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Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5 vs Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview

Summary

Claude Sonnet 5 vs Gemini 3 Flash Preview benchmark comparison: Claude Sonnet 5 leads on average score with 7.9 vs 7.4. Gemini 3 Flash Preview has the lower benchmark cost at $0.111 vs $0.550. Gemini 3 Flash Preview is faster at 5.76s vs 9.94s, with pass rates of 79.4% vs 79.4%.

Recommended model: Gemini 3 Flash Preview - Its score stays close to the best score here (7.4 vs 7.9), while costing about 5.0x less than Claude Sonnet 5.

Last updated at: 2026-06-30

Metric Claude Sonnet 5 Claude Sonnet 5 medium Release: 2026-06-30 Gemini 3 Flash Preview Gemini 3 Flash Preview low Release: 2025-12-17
Score 7.9 7.4
Rank #30 #54
Reliability 10.0 10.0
Consistency 9.0 9.2
Tests Correct
Attempt pass rate 79.4% 79.4%
Flaky tests 3 2
Total Runs 63 63
Cost per result 3.662 0.689
Total Cost $0.550 $0.111
Input Price $2.000 / 1M $0.500 / 1M
Output Price $10.000 / 1M $3.000 / 1M
Total Input Tokens 67,416 36,769
Output Tokens 34,012 2,076
Reasoning Tokens 7,673 28,518
Response Time (avg) 9.94s 5.76s
Response Time (max) 56.94s 14.72s
Response Time (total) 208.71s 120.93s

Generation showcase

Hamster playing table tennis

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

#30 Claude Sonnet 5

medium
Cost
$0.007
Time
6.4s
Tokens
832 tok

#54 Gemini 3 Flash Preview

low
Cost
$0.007
Time
12.1s
Tokens
2,289 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 5 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 3.80s 834 1,220 446
Gemini 3 Flash Preview 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 3.48s 500 281 3,082
Coding Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Sonnet 5 9.0 7.9 88.9% 1 17.28s 10,590 13,153 2,379
Gemini 3 Flash Preview 5.8 7.2 44.4% 1 6.00s 8,122 456 7,421
Combined Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Sonnet 5 4.5 2.1 66.7% 1 37.01s 29,394 4,848 2,170
Gemini 3 Flash Preview 3.0 10.0 0.0% 0 3.27s 12,860 326 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 5 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 3.16s 10,503 312 0
Gemini 3 Flash Preview 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 9.40s 7,261 279 3,656
Domain specific Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Sonnet 5 7.7 10.0 66.7% 0 20.38s 975 12,140 1,994
Gemini 3 Flash Preview 5.3 7.2 44.4% 1 8.05s 645 12 6,410
General Intelligence Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Sonnet 5 4.8 3.2 33.3% 1 4.32s 708 264 0
Gemini 3 Flash Preview 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 3.68s 492 120 981
Instructions following Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Sonnet 5 9.9 10.0 100.0% 0 3.10s 909 318 269
Gemini 3 Flash Preview 9.9 10.0 100.0% 0 7.02s 621 71 2,752
Puzzle Solving Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Sonnet 5 7.7 10.0 66.7% 0 2.98s 894 407 121
Gemini 3 Flash Preview 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 5.77s 562 288 3,168
Tool Calling Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Sonnet 5 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 10.70s 12,351 433 90
Gemini 3 Flash Preview 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 4.99s 5,550 234 415
Trivia Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Sonnet 5 3.0 10.0 0.0% 0 7.06s 258 917 204
Gemini 3 Flash Preview 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 2.75s 156 9 633

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