Claude Sonnet 4 vs Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 06-17
Compare Claude Sonnet 4 by Anthropic against Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 06-17 by Google AI, context windows of 200K vs 1.0M, tested across 11 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Claude Sonnet 4
Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 06-17
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 Lite Preview 06-17 is 38x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Claude Sonnet 4
Input
$3.00
Output
$15.00
Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 06-17
Input
$0.10
30× cheaper
Output
$0.40
38× cheaper
Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 06-17 is cheaper on both — 30× input, 38× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
39%
Claude Sonnet 4 uses 87.9x more emoji
Claude Sonnet 4
Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 06-17
62%Vocabulary61%
111wSentence Length10w
0.40Hedging0.12
5.0Bold1.9
9.3Lists4.2
0.88Emoji0.00
2.16Headings0.05
0.33Transitions0.00
Based on 17 + 3 text responses
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