Model comparison
Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs Gemma 3n E4b IT
Claude Sonnet 4.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.3 to 37.3 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude Sonnet 4.6 scores higher in 8 categories and Gemma 3n E4b IT in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads 46.1 to 19.9.
- Gemma 3n E4b IT has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Gemma 3n E4b IT | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | |
| Noometry Index | 50.3 | 37.3 |
| Released | 2026-02-17 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 1M | — |
| Max output | 128K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $3 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $15 | — |
| Results tracked | 57 | 18 |
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Category by category
Coding Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads
Claude Sonnet 4.6: 46.3 (#67), Gemma 3n E4b IT: 37.0 (#198)
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Gemma 3n E4b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1504 | 1268 |
| SWE-bench Verified | 75.2% | — |
| DeepSWE | 29.9% | — |
| FrontierCode | 24.3% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1522 | — |
| SciCode | 46.8% | — |
| WeirdML | 66.1% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 1,327 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Claude Sonnet 4.6: 39.1 (#28), Gemma 3n E4b IT: —
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Gemma 3n E4b IT |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | 53.4% | — |
| APEX-Agents | 43% | — |
| OSWorld 2.0 | 9.3% | — |
| DeepResearch Bench | 54.9% | — |
| OSWorld | 72.1% | — |
| ExploitBench | 23.6% | — |
| GBAEval | 48.8% | — |
| GDP.pdf | 18% | — |
| LMArena Search | 1221 | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 7,204 | — |
Reasoning Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads
Claude Sonnet 4.6: 46.1 (#45), Gemma 3n E4b IT: 19.9 (#247)
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Gemma 3n E4b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1484 | 1284 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 60.4% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 31.5% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 80.9% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 86.5% | — |
| CritPt | 3.1% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 13% | — |
| Thematic Generalization | 76.3% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 16% | — |
| DTBench | 89.9% | — |
| LMCA | 46.5% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 152.24 | — |
| ForecastBench | 62 | — |
Math Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads
Claude Sonnet 4.6: 52.9 (#49), Gemma 3n E4b IT: 35.1 (#188)
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Gemma 3n E4b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1462 | 1251 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 85.8% | — |
| ProofBench | 45% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 32.4% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | 8.3% | — |
Knowledge Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads
Claude Sonnet 4.6: 51.7 (#65), Gemma 3n E4b IT: 34.2 (#198)
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Gemma 3n E4b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1500 | 1246 |
| GPQA Diamond | 87.4% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 35.5% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 10.6% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Claude Sonnet 4.6: 38.0 (#68), Gemma 3n E4b IT: —
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Gemma 3n E4b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1283 | — |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | 6.7% | — |
| LMArena Document | 1482 | — |
Multilingual Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads
Claude Sonnet 4.6: 54.4 (#41), Gemma 3n E4b IT: 43.4 (#183)
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Gemma 3n E4b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1440 | 1285 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1491 | 1309 |
| LMArena French | 1465 | 1330 |
| LMArena German | 1428 | 1311 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1420 | 1272 |
| LMArena Korean | 1411 | 1259 |
| LMArena Russian | 1440 | 1288 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1464 | 1305 |
Instruction Following Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads
Claude Sonnet 4.6: 77.4 (#25), Gemma 3n E4b IT: 66.1 (#210)
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Gemma 3n E4b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1475 | 1255 |
Long Context Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads
Claude Sonnet 4.6: 45.3 (#44), Gemma 3n E4b IT: 38.7 (#191)
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Gemma 3n E4b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1479 | 1276 |
Writing & Preference Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads
Claude Sonnet 4.6: 70.2 (#22), Gemma 3n E4b IT: 50.1 (#186)
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Gemma 3n E4b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1458 | 1306 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1435 | 1287 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1464 | 1276 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1810 | — |
| EQ-Bench 4 | 1207 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Claude Sonnet 4.6 better than Gemma 3n E4b IT?
Claude Sonnet 4.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.3 to 37.3 on the Noometry Index.
Is Claude Sonnet 4.6 or Gemma 3n E4b IT better for coding?
Claude Sonnet 4.6 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 46.3 versus 37.0 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Claude Sonnet 4.6 and Gemma 3n E4b IT share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude Sonnet 4.6 has 57 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 3n E4b IT has 18.