Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Gemini 3 Flash leads with 8.4% higher average benchmark score. Gemini 3 Flash offers 744.2K more tokens in context window than Claude Sonnet 4.5. Gemini 3 Flash is $17.50 cheaper per million tokens. Overall, Gemini 3 Flash is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
Anthropic
Claude Sonnet 4.5, released by Anthropic in September 2025, is a large language model from the Claude 4.5 family that balances response quality and efficiency for coding, agentic tasks, and analytical work. It features a 200K token context window (extendable to 1M tokens in beta), 64K maximum output tokens, native image understanding, and extended thinking support. Sonnet 4.5 targets use cases that require a balance of throughput and reasoning depth, including code generation, data analysis, and multi-step agentic pipelines.
Google DeepMind
Gemini 3 Flash, released by Google in December 2025, is a large language model from the Gemini 3 family that delivers reasoning and coding performance with efficiency optimized for high-volume workloads. It features a 1M token context window, 64K maximum output tokens, and native support for text, image, audio, video, and PDF input. Gemini 3 Flash targets cost-sensitive agentic workflows, document processing, and production APIs requiring fast, capable multimodal responses.
2 months newer

Claude Sonnet 4.5
Anthropic
2025-09-29

Gemini 3 Flash
Google DeepMind
2025-12-17
Cost per million tokens (USD)
Claude Sonnet 4.5
Gemini 3 Flash
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 4 common benchmarks
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Gemini 3 Flash
Performance comparison across key benchmark categories
Claude Sonnet 4.5
Gemini 3 Flash
Claude Sonnet 4.5
2025-01
Available providers and their performance metrics
Claude Sonnet 4.5
Anthropic
AWS Bedrock
Google Cloud Vertex AI
Gemini 3 Flash
Claude Sonnet 4.5
Gemini 3 Flash
Claude Sonnet 4.5
Gemini 3 Flash
Google Cloud Vertex AI