Claude 3.7 Sonnet vs Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Comparison

Comparing Claude 3.7 Sonnet and Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

4 benchmarks

Claude 3.7 Sonnet outperforms in 4 benchmarks (AIME 2025, GPQA, MMMU, SWE-Bench Verified), while Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is better at 0 benchmarks.

Claude 3.7 Sonnet significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite costs less

For input processing, Claude 3.7 Sonnet ($3.00/1M tokens) is 30.0x more expensive than Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite ($0.10/1M tokens).

For output processing, Claude 3.7 Sonnet ($15.00/1M tokens) is 37.5x more expensive than Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite ($0.40/1M tokens).

In conclusion, Claude 3.7 Sonnet is more expensive than Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite.*

* Using a 3:1 ratio of input to output tokens

Lowest available price from all providers

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Claude 3.7 Sonnet

Input tokens$3.00

Output tokens$15.00

Best providerAnthropic

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite

Input tokens$0.10

Output tokens$0.40

Best providerGoogle

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Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite accepts 1,048,576 input tokens compared to Claude 3.7 Sonnet's 200,000 tokens. Claude 3.7 Sonnet can generate longer responses up to 128,000 tokens, while Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is limited to 65,536 tokens.

Claude 3.7 Sonnet

Input200,000 tokens

Output128,000 tokens

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite

Input1,048,576 tokens

Output65,536 tokens

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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Both Claude 3.7 Sonnet and Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite support multimodal inputs.

They are both capable of processing various types of data, offering versatility in application.

Claude 3.7 Sonnet

Text

Images

Audio

Video

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite

Text

Images

Audio

Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Claude 3.7 Sonnet is licensed under a proprietary license, while Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite uses Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

Claude 3.7 Sonnet

Proprietary

Closed source

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude 3.7 Sonnet was released on 2025-02-24, while Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite was released on 2025-06-17.

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is 4 months newer than Claude 3.7 Sonnet.

Claude 3.7 Sonnet

Feb 24, 2025

1.0 years ago

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite

Jun 17, 2025

9 months ago

3mo newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2025-01-01, while Claude 3.7 Sonnet's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite's training data extends to 2025-01-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without Claude 3.7 Sonnet's cutoff date.

Claude 3.7 Sonnet

—

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite

Jan 2025

Provider Availability

Claude 3.7 Sonnet is available from Anthropic, Bedrock, Google. Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is available from Google. The availability of providers can affect quality of the model and reliability.