Model comparison Synced Apr 5, 2026

Anthropic: Claude 3.5 Sonnet vs Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06

Side-by-side comparison of Anthropic: Claude 3.5 Sonnet and Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06. Compare pricing, context window, capabilities, and find out which is better for your workflow.

Verdict

strong confidence

Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06 leads overall

Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06 leads in price and context window and capabilities and max output, making it the stronger choice for most workflows. Anthropic: Claude 3.5 Sonnet remains a solid alternative depending on your specific needs.

Best for with Anthropic: Claude 3.5 Sonnet

No clear advantages identified

Best for with Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06

Budget-conscious workflowsLong document processingMulti-modal tasksLong-form content generation

Side-by-side

Technical specifications

	Anthropic: Claude 3.5 Sonnet	Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06
Provider	Anthropic	Google
Input price	$6/M	$1/M
Output price	$30/M	$10/M
Context window	200K	1.0M
Max output	8K	66K
Capabilities	Tool useVision	Tool useVisionAudioReasoning
Released	Oct 21, 2024	May 6, 2025

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Scoring breakdown

How each dimension compares

Price

Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06 leads

Anthropic: Claude 3.5 Sonnet

$30/M tokens