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Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs Soofi S 30B-A3B

Data verified

Head-to-head evidence from 2 shared benchmark results across 1 category. Overall scores shown here use BenchLM's provisional ranking lane.

78/100
Margin
33.0pts
← winning
Soofi S 30B-A3B
Soofi Project
45/100
1 category wins0 category wins

Verified leaderboard positions: Claude Sonnet 4.6 #12; Soofi S 30B-A3B unranked

Evidence parity. Claude Sonnet 4.6 and Soofi S 30B-A3B share 2 comparable benchmark results. 1 of 8 categories are comparable. 32 results are unique to Claude Sonnet 4.6; 6 to Soofi S 30B-A3B.

Updated July 15, 2026
Shared results
2
Claude Sonnet 4.6 only
32
Soofi S 30B-A3B only
6
Comparable categories
1 / 8

Pick Claude Sonnet 4.6 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Soofi S 30B-A3B only becomes the better choice if you want the cheaper token bill or you need the larger 1M context window.

Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 2 shared benchmark results across 1 evidence category; 1 of 8 categories currently have scoreable aggregates for both models. Treat the verdict as directional until coverage is more balanced.

Why this result

Claude Sonnet 4.6 is clearly ahead on the provisional aggregate, 78 to 45. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Claude Sonnet 4.6's sharpest advantage is in knowledge, where it averages 66.2 against 49.9. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is GPQA, 89.9% to 43.4%.

Claude Sonnet 4.6 is also the more expensive model on tokens at $3.00 input / $15.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.00 input / $0.00 output per 1M tokens for Soofi S 30B-A3B. That is roughly Infinityx on output cost alone. Soofi S 30B-A3B gives you the larger context window at 1M, compared with 200K for Claude Sonnet 4.6.

Category breakdown

Exact category averages are shown below. Not measured means BenchLM does not have enough sourced public coverage for that model and category.

Category scores and score margins for Claude Sonnet 4.6 and Soofi S 30B-A3B
CategoryClaude Sonnet 4.6ΔSoofi S 30B-A3B
KnowledgeClaude Sonnet 4.666.2Margin← 16.3Soofi S 30B-A3B49.9
AgenticClaude Sonnet 4.665.2MarginNo overlapSoofi S 30B-A3BNot measured
CodingClaude Sonnet 4.669.1MarginNo overlapSoofi S 30B-A3BNot measured
MathClaude Sonnet 4.626.4MarginNo overlapSoofi S 30B-A3BNot measured
MultimodalClaude Sonnet 4.677.4MarginNo overlapSoofi S 30B-A3BNot measured

Decisive benchmark drivers

The largest measured benchmark gaps in this matchup, with exact reported values.

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A · Claude Sonnet 4.6B · Soofi S 30B-A3B

  1. GPQA

    Knowledge
    Source ↗
    A 89.9%B 43.4%
    Winner: Claude Sonnet 4.6Δ 46.5
    GPQA: Claude Sonnet 4.6 scored 89.9%; Soofi S 30B-A3B scored 43.4%. Claude Sonnet 4.6 wins this benchmark.

  2. MMLU-Pro

    Knowledge
    Source ↗
    A 79.2%B 51.4%
    Winner: Claude Sonnet 4.6Δ 27.8
    MMLU-Pro: Claude Sonnet 4.6 scored 79.2%; Soofi S 30B-A3B scored 51.4%. Claude Sonnet 4.6 wins this benchmark.

Operational comparison

Runtime and commercial metrics are compared only when both models have a complete sourced value.

MetricClaude Sonnet 4.6Soofi S 30B-A3BComparison
Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokensClaude Sonnet 4.6$3 input / $15 outputSoofi S 30B-A3B$0 input / $0 outputSoofi S 30B-A3B has the lower combined listed price.
Generation speedtokens per secondClaude Sonnet 4.644 tok/sSoofi S 30B-A3BNot availableA complete speed comparison is not available.
First-answer latencyseconds to first tokenClaude Sonnet 4.61.48 sSoofi S 30B-A3BNot availableA complete latency comparison is not available.
Context windowmaximum listed tokensClaude Sonnet 4.6200KSoofi S 30B-A3B1MSoofi S 30B-A3B lists the larger context window.

Benchmark Deep Dive

Agentic
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 4.6Soofi S 30B-A3BResult
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 59.1%—Not comparable
OSWorld-VerifiedSource 72.1%—Not comparable
Claw-EvalSource 67.8%—Not comparable
CyberGymSource 65.2%—Not comparable
τ²-bench resultsSource 79.5%—Not comparable
Gert LabsSource 62.92%—Not comparable
OSWorld 2.0Source 8.3%—Not comparable
JobBenchSource 36.9%—Not comparable
Coding
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 4.6Soofi S 30B-A3BResult
SWE-bench VerifiedSource 79.6%—Not comparable
SWE-RebenchSource 60.7%—Not comparable
React Native EvalsSource 80.6%—Not comparable
Vibe Code BenchSource 51.48%—Not comparable
cursorBench31Source 48.8%—Not comparable
Terminal-Bench HardSource 46.2%—Not comparable
AA-SciCodeSource 46.9%—Not comparable
FrontierCodeSource 24.3%—Not comparable
HumanEvalSource —73.8%Not comparable
Reasoning
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 4.6Soofi S 30B-A3BResult
AA-LCRSource 57.7%—Not comparable
CritPtSource 0.9%—Not comparable
BBHSource —78.8%Not comparable
DROPSource —66.5%Not comparable
KnowledgeClaude Sonnet 4.6 wins
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 4.6Soofi S 30B-A3BResult
GPQASource 89.9%43.4%Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads
SuperGPQASource 95%—Not comparable
MMLU-ProSource 79.2%51.4%Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads
HLESource 49%—Not comparable
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource 35.9%—Not comparable
AA-GPQA DiamondSource 79.9%—Not comparable
AA-HLESource 13.2%—Not comparable
AA-Omniscience IndexSource -2.9%—Not comparable
AA-Omniscience AccuracySource 38.0%—Not comparable
AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource 65.9%—Not comparable
GPQA-DSource —43.4%Not comparable
AGIEvalSource —66.9%Not comparable
Math
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 4.6Soofi S 30B-A3BResult
FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3)Source 32.400%—Not comparable
FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4)Source 8.300%—Not comparable
GSM8KSource —86.1%Not comparable
Multimodal
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 4.6Soofi S 30B-A3BResult
CharXivSource 77.4%—Not comparable
AA-MMMU-ProSource 70.6%—Not comparable
Design Arena WebsiteSource 1319—Not comparable
Inst. Following
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 4.6Soofi S 30B-A3BResult
AA-IFBenchSource 41.2%—Not comparable
Frequently Asked Questions (2)

Which is better, Claude Sonnet 4.6 or Soofi S 30B-A3B?

Claude Sonnet 4.6 is ahead on BenchLM's provisional leaderboard, 78 to 45. The biggest single separator in this matchup is GPQA, where the scores are 89.9% and 43.4%.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Claude Sonnet 4.6 or Soofi S 30B-A3B?

Claude Sonnet 4.6 has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 66.2 versus 49.9. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

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