# Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs Gemma 4 E2B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Claude Sonnet 4.6 and Gemma 4 E2B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/claude-sonnet-4-6-vs-gemma-4-e2b
- Last updated: October 17, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 2
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Claude Sonnet 4.6 and Gemma 4 E2B 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 E2B has the lower published output-token price.
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 has the larger published context window at 200K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Gemma 4 E2B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Anthropic | Google |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 200K | 128K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 55.89 | 29.94 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 28 | 5 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $3.00 / $15.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 46.3 (Supported · #55/128)
- Gemma 4 E2B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Gemma 4 E2B | 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 |
| ApprenticeBench | 2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MazeBench | 0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 44.7 (Supported · #54/150)
- Gemma 4 E2B public-lane score: 10.9 (Estimated · #140/150)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Gemma 4 E2B | 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 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 59.1% | 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 | 44.0% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 62.8 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)
- Gemma 4 E2B public-lane score: 23.7 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Gemma 4 E2B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 58.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 86.00% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MRCRv2 | Coming soon | 19.1% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 58.7 (#45/54)
- Gemma 4 E2B public-lane score: 13.4 (#53/54)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Gemma 4 E2B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CharXiv | 77.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro | Coming soon | 44.2% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 55.4 (Supported · #58/184)
- Gemma 4 E2B public-lane score: 23.3 (Estimated · #177/184)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Gemma 4 E2B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 89.9% | 43.4% | Claude Sonnet 4.6 |
| SuperGPQA | 95% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | 79.2% | 60% | 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 |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 48 (#99/148)
- Gemma 4 E2B public-lane score: 43.8 (#110/148)

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Claude Sonnet 4.6 and Gemma 4 E2B?

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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