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Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs Google: Gemini 3.5 Flash

Summary

Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs Gemini 3.5 Flash benchmark comparison: Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads on average score with 7.8 vs 7.0. Gemini 3.5 Flash has the lower benchmark cost at $1.079 vs $1.418. Gemini 3.5 Flash is faster at 9.93s vs 17.06s, with pass rates of 65.1% vs 77.8%.

Recommended model: Claude Sonnet 4.6 - It has the strongest score in this comparison (7.8) and the best overall balance of cost and response time across all 2 models.

Last updated at: 2026-07-02

Metric Claude Sonnet 4.6 Claude Sonnet 4.6 medium Release: 2026-02-17 Gemini 3.5 Flash Gemini 3.5 Flash none Release: 2026-05-19
Score 7.8 7.0
Rank #32 #69
Reliability 10.0 10.0
Consistency 9.1 8.9
Tests Correct
Attempt pass rate 65.1% 77.8%
Flaky tests 2 3
Total Runs 63 63
Cost per result 10.904 7.190
Total Cost $1.418 $1.079
Input Price $3.000 / 1M $1.500 / 1M
Output Price $15.000 / 1M $9.000 / 1M
Total Input Tokens 49,112 13,843
Output Tokens 54,703 117,518
Reasoning Tokens 29,970 0
Response Time (avg) 17.06s 9.93s
Response Time (max) 46.35s 64.36s
Response Time (total) 221.83s 178.68s

Generation showcase

Hamster playing table tennis

Prompt: Create a detailed SVG illustration of a hamster playing table tennis.

#32 Claude Sonnet 4.6

medium
Invalid SVG
Cost
$0.000
Time
300.0s
Tokens
0 tok

#69 Gemini 3.5 Flash

none
Cost
$0.225
Time
125.5s
Tokens
25,004 tok

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Category Breakdown

Anti-AI Tricks Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Sonnet 4.6 6.5 10.0 50.0% 0 2.98s 789 1,046 1,093
Gemini 3.5 Flash 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 2.53s 492 5,101 0
Coding Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Sonnet 4.6 5.7 6.6 44.4% 1 33.29s 6,995 16,089 3,686
Gemini 3.5 Flash 8.8 7.8 88.9% 1 34.69s 8,122 75,927 0
Combined Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Sonnet 4.6 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 46.35s 18,351 5,871 3,962
Gemini 3.5 Flash 3.0 10.0 0.0% 0 0ms 0 0 0
Data parsing and extraction Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Sonnet 4.6 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 13.90s 8,676 649 742
Gemini 3.5 Flash 6.5 10.0 50.0% 0 8.10s 2,781 5,895 0
Domain specific Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Sonnet 4.6 2.9 7.2 11.1% 1 0ms 471 25,790 16,919
Gemini 3.5 Flash 7.6 7.2 77.8% 1 10.64s 633 17,910 0
General Intelligence Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Sonnet 4.6 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 4.94s 564 256 433
Gemini 3.5 Flash 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 3.46s 486 1,620 0
Instructions following Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Sonnet 4.6 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 2.61s 792 318 552
Gemini 3.5 Flash 9.8 10.0 100.0% 0 3.38s 615 3,928 0
Puzzle Solving Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Sonnet 4.6 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 5.31s 816 592 646
Gemini 3.5 Flash 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 3.13s 558 4,640 0
Tool Calling Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Sonnet 4.6 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 7.48s 11,454 655 351
Gemini 3.5 Flash 3.0 10.0 0.0% 0 0ms 0 0 0
Trivia Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Sonnet 4.6 3.0 10.0 0.0% 0 30.09s 204 3,437 1,586
Gemini 3.5 Flash 2.8 1.6 33.3% 1 4.87s 156 2,497 0

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