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Gemma 3n E4B Instruct vs Claude Sonnet 5

Gemma 3n E4B Instruct is not currently in the Allocate serving catalog, so this page lists no prices for it: every price on this site comes from the live catalog.

Gemma 3n E4B Instruct Claude Sonnet 5
LabGoogleAnthropic
AccessNot served on AllocateAPI only
Context windown/a1M tokens
List price, inputNot served$2 / M tokens
List price, outputNot served$10 / M tokens
Cached inputn/a$0.2 / M tokens
LicenseNot listedProprietary API
Fine-tunableYesNo

Specifications and provider list prices from the Allocate catalog, checked 2026-09-12.

Choose Gemma 3n E4B Instruct for

  • Cheap classification
  • On-device and edge deployments
  • High-volume short prompts
Gemma 3n E4B Instruct details →

Choose Claude Sonnet 5 for

  • Judgment calls with policy context
  • Customer-facing writing
  • Review and escalation flows
Claude Sonnet 5 details →

Common questions

Which has the bigger context window?

Claude Sonnet 5: 1,000,000 tokens (1M) against an unlisted window for Gemma 3n E4B Instruct.

Can I fine-tune Gemma 3n E4B Instruct or Claude Sonnet 5?

Gemma 3n E4B Instruct publishes open weights (Not listed) and can be fine-tuned on your own data. Claude Sonnet 5 is a closed model served over API; its weights are not available.

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