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Claude Sonnet 5vsGemini 2.5 Pro

Claude Sonnet 5 leads 6 of 6 shared benchmarks. Gemini 2.5 Pro is 1.1x cheaper per token. Gemini 2.5 Pro has the larger context window (1.0M tokens).

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Shared benchmarks
6 – 0
Claude Sonnet 5 leads
Cheaper per token
Gemini 2.5 Pro
1.1x cheaper, input + output
Larger context
Gemini 2.5 Pro
1.0M tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
100% · 100%
Anthropic · Google
Claude Sonnet 5
Anthropic · released 2026-06-30
textvision
Context
1M
Max out
128K
Input /1M
$2
Output /1M
$10
Cached /1M
$0.2
Scores
8 · 8 core
Gemini 2.5 Pro
Google · released 2025-06-17
textvisionaudio
Context
1.0M
Max out
66K
Input /1M
$1.25
Output /1M
$10
Cached /1M
$0.125
Scores
14 · 9 core
Quality

Benchmark matrix

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5Gemini 2.5 ProΔEdge
Reported by both · 6
SWE-bench Verified85.2% 59.6% +25.6 ptClaude Sonnet 5
GPQA Diamond90.5% epoch86.4% +4.1 ptClaude Sonnet 5
Humanity's Last Exam (no tools)43.2% 21.6% +21.6 ptClaude Sonnet 5
FrontierMath Tier 4 v2 (Epoch AI run)29.3% epoch0% epoch+29.3 ptClaude Sonnet 5
FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 v2 (Epoch AI run)65.6% epoch24.6% epoch+41 ptClaude Sonnet 5
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (Epoch AI run)94.7% epoch84.7% epoch+10 ptClaude Sonnet 5
Only Claude Sonnet 5 reports · 2
Humanity's Last Exam (with tools)57.4% not reported
SimpleQA Verified33.7% epochnot reported
Only Gemini 2.5 Pro reports · 6
AIME 2025not reported88%
LMArena Elonot reported1457.8
Aider Polyglotnot reported82.2%
LiveCodeBenchnot reported74.2%
MMMUnot reported82%
SWE-bench Verified (Epoch AI run)not reported57.6% epoch
Scores tagged "epoch" or "matharena" are independent runs, used only where the lab has not published its own; ⚠ marks rows MathArena flags as released after the competition. Higher is better on every row. Δ is Claude Sonnet 5 minus Gemini 2.5 Pro in the benchmark's own unit. "Not reported" means the lab has not published that figure; it is not a zero. ↗ opens the source.
Specs & pricing

Side by side

SpecClaude Sonnet 5Gemini 2.5 ProEdge
Context window1M tokens1.0M tokensGemini 2.5 Pro
Max output128K tokens66K tokensClaude Sonnet 5
Input price / 1M$2 $1.25 Gemini 2.5 Pro
Output price / 1M$10 $10 Tie
Cached input / 1M$0.2 $0.125 Gemini 2.5 Pro
Input + output / 1M
Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded.
$12$11.25Gemini 2.5 Pro
Modalitiestext · visiontext · vision · audioGemini 2.5 Pro
Released2026-06-302025-06-17
Cited benchmark scores814
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