Claude 3.7 Sonnet vs Gemma 3 270M
Wins 4 of 5 areas
Coding · Reasoning · Long documents · Following instructions
Wins 1 of 5 areas
Facts
Claude 3.7 Sonnet is the stronger all-rounder.Gemma 3 270M is better at facts.
Scores updated · 13 tests both models report · How we compare
Where each one wins
Tests won in each of the five areas where both have results. Each piece is one test, so a longer bar means more evidence; grey means the two scored within a point of each other.
- ReasoningHard problems that need careful thinking20Claude 3.7 Sonnet2 of 3 tests · 1 tie
- CodingWriting and fixing software20Claude 3.7 Sonnet2 of 2 tests
- Long documentsFinding answers in very long texts10Claude 3.7 Sonnet1 of 1 test
- Following instructionsDoing exactly what it is asked10Claude 3.7 Sonnet1 of 1 test
- FactsGetting facts right instead of making them up01Gemma 3 270M1 of 1 test
Facts, long documents and following instructions rest on a single test each.
What it costs
Prices per million tokens, roughly 750,000 words. The bars show the cost of a million tokens read plus a million written.
The biggest differences
The tests each model wins by the widest margin, up to three each. Scores are out of 100.
Where Claude 3.7 Sonnet pulls ahead
- Graduate-level biology, physics and chemistry questionsGPQA Diamond+54.8points ahead
- Follows unfamiliar, precisely checkable instructionsIFBench+36.2points ahead
- Very hard expert questions across many subjectsHumanity's Last Exam+6.1points ahead
Where Gemma 3 270M pulls ahead
- Avoids making up answers it doesn't knowAA-Omniscience · Non-hallucination+9.6points ahead
Every test, side by side
All 13 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.
CodingClaude 3.7 Sonnet
- SciCodeClaude 3.7 Sonnet by 40.340.30+40.3
- Terminal-Bench HardClaude 3.7 Sonnet by 21.221.20+21.2
ReasoningClaude 3.7 Sonnet
- GPQA DiamondClaude 3.7 Sonnet by 54.877.222.4+54.8
- Humanity's Last ExamClaude 3.7 Sonnet by 6.19.73.6+6.1
- CritPttie0.90tie
Following instructionsClaude 3.7 Sonnet
- IFBenchClaude 3.7 Sonnet by 36.248.312.1+36.2
Other results5 tests, not counted
Tests outside the eight areas. They are not counted above: several are summary scores built from other tests, or the same test under another name.
- τ²-Bench Telecom (AA run)Claude 3.7 Sonnet by 45.654.79.1+45.6
- Artificial Analysis Coding IndexClaude 3.7 Sonnet by 36.436.40+36.4
- AA Agentic IndexClaude 3.7 Sonnet by 34373+34
- AA-OmniscienceClaude 3.7 Sonnet by 28.6-0.7-29.3+28.6
- AA IntelligenceClaude 3.7 Sonnet by 12.617.75.1+12.6
Questions people ask
Which is better, Claude 3.7 Sonnet or Gemma 3 270M?
Claude 3.7 Sonnet wins four of the five areas where both have results: coding, reasoning, long documents and following instructions. Gemma 3 270M wins facts.
Which is better for coding?
Claude 3.7 Sonnet. It wins 2 of the 2 coding tests both models report; Gemma 3 270M wins none.
How do you compare the two?
We use the 13 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 8 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 5 are listed but not counted, because several are summary scores or repeat a test. Each score is the one shown on the model's own page.