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Claude Sonnet 5.5 vs Gemma 3n E2B

Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads the LLM Stats Score 58.7 to -10.2.

Anthropic · Google · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads the overall LLM Stats Score 58.7 to -10.2, ranking #2 overall.

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

Choose Claude Sonnet 5.5

  • overall performance matters — it scores 58.7 and ranks #2 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning — it leads those capability indexes
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Sep 2026

Choose Gemma 3n E2B

  • you are already invested in the Google ecosystem

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Claude Sonnet 5.5
Anthropic
Gemma 3n E2B
Google
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
58.7
#2
-10.2
#382
Reasoning
57.2
#3
-10.4
#375
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
—
—
Input price
$2.00 / M
— / M
Output price
$10.00 / M
— / M
Context window
1,000,000
—

Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

1 shared
Index
Claude Sonnet 5.5
Gemma 3n E2B
Math
37.6#30
-6.3#326
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

47 reported for Claude Sonnet 5.5 · 11 for Gemma 3n E2B

No common benchmarks found

Claude Sonnet 5.5 and Gemma 3n E2Bdon't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Claude Sonnet 5.5 specifies input context (1,000,000 tokens). Only Claude Sonnet 5.5 specifies output context (128,000 tokens).

Anthropic
Claude Sonnet 5.5
Input1,000,000 tokens
Output128,000 tokens
Google
Gemma 3n E2B
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Thu Oct 15 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Both Claude Sonnet 5.5 and Gemma 3n E2B support multimodal inputs.

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

Claude Sonnet 5.5

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Gemma 3n E2B

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Both models are licensed under proprietary licenses.

Both models have usage restrictions defined by their respective organizations.

Claude Sonnet 5.5

Proprietary

Closed source

Gemma 3n E2B

Proprietary

Closed source

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude Sonnet 5.5 was released on 2026-09-28, while Gemma 3n E2B was released on 2025-06-26.

Claude Sonnet 5.5 is 15 months newer than Gemma 3n E2B.

Claude Sonnet 5.5

Sep 28, 2026

2 weeks ago

1.3yr newer
Gemma 3n E2B

Jun 26, 2025

1.3 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Claude Sonnet 5.5 has a knowledge cutoff of 2026-06-01, while Gemma 3n E2B has a cutoff of 2024-06-01.

Claude Sonnet 5.5 has more recent training data (up to 2026-06-01), making it potentially better informed about events through that date compared to Gemma 3n E2B (2024-06-01).

Claude Sonnet 5.5

Jun 2026

2 yr newer
Gemma 3n E2B

Jun 2024

Outputs Comparison

Notice missing or incorrect data?

Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Claude Sonnet 5.5 and Gemma 3n E2B side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Claude Sonnet 5.5
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Gemma 3n E2B
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FAQ

Common questions about Claude Sonnet 5.5 vs Gemma 3n E2B.

Which is better, Claude Sonnet 5.5 or Gemma 3n E2B?

Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads the LLM Stats Score 58.7 to -10.2. Claude Sonnet 5.5 is made by Anthropic and Gemma 3n 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 Sonnet 5.5 compare to Gemma 3n E2B in benchmarks?

Claude Sonnet 5.5 scores BenchCAD (with Python tool): 96.3%, ArXivMath (with tools): 95.2%, Global-MMLU: 92.1%, MILU: 91.6%, SWE-bench Multilingual: 90.3%. Gemma 3n E2B scores PIQA: 78.9%, BoolQ: 76.4%, ARC-E: 75.8%, HellaSwag: 72.2%, Winogrande: 66.8%.

What are the context window sizes for Claude Sonnet 5.5 and Gemma 3n E2B?

Claude Sonnet 5.5 supports 1.0M tokens and Gemma 3n 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 Sonnet 5.5 and Gemma 3n E2B?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (58.7 vs -10.2). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Claude Sonnet 5.5 and Gemma 3n E2B?

Claude Sonnet 5.5 is developed by Anthropic and Gemma 3n E2B is developed by Google.

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