Model comparison
Claude 3 Sonnet vs Gemma 3n E4b IT
Gemma 3n E4b IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.3 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude 3 Sonnet scores higher in 1 category and Gemma 3n E4b IT in 7 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Gemma 3n E4b IT leads 35.1 to 10.7.
- Gemma 3n E4b IT has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Claude 3 Sonnet | Gemma 3n E4b IT | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | |
| Noometry Index | 29.0 | 37.3 |
| Released | 2024-02-29 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 30 | 18 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemma 3n E4b IT leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 29.6 (#302), Gemma 3n E4b IT: 37.0 (#198)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Gemma 3n E4b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1223 | 1268 |
| WeirdML | 10.2% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 42.7% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 53.8% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 64% | — |
| MBPP+ | 69.3% | — |
Reasoning Too close to call
Claude 3 Sonnet: 20.5 (#237), Gemma 3n E4b IT: 19.9 (#247)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Gemma 3n E4b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1197 | 1284 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 31.5% |
| DTBench | 53.6% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 120.7 | — |
| WinoGrande | 75.1% | — |
Math Gemma 3n E4b IT leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 10.7 (#310), Gemma 3n E4b IT: 35.1 (#188)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Gemma 3n E4b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1213 | 1251 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 2.5% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 18.2% | — |
Knowledge Gemma 3n E4b IT leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 21.1 (#276), Gemma 3n E4b IT: 34.2 (#198)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Gemma 3n E4b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1173 | 1246 |
| GPQA Diamond | 40.6% | — |
| MMLU | 75.9% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Claude 3 Sonnet: 25.2 (#125), Gemma 3n E4b IT: —
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Gemma 3n E4b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 984 | — |
Multilingual Gemma 3n E4b IT leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 37.8 (#234), Gemma 3n E4b IT: 43.4 (#183)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Gemma 3n E4b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1205 | 1285 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1189 | 1309 |
| LMArena French | 1229 | 1330 |
| LMArena German | 1204 | 1311 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1131 | 1272 |
| LMArena Korean | 1128 | 1259 |
| LMArena Russian | 1227 | 1288 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1204 | 1305 |
Instruction Following Gemma 3n E4b IT leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 62.8 (#235), Gemma 3n E4b IT: 66.1 (#210)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Gemma 3n E4b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1199 | 1255 |
Long Context Gemma 3n E4b IT leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 36.7 (#228), Gemma 3n E4b IT: 38.7 (#191)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Gemma 3n E4b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1211 | 1276 |
Writing & Preference Gemma 3n E4b IT leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 42.1 (#238), Gemma 3n E4b IT: 50.1 (#186)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Gemma 3n E4b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1218 | 1306 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1186 | 1287 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1227 | 1276 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Claude 3 Sonnet better than Gemma 3n E4b IT?
Gemma 3n E4b IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.3 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index.
Is Claude 3 Sonnet or Gemma 3n E4b IT better for coding?
Gemma 3n E4b IT scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.0 versus 29.6 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Claude 3 Sonnet and Gemma 3n E4b IT share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 3 Sonnet has 30 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 3n E4b IT has 18.