Claude Sonnet 5 vs Gemma 4 12B: Release Comparison
Comparison of the Claude Sonnet 5 and Gemma 4 12B releases: 6 and 2 models respectively, each with different intelligence, performance, and pricing characteristics. Below is a comparison of the key metrics across all 8 models.
- For intelligence, Claude Sonnet 5 scores highest: Claude Sonnet 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort) at 38, against Gemma 4 12B (Reasoning) at 14 for Gemma 4 12B.
- For output speed, Gemma 4 12B is fastest: Gemma 4 12B (Reasoning) at 109 t/s, against Claude Sonnet 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort) at 84 t/s for Claude Sonnet 5.
Releases compared
Intelligence
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index
Intelligence Index vs. Cost per Intelligence Index Task
Cost
Cost per Intelligence Index Task
Speed & Latency
Output Speed
Capability Scores
Capability Indices
Incorporates 7 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, Humanity's Last Exam, AutomationBench-AA, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf · Higher is better
Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, AutomationBench-AA, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf · Higher is better
Incorporates 7 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, Humanity's Last Exam, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf, AutomationBench-AA · Higher is better
Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, MLCR-AA, Humanity's Last Exam, AutomationBench-AA · Higher is better
Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, Humanity's Last Exam, CritPt, GDPval-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, Terminal-Bench 4.0 · Higher is better
Incorporates 5 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, Humanity's Last Exam, GDPval-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, AA-LCR v1.1 · Higher is better
Further details
Input modality | Output modality | Weights | Provider Benchmarks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Claude Sonnet 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort) |  Anthropic | 38 | 41 | 40 | 43 | 43 | 40 | 50 | $5.09 | $1.5 | $2.00 | $10.00 | $0.20 | $6,998 | 118k | 88k | 367M | 84 | 195.83s | 195.83s | 201.79s | 877.37s | - | 1M | Jun 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text and image | Supports: text | Not available | - |    | |
| Claude Sonnet 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Xhigh Effort) | Anthropic | 35 | 38 | 37 | 39 | - | 36 | 46 | $2.87 | $1.5 | $2.00 | $10.00 | $0.20 | $3,255 | 65k | 44k | 135M | 62 | 22.30s | 22.30s | 30.37s | 672.64s | - | 1M | Jun 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text and image | Supports: text | Not available | - | | |
| Claude Sonnet 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, High Effort) | Anthropic | 32 | 34 | 34 | 35 | - | 32 | 42 | $1.79 | $1.5 | $2.00 | $10.00 | $0.20 | $2,086 | 44k | 28k | 89M | 58 | 3.97s | 3.97s | 12.56s | 460.65s | - | 1M | Jun 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text and image | Supports: text | Not available | - | | |
| Claude Sonnet 5 (Non-reasoning, High Effort) | Anthropic | 29 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $1.5 | $2.00 | $10.00 | $0.20 | - | - | - | - | 58 | 1.08s | 1.08s | 9.72s | - | - | 1M | Jun 2026 | - | No | Supports: text and image | Supports: text | Not available | - | | |
| Claude Sonnet 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Medium Effort) | Anthropic | 28 | 31 | 31 | 32 | - | 29 | 38 | $1.00 | $1.5 | $2.00 | $10.00 | $0.20 | $1,218 | 27k | 15k | 51M | 57 | 1.66s | 1.66s | 10.50s | 285.97s | - | 1M | Jun 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text and image | Supports: text | Not available | - | | |
| Claude Sonnet 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Low Effort) | Anthropic | 25 | 27 | 27 | 29 | - | 26 | 34 | $0.51 | $1.5 | $2.00 | $10.00 | $0.20 | $653 | 15k | 7k | 25M | 56 | 1.25s | 1.25s | 10.21s | 161.65s | - | 1M | Jun 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text and image | Supports: text | Not available | - | | |
| Gemma 4 12B (Reasoning) | Google | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $0.1 | $0.10 | $0.30 | - | - | - | - | - | 109 | 2.44s | 20.76s | 25.34s | - | 12B | 256k | Jun 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text, image, speech, and video | Supports: text |  | |||
| Gemma 4 12B (Non-reasoning) | Google | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $0.1 | $0.10 | $0.30 | - | - | - | - | - | 103 | 2.39s | 2.39s | 7.23s | - | 12B | 262k | Jun 2026 | - | No | Supports: text, image, speech, and video | Supports: text | | |||