Claude Sonnet 4 vs EXAONE 4.0 32B
Wins 5 of 5 areas
Coding · Reasoning · Facts · Long documents · Following instructions
Wins 0 of 5 areas
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Claude Sonnet 4 is the stronger all-rounder.
Scores updated · 18 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.
- CodingWriting and fixing software20Claude Sonnet 42 of 2 tests
- FactsGetting facts right instead of making them up20Claude Sonnet 42 of 2 tests
- ReasoningHard problems that need careful thinking10Claude Sonnet 41 of 3 tests · 2 ties
- Long documentsFinding answers in very long texts10Claude Sonnet 41 of 1 test
- Following instructionsDoing exactly what it is asked10Claude Sonnet 41 of 1 test
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 Sonnet 4 pulls ahead
- Avoids making up answers it doesn't knowAA-Omniscience · Non-hallucination+56.7points ahead
- Reasons across sets of long documentsAA-LCR+55.6points ahead
- Hard command-line tasks in a real terminalTerminal-Bench Hard+27.3points ahead
Where EXAONE 4.0 32B pulls ahead
No clear win on a test scored out of 100.
Every test, side by side
All 18 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.
CodingClaude Sonnet 4
- Terminal-Bench HardClaude Sonnet 4 by 27.331.13.8+27.3
- SciCodeClaude Sonnet 4 by 5.64034.4+5.6
ReasoningClaude Sonnet 4
- GPQA DiamondClaude Sonnet 4 by 3.877.773.9+3.8
- Humanity's Last Examtie10.711.4tie
- CritPttie0.30tie
FactsClaude Sonnet 4
- AA-Omniscience · Non-hallucinationClaude Sonnet 4 by 56.770.914.2+56.7
- AA-Omniscience · AccuracyClaude Sonnet 4 by 8.822.713.9+8.8
Following instructionsClaude Sonnet 4
- IFBenchClaude Sonnet 4 by 18.454.736.3+18.4
Other results9 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.
- AA-OmniscienceClaude Sonnet 4 by 60.30.2-60.1+60.3
- τ²-Bench Telecom (AA run)Claude Sonnet 4 by 47.364.617.3+47.3
- livecodebench_hardEXAONE 4.0 32B by 23.732.656.3+23.7
- Artificial Analysis Coding IndexClaude Sonnet 4 by 23.637.614+23.6
- LiveCodeBenchEXAONE 4.0 32B by 12.468.580.9+12.4
- livecodebench_mediumEXAONE 4.0 32B by 12.37688.3+12.3
- AA IntelligenceClaude Sonnet 4 by 10.718.98.2+10.7
- AA Agentic IndexClaude Sonnet 4 by 8.117.69.5+8.1
- livecodebench_easytie98.898.8tie
Questions people ask
Which is better, Claude Sonnet 4 or EXAONE 4.0 32B?
Claude Sonnet 4 wins all five areas where both have results: coding, reasoning, facts, long documents and following instructions. EXAONE 4.0 32B wins none.
Which is better for coding?
Claude Sonnet 4. It wins 2 of the 2 coding tests both models report; EXAONE 4.0 32B wins none.
How do you compare the two?
We use the 18 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 9 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 9 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.