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Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview

The average score is effectively tied at 7.3 vs 7.3. Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview (medium) has the lower benchmark cost at $0.115 vs $0.661. Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview (medium) is faster at 4.61s vs 8.12s, with pass rates of 57.6% vs 59.1%.

Recommended modelGemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview (medium)It has the best score here (7.3), while costing about 5.7x less than Claude Sonnet 4.6.

Last updated at: 2026-07-17

Metric Claude Sonnet 4.6 Claude Sonnet 4.6 none Release: 2026-02-17 Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview medium Release: 2026-03-03
Score 7.3 7.3
Rank #60 #61
Reliability 10.0 10.0
Consistency 9.7 9.9
Tests Correct
Attempt pass rate 57.6% 59.1%
Flaky tests 1 0
Total Runs 66 66
Cost per result 5.502 0.884
Total Cost $0.661 $0.115
Input Price $3.000 / 1M $0.250 / 1M
Output Price $15.000 / 1M $1.500 / 1M
Total Input Tokens 123,264 117,480
Output Tokens 19,362 10,589
Reasoning Tokens 0 46,394
Response Time (avg) 8.12s 4.61s
Response Time (max) 51.18s 18.34s
Response Time (total) 121.78s 101.39s

Hamster playing table tennis

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

#60 Claude Sonnet 4.6

none
Cost
$0.038
Time
27.3s
Tokens
2,598 tok

#61 Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview

medium
Cost
$0.003
Time
5.2s
Tokens
1,944 tok

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Coding Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Sonnet 4.6 5.5 10.0 33.3% 0 5.19s 8,522 2,127 0
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview 5.5 10.0 33.3% 0 4.09s 8,126 461 8,597

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