Model comparison
Claude Sonnet 4.5 Thinking vs Gemma 4 12B
Head-to-head evidence from 0 shared benchmark results across 0 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.
Public leaderboard positions: Claude Sonnet 4.5 Thinking unranked (Not scored); Gemma 4 12B #137 (Estimated). Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.
Evidence parity. Claude Sonnet 4.5 Thinking and Gemma 4 12B share 0 comparable benchmark results. 0 of 8 categories are comparable. 2 results are unique to Claude Sonnet 4.5 Thinking; 23 to Gemma 4 12B.
Updated July 23, 2026- Shared results
- 0
- Claude Sonnet 4.5 Thinking only
- 2
- Gemma 4 12B only
- 23
- Comparable categories
- 0 / 8
Benchmark data for Claude Sonnet 4.5 Thinking and Gemma 4 12B is coming soon on BenchLM.
Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 0 shared benchmark results across 0 evidence categories; 0 of 8 categories currently have scoreable aggregates for both models. Treat the verdict as directional until coverage is more balanced.
Why this result
BenchLM has partial data for these models, but not enough overlapping benchmark coverage to produce a fair score-level comparison yet.
Gemma 4 12B has the larger context window at 256K, compared with 200K for Claude Sonnet 4.5 Thinking.
Operational comparison
Runtime and commercial metrics are compared only when both models have a complete sourced value.
| Metric | Claude Sonnet 4.5 Thinking | Gemma 4 12B | Comparison |
|---|---|---|---|
| Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokens | Claude Sonnet 4.5 ThinkingNot available | Gemma 4 12BNot available | A complete price comparison is not available. |
| Generation speedtokens per second | Claude Sonnet 4.5 ThinkingNot available | Gemma 4 12BNot available | A complete speed comparison is not available. |
| First-answer latencyseconds to first token | Claude Sonnet 4.5 ThinkingNot available | Gemma 4 12BNot available | A complete latency comparison is not available. |
| Context windowmaximum listed tokens | Claude Sonnet 4.5 Thinking200K | Gemma 4 12B256K | Gemma 4 12B lists the larger context window. |
Benchmark Deep Dive
Agentic1 benchmarks
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.5 Thinking | Gemma 4 12B | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| τ²-bench resultsSource | — | 36.3% | Not comparable |
Coding2 benchmarks
Reasoning4 benchmarks
Knowledge11 benchmarks
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.5 Thinking | Gemma 4 12B | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQASource | — | 78.8% | Not comparable |
| GPQA-DSource | — | 78.8% | Not comparable |
| MMLU-ProSource | — | 77.2% | Not comparable |
| HLE w/o toolsSource | — | 5.2% | Not comparable |
| MMMLUSource | — | 83.4% | Not comparable |
| Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource | — | 22.0% | Not comparable |
| AA-GPQA DiamondSource | — | 75.3% | Not comparable |
| AA-HLESource | — | 14.8% | Not comparable |
| AA-Omniscience IndexSource | — | -51.9% | Not comparable |
| AA-Omniscience AccuracySource | — | 16.0% | Not comparable |
| AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource | — | 80.8% | Not comparable |
Math1 benchmarks
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.5 Thinking | Gemma 4 12B | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIME26Source | — | 77.5% | Not comparable |
Multimodal5 benchmarks
Inst. Following1 benchmarks
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.5 Thinking | Gemma 4 12B | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA-IFBenchSource | — | 73.5% | Not comparable |
Frequently Asked Questions (2)
Can I compare Claude Sonnet 4.5 Thinking and Gemma 4 12B on BenchLM yet?
Not fully yet. BenchLM is tracking both models, but the sourced benchmark breakdown for this comparison is still coming soon.
Why does this comparison show “coming soon”?
BenchLM only shows category winners and benchmark-level calls when we have sourced results that can be compared fairly. For these models, the public benchmark coverage is not complete enough yet.
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