Model comparison
Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs Gemini 1.0 Pro
Claude Sonnet 4.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.1 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 20 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 20 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude Sonnet 4.6 scores higher in 8 categories and Gemini 1.0 Pro in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads 51.9 to 8.7.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 85.8% for Claude Sonnet 4.6 and 1.1% for Gemini 1.0 Pro.
Side by side
| Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Gemini 1.0 Pro | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | |
| Noometry Index | 50.1 | 27.1 |
| Released | 2026-02-17 | 2023-12-13 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 1M | — |
| Max output | 128K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $3 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $15 | — |
| Results tracked | 57 | 24 |
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Category by category
Coding Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads
Claude Sonnet 4.6: 46.0 (#62), Gemini 1.0 Pro: 31.6 (#270)
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Gemini 1.0 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1504 | 1108 |
| SWE-bench Verified | 75.2% | — |
| DeepSWE | 29.9% | — |
| FrontierCode | 24.3% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1521 | — |
| SciCode | 46.8% | — |
| WeirdML | 66.1% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 1,327 | — |
| HumanEval+ | — | 55.5% |
| MBPP+ | — | 61.4% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Claude Sonnet 4.6: 39.1 (#26), Gemini 1.0 Pro: —
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Gemini 1.0 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | 53.4% | — |
| APEX-Agents | 43% | — |
| OSWorld 2.0 | 9.3% | — |
| DeepResearch Bench | 54.9% | — |
| OSWorld | 72.1% | — |
| ExploitBench | 23.6% | — |
| GBAEval | 48.8% | — |
| GDP.pdf | 18% | — |
| LMArena Search | 1221 | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 7,204 | — |
Reasoning Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads
Claude Sonnet 4.6: 46.1 (#40), Gemini 1.0 Pro: 16.4 (#292)
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Gemini 1.0 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1485 | 1109 |
| DTBench | 89.9% | 45.9% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 152.25 | 116.97 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 60.4% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 80.9% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 86.5% | — |
| CritPt | 3.1% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 13% | — |
| Thematic Generalization | 76.3% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 16% | — |
| LMCA | 46.5% | — |
| ForecastBench | 62 | — |
Math Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads
Claude Sonnet 4.6: 51.9 (#41), Gemini 1.0 Pro: 8.7 (#315)
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Gemini 1.0 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 85.8% | 1.1% |
| LMArena Math | 1463 | 1132 |
| ProofBench | 45% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 11.2% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 32.4% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | 8.3% | — |
Knowledge Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads
Claude Sonnet 4.6: 51.6 (#60), Gemini 1.0 Pro: 15.5 (#286)
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Gemini 1.0 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 87.4% | 34% |
| LMArena Expert | 1500 | 1059 |
| SimpleQA Verified | 35.5% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 10.6% | — |
| MMLU | — | 70% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Claude Sonnet 4.6: 38.0 (#61), Gemini 1.0 Pro: —
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Gemini 1.0 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1283 | — |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | 6.7% | — |
| LMArena Document | 1482 | — |
Multilingual Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads
Claude Sonnet 4.6: 54.6 (#39), Gemini 1.0 Pro: 33.5 (#247)
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Gemini 1.0 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1440 | 1138 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1491 | 1124 |
| LMArena French | 1465 | 1144 |
| LMArena German | 1428 | 1125 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1419 | 1023 |
| LMArena Russian | 1440 | 1186 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1465 | 1118 |
| LMArena Korean | 1411 | — |
Instruction Following Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads
Claude Sonnet 4.6: 77.6 (#23), Gemini 1.0 Pro: 57.9 (#262)
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Gemini 1.0 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1476 | 1114 |
Long Context Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads
Claude Sonnet 4.6: 45.3 (#40), Gemini 1.0 Pro: 34.3 (#244)
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Gemini 1.0 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1479 | 1132 |
Writing & Preference Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads
Claude Sonnet 4.6: 70.4 (#22), Gemini 1.0 Pro: 36.2 (#259)
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Gemini 1.0 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1458 | 1149 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1435 | 1130 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1464 | 1139 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1810 | — |
| EQ-Bench 4 | 1207 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Claude Sonnet 4.6 better than Gemini 1.0 Pro?
Claude Sonnet 4.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.1 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index.
Is Claude Sonnet 4.6 or Gemini 1.0 Pro better for coding?
Claude Sonnet 4.6 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 46.0 versus 31.6 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Claude Sonnet 4.6 and Gemini 1.0 Pro share?
20 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude Sonnet 4.6 has 57 scored results on Noometry and Gemini 1.0 Pro has 24.