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Claude 3.5 SonnetvsGemini 3.5 Flash
Gemini 3.5 Flash leads 2 of 2 shared benchmarks. Gemini 3.5 Flash is 1.7x cheaper per token. Gemini 3.5 Flash has the larger context window (1.0M tokens).
Benchmarks from cited public sources; pricing from official pages; status from official provider feeds.
Shared benchmarks
0 – 2
Gemini 3.5 Flash leads
Cheaper per token
Gemini 3.5 Flash
1.7x cheaper, input + output
Larger context
Gemini 3.5 Flash
1.0M tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
100% · 100%
Anthropic · Google
Claude 3.5 Sonnet
Anthropic · released 2024-10-22
textvision
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Google · released 2026-05-19
textvisionaudio
Quality
Benchmark matrix
2 shared · 2 only Claude 3.5 Sonnet · 13 only Gemini 3.5 Flash| Benchmark | Claude 3.5 Sonnet | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Δ | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reported by both · 2 | ||||
| GPQA Diamond | 55.3% ↗epoch | 92.8% ↗epoch | -37.5 pt | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (Epoch AI run) | 8.5% ↗epoch | 95.6% ↗epoch | -87.1 pt | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
| Only Claude 3.5 Sonnet reports · 2 | ||||
| SWE-bench Verified | 49% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| AIME 2025 | 3.3% ↗matharena | not reported | — | — |
| Only Gemini 3.5 Flash reports · 13 | ||||
| AIME 2026 | not reported | 95% ↗matharena ⚠ | — | — |
| ARC-AGI-2 | not reported | 72.1% ↗ | — | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 v2 (Epoch AI run) | not reported | 26.8% ↗epoch | — | — |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 v2 (Epoch AI run) | not reported | 62.8% ↗epoch | — | — |
| GDPVal-AA | not reported | 1656 ↗ | — | — |
| Humanity's Last Exam (full set, text + MM) | not reported | 40.2% ↗ | — | — |
| MCP Atlas | not reported | 83.6% ↗ | — | — |
| MMMU-Pro | not reported | 83.6% ↗ | — | — |
| OSWorld-Verified | not reported | 78.4% ↗ | — | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | not reported | 66.2% ↗epoch | — | — |
| SWE-Bench Pro (Public) | not reported | 55.1% ↗ | — | — |
| SWE-bench Verified (Epoch AI run) | not reported | 79.3% ↗epoch | — | — |
| Terminal-bench 2.1 | not reported | 76.2% ↗ | — | — |
Scores tagged "epoch" or "matharena" are independent runs, used only where the lab has not published its own; ⚠ marks rows MathArena flags as released after the competition. Higher is better on every row. Δ is Claude 3.5 Sonnet minus Gemini 3.5 Flash in the benchmark's own unit. "Not reported" means the lab has not published that figure; it is not a zero. ↗ opens the source.
Specs & pricing
Side by side
Official pricing pages and model cards| Spec | Claude 3.5 Sonnet | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window | 200K tokens | 1.0M tokens | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
| Max output | 8K tokens | 66K tokens | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
| Input price / 1M | $3 ↗ | $1.5 ↗ | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
| Output price / 1M | $15 ↗ | $9 ↗ | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
| Cached input / 1M | $0.3 ↗ | $0.15 ↗ | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
| Input + output / 1M Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded. | $18 | $10.5 | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
| Modalities | text · vision | text · vision · audio | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
| Released | 2024-10-22 | 2026-05-19 | — |
| Cited benchmark scores | 4 | 15 | — |
Reliability
Provider status
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