Price Per TokenPrice Per Token
Anthropic
Anthropic
vs
Google
Google

Claude Sonnet 4 vs Gemini 2.5 Flash

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Claude Sonnet 4 wins:

  • Faster response time
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Better at math

Gemini 2.5 Flash wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Larger context window
Price Advantage
Gemini 2.5 Flash
Benchmark Advantage
Claude Sonnet 4
Context Window
Gemini 2.5 Flash
Speed
Claude Sonnet 4

Pricing Comparison

Benchmark Comparison

Context & Performance

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureClaude Sonnet 4Gemini 2.5 Flash
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyClaude Sonnet 4Gemini 2.5 Flash
LicenseProprietaryProprietary
AuthorAnthropicGoogle
ReleasedMay 2025Jun 2025

Claude Sonnet 4 Modalities

Input
imagetextfile
Output
text

Gemini 2.5 Flash Modalities

Input
fileimagetextaudiovideo
Output
text

Frequently Asked Questions

Gemini 2.5 Flash has cheaper input pricing at $0.30/M tokens. Gemini 2.5 Flash has cheaper output pricing at $2.50/M tokens.
Claude Sonnet 4 has a 200,000 token context window, while Gemini 2.5 Flash has a 1,048,576 token context window.
Claude Sonnet 4 supports vision. Gemini 2.5 Flash supports vision.