Claude 3 Sonnet vs Gemini 1.0 Pro Comparison

Comparing Claude 3 Sonnet and Gemini 1.0 Pro across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

3 benchmarks

Claude 3 Sonnet outperforms in 3 benchmarks (GPQA, MATH, MMLU), while Gemini 1.0 Pro is better at 0 benchmarks.

Claude 3 Sonnet significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Gemini 1.0 Pro costs less

For input processing, Claude 3 Sonnet ($3.00/1M tokens) is 6.0x more expensive than Gemini 1.0 Pro ($0.50/1M tokens).

For output processing, Claude 3 Sonnet ($15.00/1M tokens) is 10.0x more expensive than Gemini 1.0 Pro ($1.50/1M tokens).

In conclusion, Claude 3 Sonnet is more expensive than Gemini 1.0 Pro.*

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

Lowest available price from all providers

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Claude 3 Sonnet

Input tokens$3.00

Output tokens$15.00

Best providerAnthropic

Gemini 1.0 Pro

Input tokens$0.50

Output tokens$1.50

Best providerGoogle

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Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Claude 3 Sonnet accepts 200,000 input tokens compared to Gemini 1.0 Pro's 32,760 tokens. Claude 3 Sonnet can generate longer responses up to 200,000 tokens, while Gemini 1.0 Pro is limited to 8,192 tokens.

Claude 3 Sonnet

Input200,000 tokens

Output200,000 tokens

Gemini 1.0 Pro

Input32,760 tokens

Output8,192 tokens

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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Claude 3 Sonnet supports multimodal inputs, whereas Gemini 1.0 Pro does not.

Claude 3 Sonnet can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Claude 3 Sonnet

Text

Images

Audio

Video

Gemini 1.0 Pro

Text

Images

Audio

Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Both models are licensed under proprietary licenses.

Both models have usage restrictions defined by their respective organizations.

Claude 3 Sonnet

Proprietary

Closed source

Gemini 1.0 Pro

Proprietary

Closed source

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude 3 Sonnet was released on 2024-02-29, while Gemini 1.0 Pro was released on 2024-02-15.

Claude 3 Sonnet is 0 month newer than Gemini 1.0 Pro.

Claude 3 Sonnet

Feb 29, 2024

2.0 years ago

2w newer

Gemini 1.0 Pro

Feb 15, 2024

2.1 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Gemini 1.0 Pro has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2024-02-01, while Claude 3 Sonnet's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Gemini 1.0 Pro's training data extends to 2024-02-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without Claude 3 Sonnet's cutoff date.

Claude 3 Sonnet

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Gemini 1.0 Pro

Feb 2024

Provider Availability

Claude 3 Sonnet is available from Anthropic, Bedrock, Google. Gemini 1.0 Pro is available from Google. The availability of providers can affect quality of the model and reliability.