92.3%, HellaSwag: 89.0%, MGSM: 83.5%, BIG-Bench Hard: 82.9%. Gemma 4 E2B scores MMMLU: 67.4%, MMLU-Pro: 60.0%, MathVision: 52.4%, MMMU-Pro: 44.2%, LiveCodeBench v6: 44.0%.

What are the context window sizes for Claude 3 Sonnet and Gemma 4 E2B?

Claude 3 Sonnet supports 200K tokens and Gemma 4 E2B 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 Sonnet and Gemma 4 E2B?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (1.7 vs 6.7), licensing (Proprietary vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Claude 3 Sonnet and Gemma 4 E2B?

Claude 3 Sonnet is developed by Anthropic and Gemma 4 E2B is developed by Google.

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