Model comparison
Claude Sonnet 5.5 vs Gemma 2B
Claude Sonnet 5.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.9 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude Sonnet 5.5 scores higher in 7 categories and Gemma 2B in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads 87.9 to 30.0.
- Gemma 2B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Claude Sonnet 5.5 | Gemma 2B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | |
| Noometry Index | 61.9 | 29.6 |
| Released | 2026-09-28 | 2024-02-21 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 1M | — |
| Max output | 128K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $10 | — |
| Results tracked | 32 | 23 |
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Category by category
Coding Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads
Claude Sonnet 5.5: 67.3 (#6), Gemma 2B: 29.4 (#305)
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | Gemma 2B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1513 | 1010 |
| FrontierCode | 52.1% | — |
| CursorBench | 55.5% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1774 | — |
| FrontierSWE | 61.9% | — |
| SciCode | 61% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 1,819 | — |
| HumanEval+ | — | 20.7% |
| MBPP+ | — | 34.1% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Claude Sonnet 5.5: 45.0 (#16), Gemma 2B: —
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | Gemma 2B |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 75.5% | — |
Reasoning Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads
Claude Sonnet 5.5: 54.0 (#28), Gemma 2B: 18.8 (#275)
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | Gemma 2B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1495 | 989 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 165.03 | 94.2 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 80.5% | — |
| CritPt | 31.4% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 65% | — |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 35.2% |
| HellaSwag | — | 71.4% |
| PIQA | — | 77.3% |
| WinoGrande | — | 65.4% |
Math Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads
Claude Sonnet 5.5: 87.9 (#6), Gemma 2B: 30.0 (#239)
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | Gemma 2B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1510 | 1009 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 88.8% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 80.5% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 100% | — |
| ProofBench | 100% | — |
| FrontierMath Erdős | 2.9% | — |
| GSM8K | — | 17.7% |
Knowledge Not comparable
Claude Sonnet 5.5: 66.0 (#12), Gemma 2B: —
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | Gemma 2B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 95.6% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 46.5% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1540 | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 42.1% |
| BoolQ | — | 69.4% |
| MMLU | — | 42.3% |
| TriviaQA | — | 53.2% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Claude Sonnet 5.5: 51.5 (#6), Gemma 2B: —
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | Gemma 2B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1289 | — |
| Furniture Assembly | 75% | — |
Multilingual Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads
Claude Sonnet 5.5: 55.3 (#30), Gemma 2B: 23.0 (#294)
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | Gemma 2B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1452 | 958 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1522 | 986 |
| LMArena Russian | 1451 | 937 |
Instruction Following Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads
Claude Sonnet 5.5: 78.3 (#11), Gemma 2B: 48.5 (#302)
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | Gemma 2B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1495 | 970 |
Long Context Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads
Claude Sonnet 5.5: 45.9 (#28), Gemma 2B: 29.9 (#291)
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | Gemma 2B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1498 | 981 |
Writing & Preference Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads
Claude Sonnet 5.5: 66.0 (#40), Gemma 2B: 24.0 (#308)
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | Gemma 2B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1471 | 1002 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1465 | 987 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1474 | 945 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Claude Sonnet 5.5 better than Gemma 2B?
Claude Sonnet 5.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.9 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.
Is Claude Sonnet 5.5 or Gemma 2B better for coding?
Claude Sonnet 5.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 67.3 versus 29.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Claude Sonnet 5.5 and Gemma 2B share?
12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude Sonnet 5.5 has 32 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 2B has 23.