Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Claude Sonnet 4.5 leads with 9.2% higher average benchmark score. Claude Sonnet 4.5 is available on 2 providers. Overall, Claude Sonnet 4.5 is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
Anthropic
Claude Sonnet 4.5 was developed to bridge human thinking and machine assistance, allowing people to work with language and tools in a more conversational and natural way. Built with a focus on turning ideas into results, it represents an evolution in making AI feel less mechanical while maintaining strong capabilities across reasoning, coding, and collaborative tasks.
Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking was developed to incorporate extended reasoning capabilities into the Flash family, designed to combine quick response times with deeper analytical processing. Built to handle tasks requiring both speed and thoughtful problem-solving, it bridges the gap between fast inference and reasoning-enhanced models.
8 months newer

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking
2025-01-21

Claude Sonnet 4.5
Anthropic
2025-09-29
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 1 common benchmarks

Claude Sonnet 4.5

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking
Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking
2024-08-01
Claude Sonnet 4.5
2025-01-31
Available providers and their performance metrics

Claude Sonnet 4.5
Anthropic
ZeroEval


Claude Sonnet 4.5

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking

Claude Sonnet 4.5

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking
Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking