Claude Sonnet 5 (High) vs Gemini 3.6 Flash (High)
Which is better for the money: Claude Sonnet 5 (High) by Anthropic or Gemini 3.6 Flash (High) by Google? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-25.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick Gemini 3.6 Flash (High)
Gemini 3.6 Flash (High) vs Claude Sonnet 5 (High): 7.3% more intelligence, 22.6% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 18.3% slower end-to-end.
| Metric | Claude Sonnet 5 (High) | Gemini 3.6 Flash (High) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 31.7 | 34.0 | +7.3% Gemini 3.6 Flash (Hig… is 7.3% more intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $2,086.04 | $1,614.42 | −22.6% Gemini 3.6 Flash (Hig… is 22.6% cheaper |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 15.23s | 18.02s | +18.3% Gemini 3.6 Flash (Hig… is 18.3% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $2.00 / $10.0 | $0.75 / $3.75 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text, Image, Speech, Video |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Claude Sonnet 5 (High) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) scores 51.80 for $1082.
- Gemini 3.6 Flash (High) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) scores 51.80 for $1082.
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