Claude Sonnet 5 vs Gemini 3.5 Flash

Comparing two large language models (llm) models: features, pricing, pros and cons.

	Claude Sonnet 5	Gemini 3.5 Flash
Provider	Anthropic	Google
Pricing	$70–350/mo	$10–80/mo
Quality	9.4/10	8.6/10
Speed	8.5/10	9.6/10
Ease of use	8.2/10	8.5/10
Value	5/10	8/10
Context	1000K	1000K
Tasks	Text Generation, Chatbots, Coding, Data Analysis, Translation, RAG / Search	Text Generation, Chatbots, Coding, Data Analysis, Translation, RAG / Search
Pros	+ Near-Opus quality + 1M context + Better price/quality	+ Very fast + Cheap + Mass-market default
Cons	− Weaker than Opus on hardest refactors	− Weaker than Pro on hard tasks

Claude Sonnet 5

Anthropic mid-tier: agentic coding close to Opus 4.8 at a lower price.

Fast multimodal GA since May 19, 2026; default in AI Mode.