Claude 4 Sonnet (Reasoning) vs Gemini 3 Pro Preview (high)

Comparing 2 AI models · 6 benchmarks · Anthropic, Google

Most Affordable
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Gemini 3 Pro Preview (high)
$2.00/1M
Highest Intelligence
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Gemini 3 Pro Preview (high)
90.8% GPQA
Best for Coding
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Gemini 3 Pro Preview (high)
62.3 Coding Index
Price Difference
1.5x
input cost range

Composite Indices

Intelligence, Coding, Math

Standard Benchmarks

Academic and industry benchmarks

Benchmark Winners

6 tests
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Claude 4 Sonnet (Reasoning)

1
  • MATH 500
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Gemini 3 Pro Preview (high)

5
  • GPQA
  • MMLU Pro
  • HLE
  • LiveCodeBench
  • AIME 2025
Metric
Anthropic logo Claude 4 Sonnet (Reasoning)
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Google logo Gemini 3 Pro Preview (high)
Google
Pricing
Per 1M tokens
Input Cost $3.00/1M $2.00/1M
Output Cost $15.00/1M $12.00/1M
Blended Cost 3:1 input/output ratio
$6.00/1M $4.50/1M
Specifications
Organization Model creator
Anthropic Google
Release Date Launch date
May 22, 2025 Nov 18, 2025
Performance & Speed
Throughput Output speed
71.2 tok/s 138.9 tok/s
Time to First Token (TTFT) Initial response delay
1753ms 26684ms
Latency Time to first answer token
29860ms 26684ms
Composite Indices
Intelligence Index Overall reasoning capability
56.5 72.8
Coding Index Programming ability
45.1 62.3
Math Index Mathematical reasoning
74.3 95.7
Standard Benchmarks
GPQA Graduate-level reasoning
77.7% 90.8%
MMLU Pro Advanced knowledge
84.2% 89.8%
HLE Hard language evaluation
9.6% 37.2%
LiveCodeBench Real-world coding tasks
65.5% 91.7%
MATH 500 Mathematical problems
99.1%
AIME 2025 Advanced math competition
74.3% 95.7%
AIME (Original) Math olympiad problems
77.3%
SciCode Scientific code generation
40.0% 56.1%
LCR Code review capability
64.7% 70.7%
IFBench Instruction-following
54.7% 70.4%
TAU-bench v2 Tool use & agentic tasks
64.6% 87.1%
TerminalBench Hard CLI command generation
29.8% 39.0%

Key Takeaways

Gemini 3 Pro Preview (high) offers the best value at $2.00/1M, making it ideal for high-volume applications and cost-conscious projects.

Gemini 3 Pro Preview (high) leads in reasoning capabilities with a 90.8% GPQA score, excelling at complex analytical tasks and problem-solving.

Gemini 3 Pro Preview (high) achieves a 62.3 coding index, making it the top choice for software development and code generation tasks.

All models support context windows of ∞+ tokens, suitable for processing lengthy documents and maintaining extended conversations.

When to Choose Each Model

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Claude 4 Sonnet (Reasoning)

  • General-purpose AI
  • Versatile applications
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Gemini 3 Pro Preview (high)

  • Cost-sensitive applications
  • High-volume processing
  • Complex reasoning tasks
  • Research & analysis
  • Code generation
  • Software development

Cost Calculator

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$0.00
per month
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$0.00
per month

Costs are estimates based on API pricing. Actual costs may vary based on caching, batch processing, and volume discounts.