Claude Sonnet 5 (High) vs Gemma 4 26B A4B (Reasoning)

Claude Sonnet 5 (High) vs Gemma 4 26B A4B (Reasoning). A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

AnthropicClaude Sonnet 5 (High)Off the frontier
Intelligence
31.70
Total cost
$2086
GoogleGemma 4 26B A4B (Reasoning)Not ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
16.70
Total cost
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Verdict

Comparison incomplete

A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

MetricClaude Sonnet 5 (High)Gemma 4 26B A4B (Reasoning)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)31.716.7−47.3% Gemma 4 26B A4B (Reas… is 47.3% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$2,086.04Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)15.10s30.07s+99.1% Gemma 4 26B A4B (Reas… is 99.1% slower
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$2.00 / $10.0$0.10 / $0.34
Input modalitiesText, ImageText, Image, Video
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