Gemma 4 E4B vs Claude Sonnet 4.6: Release Comparison
Comparison of the Gemma 4 E4B and Claude Sonnet 4.6 releases: 2 and 3 models respectively, each with different intelligence, performance, and pricing characteristics. Below is a comparison of the key metrics across all 5 models.
- For intelligence, Claude Sonnet 4.6 scores highest: Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort) at 30, against Gemma 4 E4B (Reasoning) at 9 for Gemma 4 E4B.
- For output speed, Gemma 4 E4B is fastest: Gemma 4 E4B (Reasoning) at 47 t/s, against Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort) at 46 t/s for Claude Sonnet 4.6.
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 4.6 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort) |  Anthropic | 30 | 34 | 31 | 38 | 32 | 32 | 43 | $2.49 | $2.3 | $3.00 | $15.00 | $0.30 | $4,925 | 75k | 56k | 233M | 46 | 124.85s | 124.85s | 135.63s | 1249.33s | - | 1M | Feb 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text and image | Supports: text | Not available | - |    | |
| Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Non-reasoning, High Effort) | Anthropic | 25 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $2.3 | $3.00 | $15.00 | $0.30 | - | - | - | - | 41 | 1.36s | 1.36s | 13.62s | - | - | 1M | Feb 2026 | - | No | Supports: text and image | Supports: text | Not available | - | | |
| Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Non-reasoning, Low Effort) | Anthropic | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $2.3 | $3.00 | $15.00 | $0.30 | - | - | - | - | 41 | 1.41s | 1.41s | 13.73s | - | - | 1M | Feb 2026 | - | No | Supports: text and image | Supports: text | Not available | - | | |
| Gemma 4 E4B (Reasoning) | Google | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $0.0 | $0.02 | $0.10 | - | - | - | - | - | 47 | 0.80s | 43.76s | 54.50s | - | 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 | - | - | - | - | - | 45 | 0.76s | 0.76s | 11.91s | - | 8B 4.5B active at inference time | 128k | Apr 2026 | - | No | Supports: text, image, speech, and video | Supports: text | | |||