Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Gemma 2 9B leads with 19.9% higher average benchmark score. Claude Sonnet 4 supports multimodal inputs. Claude Sonnet 4 is available on 4 providers. Overall, Gemma 2 9B is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
Anthropic
Claude Sonnet 4 is a multimodal language model developed by Anthropic. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 69.4% across 8 benchmarks. It excels particularly in MMMLU (86.5%), TAU-bench Retail (80.5%), GPQA (75.4%). It supports a 328K token context window for handling large documents. The model is available through 4 API providers. As a multimodal model, it can process and understand text, images, and other input formats seamlessly. Released in 2025, it represents Anthropic's latest advancement in AI technology.
Gemma 2 9B is a language model developed by Google. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 64.6% across 16 benchmarks. It excels particularly in ARC-E (88.0%), BoolQ (84.2%), HellaSwag (81.9%). It's licensed for commercial use, making it suitable for enterprise applications. Released in 2024, it represents Google's latest advancement in AI technology.
10 months newer
Gemma 2 9B
2024-06-27
Claude Sonnet 4
Anthropic
2025-05-22
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 24 common benchmarks
Claude Sonnet 4
Gemma 2 9B
Available providers and their performance metrics
Claude Sonnet 4
Anthropic
Bedrock
ZeroEval
Claude Sonnet 4
Gemma 2 9B
Claude Sonnet 4
Gemma 2 9B
Gemma 2 9B