Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads with 23.2% higher average benchmark score. Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite offers 656.8K more tokens in context window than Claude 3 Sonnet. Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite is $17.63 cheaper per million tokens. Claude 3 Sonnet is available on 3 providers. Overall, Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
Anthropic
Claude 3 Sonnet was introduced as the balanced middle tier of the Claude 3 family, offering a combination of strong capabilities and operational speed. Designed to provide an optimal tradeoff between intelligence and performance for everyday tasks, it served as a versatile solution for a wide range of enterprise and consumer applications.
Gemini 2.0 Flash Lite was created as an even more efficient variant of Gemini 2.0 Flash, designed for applications where minimal latency and maximum cost-effectiveness are essential. Built to bring next-generation multimodal capabilities to resource-constrained deployments, it optimizes for speed and affordability.
11 months newer

Claude 3 Sonnet
Anthropic
2024-02-29

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite
2025-02-05
Cost per million tokens (USD)

Claude 3 Sonnet

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 3 common benchmarks

Claude 3 Sonnet

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite
2024-06-01
Available providers and their performance metrics

Claude 3 Sonnet
Anthropic
Bedrock

Claude 3 Sonnet

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite

Claude 3 Sonnet

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite