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Claude Sonnet 4 vs Gemma 1

Anthropic
Claude Sonnet 4
Google
Gemma 1
Overview
CompanyAnthropicGoogle
Release dateMay 22 2025Feb 21 2024
AccessProprietaryOpen Weight
Benchmarks
Nonsense detection
BullshitBench v2
30%
Coding
SWE-Bench Verified
72.7%
Science
GPQA Diamond
75.4%
Timeline
Release gapGemma 1 shipped 456 days before Claude Sonnet 4

Which is better: Claude Sonnet 4 or Gemma 1?

Claude Sonnet 4 and Gemma 1 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Gemma 1 shipped 456 days before Claude Sonnet 4, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Claude Sonnet 4 is proprietary, while Gemma 1 is open weight.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Claude Sonnet 4 and Gemma 1 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.

Frequently asked questions

Claude Sonnet 4 was released by Anthropic on May 22 2025.

Gemma 1 was released by Google on Feb 21 2024.

Claude Sonnet 4 is a proprietary model released by Anthropic. Gemma 1 is an open weight model released by Google.

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