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Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview

Gemini 3 Flash Preview (medium) leads on average score with 9.6 vs 7.3. Claude Sonnet 4.6 has the lower benchmark cost at $0.661 vs $0.742. Claude Sonnet 4.6 is faster at 8.12s vs 19.20s, with pass rates of 57.6% vs 98.5%.

Recommended modelGemini 3 Flash Preview (medium)It has the strongest score in this comparison (9.6) and the best overall balance of cost and response time across all 2 models.

Last updated at: 2026-07-25

Metric Claude Sonnet 4.6 Claude Sonnet 4.6 none Release: 2026-02-17 Gemini 3 Flash Preview Gemini 3 Flash Preview medium Release: 2025-12-17
Score 7.3 9.6
Rank #71 #3
Reliability 10.0 10.0
Consistency 9.7 9.7
Tests Correct
Attempt pass rate 57.6% 98.5%
Flaky tests 1 1
Total Runs 66 66
Cost per result 5.502 3.533
Total Cost $0.661 $0.742
Input Price $3.000 / 1M $0.500 / 1M
Output Price $15.000 / 1M $3.000 / 1M
Total Input Tokens 123,264 87,861
Output Tokens 19,362 5,486
Reasoning Tokens 0 227,164
Response Time (avg) 8.12s 19.20s
Response Time (max) 51.18s 117.26s
Response Time (total) 121.78s 422.42s

Hamster playing table tennis

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

#71 Claude Sonnet 4.6

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

#3 Gemini 3 Flash Preview

medium
Cost
$0.010
Time
18.4s
Tokens
3,351 tok

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Category Breakdown

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 Flash Preview 8.6 7.6 88.9% 1 84.40s 8,122 462 161,084

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