# Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs Gemma 4 12B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Claude Sonnet 4.6 and Gemma 4 12B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/claude-sonnet-4-6-vs-gemma-4-12b
- Last updated: September 4, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 2
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Claude Sonnet 4.6 and Gemma 4 12B share only 2 sourced benchmark rows.

## Summary

- Only 2 shared sourced benchmark rows are available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- Gemma 4 12B has the larger published context window at 256K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Gemma 4 12B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Anthropic | Google |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 200K | 256K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 64.21 | 46.64 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 25 | 12 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $3.00 / $15.00 | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 45 (Supported · #96/151)
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 47.9 (Estimated · #81/151)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Gemma 4 12B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 59.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | 72.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | 67.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CyberGym | 65.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | 62.92% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld 2.0 | 8.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| JobBench | 36.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 57.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 52.4 (Supported · #55/183)
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 46.6 (Estimated · #97/183)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Gemma 4 12B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 79.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-Rebench | 60.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| React Native Evals | 80.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Vibe Code Bench | 51.48% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| cursorBench31 | 48.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierCode 1.1 Main | 24.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 82.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 77.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 72.0% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 54.1 (#33/48)
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 26.1 (#44/48)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Gemma 4 12B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CharXiv | 77.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro | Coming soon | 69.1% | Coming soon |
| MathVision | Coming soon | 79.7% | Coming soon |
| MedXpertQA (MM) | Coming soon | 48.7% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 65.8 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 34 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Gemma 4 12B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BBH | Coming soon | 53% | Coming soon |
| MRCRv2 | Coming soon | 43.4% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 56.7 (Supported · #51/181)
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 40.4 (Supported · #138/181)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Gemma 4 12B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 89.9% | 78.8% | Claude Sonnet 4.6 |
| SuperGPQA | 95% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | 79.2% | 77.2% | Claude Sonnet 4.6 |
| HLE | 49% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 85.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 87.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 78.8% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 5.2% | Coming soon |
| MMMLU | Coming soon | 83.4% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 47.9 (#84/120)
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 89.8 (#21/120)

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 49 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 57.6 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Gemma 4 12B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 32.400% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 8.300% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME26 | Coming soon | 77.5% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Claude Sonnet 4.6 and Gemma 4 12B?

Not yet. The models share only 2 sourced benchmark rows, so this mirror reports the available measurements and metadata without naming a broad winner.

### What can I compare safely on this page?

Published pricing, context windows, model type, and individual shared benchmark rows are directly comparable. Independent overall scores and non-overlapping benchmark coverage are labeled separately and should not be read as a controlled head-to-head result.

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