Model comparison
Claude 3.5 Sonnet vs Palm 2
Claude 3.5 Sonnet is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.6 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude 3.5 Sonnet scores higher in 6 categories and Palm 2 in 1 category; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Claude 3.5 Sonnet leads 52.9 to 25.6.
Side by side
| Claude 3.5 Sonnet | Palm 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | |
| Noometry Index | 34.6 | 30.0 |
| Released | 2024-06-20 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 60 | 10 |
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Category by category
Coding Claude 3.5 Sonnet leads
Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 39.0 (#165), Palm 2: 29.0 (#311)
| Benchmark | Claude 3.5 Sonnet | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1342 | 994 |
| Aider Polyglot | 51.6% | — |
| GSO | 4.6% | — |
| WeirdML | 40% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 46.8% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 67.1% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 58.6% | — |
| CadEval | 48% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 81.7% | — |
| MBPP+ | 74.3% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 32.3 (#67), Palm 2: —
| Benchmark | Claude 3.5 Sonnet | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| TheAgentCompany | 24% | — |
| Cybench | 17.5% | — |
| BALROG | 32.6% | — |
| METR Time Horizons | 45.2% | — |
Reasoning Claude 3.5 Sonnet leads
Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 23.1 (#183), Palm 2: 19.1 (#271)
| Benchmark | Claude 3.5 Sonnet | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1305 | 1005 |
| 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 Palm 2 leads
Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 19.2 (#288), Palm 2: 30.8 (#231)
| Benchmark | Claude 3.5 Sonnet | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1307 | 1049 |
| 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 Not comparable
Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 28.6 (#245), Palm 2: —
| Benchmark | Claude 3.5 Sonnet | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 55.3% | — |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 4.1% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 77.7% | — |
| Confabulations | 19.9% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 56.5% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1265 | — |
| MMLU | 87.3% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 26.5 (#120), Palm 2: —
| Benchmark | Claude 3.5 Sonnet | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1125 | — |
| Video-MME | 60% | — |
| GeoBench | 62% | — |
| VPCT | 33% | — |
Multilingual Claude 3.5 Sonnet leads
Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 43.2 (#185), Palm 2: 20.9 (#295)
| Benchmark | Claude 3.5 Sonnet | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1283 | 916 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1272 | 887 |
| LMArena French | 1305 | — |
| LMArena German | 1297 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1234 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1200 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1306 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1290 | — |
Instruction Following Claude 3.5 Sonnet leads
Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 68.8 (#182), Palm 2: 51.0 (#296)
| Benchmark | Claude 3.5 Sonnet | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1297 | 1010 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 69.3% | — |
| IFEval | 85.5% | — |
Long Context Claude 3.5 Sonnet leads
Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 39.9 (#167), Palm 2: 30.8 (#285)
| Benchmark | Claude 3.5 Sonnet | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1311 | 1010 |
Writing & Preference Claude 3.5 Sonnet leads
Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 52.9 (#164), Palm 2: 25.6 (#304)
| Benchmark | Claude 3.5 Sonnet | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1298 | 1027 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1292 | 991 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1326 | 994 |
| 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 Palm 2?
Claude 3.5 Sonnet is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.6 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.
Is Claude 3.5 Sonnet or Palm 2 better for coding?
Claude 3.5 Sonnet scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.0 versus 29.0 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Claude 3.5 Sonnet and Palm 2 share?
10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 3.5 Sonnet has 60 scored results on Noometry and Palm 2 has 10.