Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05
Compare Claude Sonnet 4.6 by Anthropic against Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 by Google AI, context windows of 1.0M vs 1.0M, tested across 44 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Claude Sonnet 4.6
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05
No community votes yet. On paper, these are closely matched - try both with your actual task to see which fits your workflow.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Claude Sonnet 4.6
Input
$3.00
Output
$15.00
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05
Input
$1.25
2.4× cheaper
Output
$10.00
1.5× cheaper
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 is cheaper on both — 2.4× input, 1.5× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
56%
Claude Sonnet 4.6 uses 19.1x more emoji
Claude Sonnet 4.6
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05
56%Vocabulary51%
36wSentence Length15w
0.53Hedging0.31
5.1Bold4.8
3.4Lists4.1
0.19Emoji0.00
2.10Headings0.98
0.02Transitions0.05
Based on 23 + 20 text responses
Research
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