Model comparison
Claude 3.5 Sonnet vs Gemma 1.1 7b IT
Claude 3.5 Sonnet is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.4 to 30.7 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude 3.5 Sonnet scores higher in 7 categories and Gemma 1.1 7b IT in 1 category; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Claude 3.5 Sonnet leads 53.0 to 30.6.
- Gemma 1.1 7b IT has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Claude 3.5 Sonnet | Gemma 1.1 7b IT | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | |
| Noometry Index | 34.4 | 30.7 |
| Released | 2024-06-20 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 60 | 19 |
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Category by category
Coding Claude 3.5 Sonnet leads
Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 39.5 (#145), Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 31.0 (#279)
| Benchmark | Claude 3.5 Sonnet | Gemma 1.1 7b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1343 | 1084 |
| HumanEval+ | 81.7% | 35.4% |
| MBPP+ | 74.3% | 45% |
| Aider Polyglot | 51.6% | — |
| GSO | 4.6% | — |
| WeirdML | 40% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 46.8% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 67.1% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 58.6% | — |
| CadEval | 48% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 32.1 (#61), Gemma 1.1 7b IT: —
| Benchmark | Claude 3.5 Sonnet | Gemma 1.1 7b IT |
|---|---|---|
| TheAgentCompany | 24% | — |
| Cybench | 17.5% | — |
| BALROG | 32.6% | — |
| METR Time Horizons | 45.2% | — |
Reasoning Claude 3.5 Sonnet leads
Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 22.5 (#176), Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 19.6 (#235)
| Benchmark | Claude 3.5 Sonnet | Gemma 1.1 7b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1305 | 1071 |
| SimpleBench | 41.4% | — |
| EnigmaEval | 0.9% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 56.7% | — |
| DTBench | 67.8% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 55% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 133.55 | — |
| ForecastBench | 60.7 | — |
| LiveBench | 59% | — |
Math Gemma 1.1 7b IT leads
Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 18.0 (#282), Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 29.5 (#217)
| Benchmark | Claude 3.5 Sonnet | Gemma 1.1 7b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1306 | 1107 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 8.5% | — |
| Omni-MATH | 27.6% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 52.3% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 56.9% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 2.1% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | 0% | — |
Knowledge Too close to call
Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 28.5 (#236), Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 27.8 (#242)
| Benchmark | Claude 3.5 Sonnet | Gemma 1.1 7b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1264 | 1039 |
| GPQA Diamond | 55.3% | — |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 4.1% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 77.7% | — |
| Confabulations | 19.9% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 56.5% | — |
| MMLU | 87.3% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 26.0 (#115), Gemma 1.1 7b IT: —
| Benchmark | Claude 3.5 Sonnet | Gemma 1.1 7b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1125 | — |
| Video-MME | 60% | — |
| GeoBench | 62% | — |
| VPCT | 33% | — |
Multilingual Claude 3.5 Sonnet leads
Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 43.4 (#180), Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 28.3 (#268)
| Benchmark | Claude 3.5 Sonnet | Gemma 1.1 7b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1283 | 1052 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1271 | 1060 |
| LMArena French | 1304 | 1064 |
| LMArena German | 1297 | 1054 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1234 | 971 |
| LMArena Korean | 1200 | 988 |
| LMArena Russian | 1305 | 1046 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1289 | 1049 |
Instruction Following Claude 3.5 Sonnet leads
Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 69.0 (#177), Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 54.3 (#278)
| Benchmark | Claude 3.5 Sonnet | Gemma 1.1 7b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1297 | 1057 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 69.3% | — |
| IFEval | 85.5% | — |
Long Context Claude 3.5 Sonnet leads
Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 39.9 (#162), Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 32.0 (#267)
| Benchmark | Claude 3.5 Sonnet | Gemma 1.1 7b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1311 | 1056 |
Writing & Preference Claude 3.5 Sonnet leads
Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 53.0 (#159), Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 30.6 (#283)
| Benchmark | Claude 3.5 Sonnet | Gemma 1.1 7b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1298 | 1094 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1292 | 1059 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1326 | 1040 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 80.3% | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1451 | — |
| WildBench | 79.2% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 53.8% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Claude 3.5 Sonnet better than Gemma 1.1 7b IT?
Claude 3.5 Sonnet is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.4 to 30.7 on the Noometry Index.
Is Claude 3.5 Sonnet or Gemma 1.1 7b IT better for coding?
Claude 3.5 Sonnet scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.5 versus 31.0 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Claude 3.5 Sonnet and Gemma 1.1 7b IT share?
19 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 3.5 Sonnet has 60 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 1.1 7b IT has 19.