Noometry

Model comparison

Claude Sonnet 5 vs Gemini 1.0 Pro

Claude Sonnet 5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.6 to 27.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 20 shared benchmarks.

Claude Sonnet 5 Anthropic

54.6

Rank #29 Confirmed

Gemini 1.0 Pro Google

27.3

Rank #332 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 20 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude Sonnet 5 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 5 leads 66.2 to 9.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 94.7% for Claude Sonnet 5 and 1.1% for Gemini 1.0 Pro.

Side by side

Claude Sonnet 5Gemini 1.0 Pro
ProviderAnthropicGoogle
Noometry Index54.627.3
Released2026-06-292023-12-13
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1M—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$2—
Output $ / M tokens$10—
Results tracked5124

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Category by category

Coding Claude Sonnet 5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5: 55.5 (#26), Gemini 1.0 Pro: 32.2 (#275)

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5Gemini 1.0 Pro
LMArena Coding14831108
DeepSWE53.8%—
FrontierCode42.7%—
CursorBench34.1%—
LMArena WebDev1541—
SciCode54.3%—
GSO37.3%—
WeirdML68.8%—
ALE-Bench1,463—
HumanEval+—55.5%
MBPP+—61.4%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Claude Sonnet 5: 42.8 (#18), Gemini 1.0 Pro: —

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5Gemini 1.0 Pro
APEX-Agents54.5%—
GBAEval65.3%—
LMArena Search1194—
Vending-Bench 26,378—

Reasoning Claude Sonnet 5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5: 49.1 (#39), Gemini 1.0 Pro: 17.1 (#296)

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5Gemini 1.0 Pro
LMArena Hard Prompts14611109
DTBench92.5%45.9%
Epoch Capabilities Index156.21117.04
SimpleBench60.6%—
NYT Connections (extended)75.1%—
CritPt16.9%—
Chess Puzzles35%—
Mystery Game Puzzles35%—
LMCA50%—
Surface Evolver Bench60%—
Bench to the Future 30.14—
ForecastBench61.1—

Math Claude Sonnet 5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5: 66.2 (#27), Gemini 1.0 Pro: 9.3 (#321)

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5Gemini 1.0 Pro
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202594.7%1.1%
LMArena Math14671132
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)65.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 429.3%—
ProofBench77%—
MATH Level 5—11.2%

Knowledge Claude Sonnet 5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5: 55.6 (#47), Gemini 1.0 Pro: 15.6 (#291)

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5Gemini 1.0 Pro
GPQA Diamond90.5%34%
LMArena Expert14901059
SimpleQA Verified33.7%—
MMLU—70%

Multimodal Not comparable

Claude Sonnet 5: 42.4 (#31), Gemini 1.0 Pro: —

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5Gemini 1.0 Pro
LMArena Vision1274—
Blueprint-Bench 224.9%—
LMArena Document1466—

Multilingual Claude Sonnet 5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5: 53.8 (#55), Gemini 1.0 Pro: 33.4 (#252)

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5Gemini 1.0 Pro
LMArena Non-English14311138
LMArena Chinese14771124
LMArena French14601145
LMArena German14401125
LMArena Japanese14221023
LMArena Russian14511186
LMArena Spanish14371119
LMArena Korean1411—

Instruction Following Claude Sonnet 5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5: 76.3 (#41), Gemini 1.0 Pro: 57.6 (#267)

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5Gemini 1.0 Pro
LMArena Instruction Following14521114

Long Context Claude Sonnet 5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5: 44.8 (#55), Gemini 1.0 Pro: 34.3 (#249)

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5Gemini 1.0 Pro
LMArena Longer Query14631132

Writing & Preference Claude Sonnet 5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5: 69.2 (#25), Gemini 1.0 Pro: 36.0 (#264)

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5Gemini 1.0 Pro
LMArena Text14421149
LMArena Creative Writing14161131
LMArena Multi-Turn14541139
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1794—
EQ-Bench 41236—

Frequently asked questions

Is Claude Sonnet 5 better than Gemini 1.0 Pro?

Claude Sonnet 5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.6 to 27.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is Claude Sonnet 5 or Gemini 1.0 Pro better for coding?

Claude Sonnet 5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 55.5 versus 32.2 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Claude Sonnet 5 and Gemini 1.0 Pro share?

20 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude Sonnet 5 has 51 scored results on Noometry and Gemini 1.0 Pro has 24.

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