AnthropicClaude Haiku 4.5VSGoogleGemma 4 E4B
Our Take
We recommend Claude Haiku 4.5 if you need peak intelligence and a much larger context window for full-repo analysis, or the free Gemma 4 E4B if you want zero API costs and total offline privacy. While Claude Haiku 4.5 offers superior reasoning capability, Gemma 4 E4B runs entirely on your own local hardware. Choose Claude Haiku 4.5 for repository-scale analysis, or Gemma 4 E4B for zero-cost offline privacy and scripting single-file apps or clearly defined functions.
▶WHY?
Benchmark Calculations & Evidence:
Reasoning Accuracy: Both models were evaluated on the GPQA Diamond benchmark. Claude Haiku 4.5 scored 73%, while Gemma 4 E4B scored 58.6% (+14.4% gap).
Coding Performance: Evaluated on different benchmarks. Gemma 4 E4B scored 52% on LiveCodeBench (scripting single-file apps or clearly defined functions), while Claude Haiku 4.5 scored 73.3% on SWE-bench Verified (multi-file code and clearly defined tasks).
Context Window: Claude Haiku 4.5 supports a 200k context window, while Gemma 4 E4B supports 131k.
Hosting Model: Gemma 4 E4B runs locally for $0 API costs, while Claude Haiku 4.5 is a cloud API.
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Benchmarks & Scores
Coding (swe-bench-verified)
73.3%multi-file code and clearly defined tasks
Reasoning (gpqa-diamond)Winner (+14.4%)
73%graduate-level science QA
Cost & Context
Cost (per 1M tokens)
$2.00Input: $1.00 | Output: $5.00Context WindowLarger
200k tokensBenchmarks & Scores
Coding (live-code-bench)
52%scripting single-file apps or clearly defined functions
Reasoning (gpqa-diamond)
58.6%graduate-level science QA
Cost & Context
Cost (per 1M tokens)
Self HostLocal execution (zero API fees)Context Window
131.07k tokensFrequently Asked Questions about Claude Haiku 4.5 vs Gemma 4 E4B
For coding tasks, Claude Haiku 4.5 scores 73.3% on swe-bench-verified (multi-file code and clearly defined tasks), while Gemma 4 E4B scores 52% on live-code-bench (scripting single-file apps or clearly defined functions).
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