# Claude Sonnet 4.5 vs Gemini 3.6 Flash

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Claude Sonnet 4.5 and Gemini 3.6 Flash across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/claude-sonnet-4-5-vs-gemini-3-6-flash
- Last updated: September 4, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 1
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Claude Sonnet 4.5 and Gemini 3.6 Flash share only 1 sourced benchmark row.

## Summary

- Only 1 shared sourced benchmark row is available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- Gemini 3.6 Flash has the lower published output-token price.
- Gemini 3.6 Flash has the larger published context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Claude Sonnet 4.5 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Anthropic | Google |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 200K | 1M |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 53.74 | 70.11 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 11 | 8 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $3.00 / $15.00 | $1.50 / $7.50 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Sonnet 4.5 public-lane score: 44.6 (Estimated · #100/151)
- Gemini 3.6 Flash public-lane score: 50.7 (Supported · #60/151)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.5 | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 50% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | 61.4% | 83% | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| VITA-Bench | 17.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | 48.51% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| JobBench | 27.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | Coming soon | 73.8% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Sonnet 4.5 public-lane score: 51 (Estimated · #67/183)
- Gemini 3.6 Flash public-lane score: 58.9 (Supported · #30/183)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.5 | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 77.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| deepSwe | Coming soon | 49% | Coming soon |
| cursorBench32 | Coming soon | 53.5% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | Coming soon | 88.1% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 79.6% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Sonnet 4.5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Gemini 3.6 Flash public-lane score: 82.3 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Sonnet 4.5 public-lane score: 19.1 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Gemini 3.6 Flash public-lane score: 77.8 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.5 | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 13.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Sonnet 4.5 public-lane score: 51.6 (Estimated · #81/181)
- Gemini 3.6 Flash public-lane score: 68.6 (Supported · #18/181)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.5 | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 83.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | Coming soon | 93.4% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | Coming soon | 89.3% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Sonnet 4.5 public-lane score: 34.8 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Gemini 3.6 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.5 | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2025 | 87% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 13.495% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 4.167% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Claude Sonnet 4.5 and Gemini 3.6 Flash?

Not yet. The models share only 1 sourced benchmark row, so this mirror reports the available measurements and metadata without naming a broad winner.

### What can I compare safely on this page?

Published pricing, context windows, model type, and individual shared benchmark rows are directly comparable. Independent overall scores and non-overlapping benchmark coverage are labeled separately and should not be read as a controlled head-to-head result.

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- [Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Claude Fable 5.1](/compare/claude-fable-5-1-vs-gemini-3-6-flash)

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