Claude 3 Sonnet vs Gemini 1.5 Pro Comparison
Comparing Claude 3 Sonnet and Gemini 1.5 Pro across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.
Performance Benchmarks
Comparative analysis across standard metrics
Claude 3 Sonnet outperforms in 2 benchmarks (DROP, GSM8k), while Gemini 1.5 Pro is better at 8 benchmarks (BIG-Bench Hard, GPQA, HellaSwag, HumanEval, MATH, MGSM, MMLU, MMLU-Pro).
Gemini 1.5 Pro significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.
Arena Performance
Human preference votes
Pricing Analysis
Price comparison per million tokens
For input processing, Claude 3 Sonnet ($3.00/1M tokens) is 1.2x more expensive than Gemini 1.5 Pro ($2.50/1M tokens).
For output processing, Claude 3 Sonnet ($15.00/1M tokens) is 1.5x more expensive than Gemini 1.5 Pro ($10.00/1M tokens).
In conclusion, Claude 3 Sonnet is more expensive than Gemini 1.5 Pro.*
* Using a 3:1 ratio of input to output tokens
Context Window
Maximum input and output token capacity
Gemini 1.5 Pro accepts 2,097,152 input tokens compared to Claude 3 Sonnet's 200,000 tokens. Claude 3 Sonnet can generate longer responses up to 200,000 tokens, while Gemini 1.5 Pro is limited to 8,192 tokens.
Input Capabilities
Supported data types and modalities
Both Claude 3 Sonnet and Gemini 1.5 Pro support multimodal inputs.
They are both capable of processing various types of data, offering versatility in application.
Claude 3 Sonnet
Gemini 1.5 Pro
License
Usage and distribution terms
Both models are licensed under proprietary licenses.
Both models have usage restrictions defined by their respective organizations.
Proprietary
Closed source
Proprietary
Closed source
Release Timeline
When each model was launched
Claude 3 Sonnet was released on 2024-02-29, while Gemini 1.5 Pro was released on 2024-05-01.
Gemini 1.5 Pro is 2 months newer than Claude 3 Sonnet.
Feb 29, 2024
2.0 years ago
May 1, 2024
1.9 years ago
2mo newerKnowledge Cutoff
When training data ends
Gemini 1.5 Pro has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2023-11-01, while Claude 3 Sonnet's cutoff date is not specified.
We can confirm Gemini 1.5 Pro's training data extends to 2023-11-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without Claude 3 Sonnet's cutoff date.
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Nov 2023
Provider Availability
Claude 3 Sonnet is available from Anthropic, Bedrock, Google. Gemini 1.5 Pro is available from Google. The availability of providers can affect quality of the model and reliability.
Claude 3 Sonnet
Gemini 1.5 Pro
Outputs Comparison
Key Takeaways
Claude 3 Sonnet
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Detailed Comparison
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