Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Gemini 3 Pro leads with 6.1% higher average benchmark score. Gemini 3 Pro offers 744.2K more tokens in context window than Claude Sonnet 4.5. Claude Sonnet 4.5 is $4.50 cheaper per million tokens. Overall, Gemini 3 Pro 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 Pro, released by Google in November 2025, is a large language model from the Gemini 3 family designed for complex reasoning, broad world knowledge, and multi-step problem solving. It features a 1M token context window, 64K maximum output tokens, and native multimodal input including text, images, audio, and video. Gemini 3 Pro targets research-grade reasoning, advanced data analysis, and applications requiring comprehensive understanding across diverse input formats.
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Claude Sonnet 4.5
Anthropic
2025-09-29

Gemini 3 Pro
Google DeepMind
2025-11-18
Cost per million tokens (USD)
Claude Sonnet 4.5
Gemini 3 Pro
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 17 common benchmarks
Claude Sonnet 4.5
Gemini 3 Pro
Performance comparison across key benchmark categories
Claude Sonnet 4.5
Claude Sonnet 4.5
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Available providers and their performance metrics
Claude Sonnet 4.5
Anthropic
AWS Bedrock
Google Cloud Vertex AI
Gemini 3 Pro
Claude Sonnet 4.5
Gemini 3 Pro
Claude Sonnet 4.5
Gemini 3 Pro
Gemini 3 Pro
Google Cloud Vertex AI