Claude Sonnet 3.6 (2022-10-22) vs Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview
Compare Claude Sonnet 3.6 (2022-10-22) by Anthropic against Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview by Google AI, context windows of 200K vs 1.0M, tested across 27 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Claude Sonnet 3.6 (2022-10-22)
Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview
No community votes yet. On paper, these are closely matched - try both with your actual task to see which fits your workflow.
Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview is 25x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Claude Sonnet 3.6 (2022-10-22)
Input
$3.00
Output
$15.00
Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview
Input
$0.15
20× cheaper
Output
$0.60
25× cheaper
Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview is cheaper on both — 20× input, 25× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
46%
Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview uses 12.2x more bold
Claude Sonnet 3.6 (2022-10-22)
Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview
66%Vocabulary51%
74wSentence Length15w
0.72Hedging0.70
0.3Bold4.1
8.9Lists3.3
0.00Emoji0.00
0.06Headings0.09
0.09Transitions0.24
Based on 21 + 12 text responses
Research
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