Claude Sonnet 5 vs Gemma 4 E4B: Release Comparison
Comparison of the Claude Sonnet 5 and Gemma 4 E4B 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 E4B (Reasoning) at 9 for Gemma 4 E4B.
- For output speed, Claude Sonnet 5 is fastest: Claude Sonnet 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort) at 81 t/s, against Gemma 4 E4B (Reasoning) at 46 t/s for Gemma 4 E4B.
Releases compared
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Incorporates 7 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, Humanity's Last Exam, AutomationBench-AA, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf · Higher is better
Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, AutomationBench-AA, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf · Higher is better
Incorporates 7 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, Humanity's Last Exam, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf, AutomationBench-AA · Higher is better
Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, MLCR-AA, Humanity's Last Exam, AutomationBench-AA · Higher is better
Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, Humanity's Last Exam, CritPt, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, Terminal-Bench 4.0 · Higher is better
Incorporates 5 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, Humanity's Last Exam, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, 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 | 40 | 39 | 42 | 43 | 40 | 49 | $5.09 | $1.5 | $2.00 | $10.00 | $0.20 | $6,998 | 118k | 88k | 367M | 81 | 185.34s | 185.34s | 191.50s | 852.58s | - | 1M | Jun 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text and image | Supports: text | Not available | - |    | |
| Claude Sonnet 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Xhigh Effort) | Anthropic | 34 | 37 | 37 | 38 | - | 35 | 45 | $2.87 | $1.5 | $2.00 | $10.00 | $0.20 | $3,255 | 65k | 44k | 135M | 66 | 46.34s | 46.34s | 53.86s | 610.51s | - | 1M | Jun 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text and image | Supports: text | Not available | - | | |
| Claude Sonnet 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, High Effort) | Anthropic | 32 | 33 | 33 | 35 | - | 32 | 41 | $1.79 | $1.5 | $2.00 | $10.00 | $0.20 | $2,086 | 44k | 28k | 89M | 69 | 11.65s | 11.65s | 18.85s | 417.78s | - | 1M | Jun 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text and image | Supports: text | Not available | - | | |
| Claude Sonnet 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Medium Effort) | Anthropic | 28 | 30 | 30 | 32 | - | 29 | 38 | $1.00 | $1.5 | $2.00 | $10.00 | $0.20 | $1,218 | 27k | 15k | 51M | 66 | 2.14s | 2.14s | 9.75s | 262.64s | - | 1M | Jun 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text and image | Supports: text | Not available | - | | |
| Claude Sonnet 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Low Effort) | Anthropic | 24 | 26 | 26 | 28 | - | 25 | 33 | $0.51 | $1.5 | $2.00 | $10.00 | $0.20 | $653 | 15k | 7k | 25M | 64 | 1.84s | 1.84s | 9.68s | 148.80s | - | 1M | Jun 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text and image | Supports: text | Not available | - | | |
| Claude Sonnet 5 (Non-reasoning, High Effort) | Anthropic | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $1.5 | $2.00 | $10.00 | $0.20 | - | - | - | - | 63 | 1.19s | 1.19s | 9.07s | - | - | 1M | Jun 2026 | - | No | Supports: text and image | Supports: text | Not available | - | | |
| Gemma 4 E4B (Reasoning) | Google | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $0.0 | $0.02 | $0.10 | - | - | - | - | - | 46 | 0.92s | 44.55s | 55.45s | - | 8B 4.5B active at inference time | 128k | Apr 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text, image, speech, and video | Supports: text |  | |||
| Gemma 4 E4B (Non-reasoning) | Google | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $0.0 | $0.02 | $0.10 | - | - | - | - | - | 43 | 0.79s | 0.79s | 12.37s | - | 8B 4.5B active at inference time | 128k | Apr 2026 | - | No | Supports: text, image, speech, and video | Supports: text | | |||