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Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs Gemini 4 Carbon

Gemini 4 Carbon leads the LLM Stats Score 59.0 to 36.4.

Anthropic · Google · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Gemini 4 Carbon leads the overall LLM Stats Score 59.0 to 36.4, ranking #2 overall.

Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose Claude Sonnet 4.6

  • you want predictable pricing at $3.00/M input and $15.00/M output

Choose Gemini 4 Carbon

  • overall performance matters — it scores 59.0 and ranks #2 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning and coding — it leads those capability indexes
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Oct 2026

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Claude Sonnet 4.6
Anthropic
Gemini 4 Carbon
Google
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
36.4
#96
59.0
#2
Reasoning
37.6
#85
54.9
#5
Coding
24.9
#91
48.1
#3
Agents
23.8
#77
46.0
#2
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
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Input price
$3.00 / M
— / M
Output price
$15.00 / M
— / M
Context window
200,000
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Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

3 shared
Index
Claude Sonnet 4.6
Gemini 4 Carbon
Vision
25.8#61
36.0#12
Tool use
20.4#72
35.8#3
Multimodal
19.9#86
38.0#6
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

17 reported for Claude Sonnet 4.6 · 16 for Gemini 4 Carbon

No common benchmarks found

Claude Sonnet 4.6 and Gemini 4 Carbondon't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Claude Sonnet 4.6 specifies input context (200,000 tokens). Only Claude Sonnet 4.6 specifies output context (64,000 tokens).

Anthropic
Claude Sonnet 4.6
Input200,000 tokens
Output64,000 tokens
Google
Gemini 4 Carbon
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Fri Oct 30 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Both Claude Sonnet 4.6 and Gemini 4 Carbon support multimodal inputs.

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

Claude Sonnet 4.6

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Gemini 4 Carbon

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 Sonnet 4.6

Proprietary

Closed source

Gemini 4 Carbon

Proprietary

Closed source

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude Sonnet 4.6 was released on 2026-02-17, while Gemini 4 Carbon was released on 2026-10-28.

Gemini 4 Carbon is 8 months newer than Claude Sonnet 4.6.

Claude Sonnet 4.6

Feb 17, 2026

8 months ago

Gemini 4 Carbon

Oct 28, 2026

1 days ago

8mo newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.

Unable to compare the recency of their training data.

No cutoff dates available

Outputs Comparison

Notice missing or incorrect data?

Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Claude Sonnet 4.6 and Gemini 4 Carbon side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Claude Sonnet 4.6
✓ Preferred
Gemini 4 Carbon
Open in Playground

FAQ

Common questions about Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs Gemini 4 Carbon.

Which is better, Claude Sonnet 4.6 or Gemini 4 Carbon?

Gemini 4 Carbon leads the LLM Stats Score 59.0 to 36.4. Claude Sonnet 4.6 is made by Anthropic and Gemini 4 Carbon is made by Google. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does Claude Sonnet 4.6 compare to Gemini 4 Carbon in benchmarks?

Claude Sonnet 4.6 scores Tau2 Telecom: 97.9%, Tau2 Retail: 91.7%, GPQA: 89.9%, MMMLU: 89.3%, SWE-Bench Verified: 79.6%. Gemini 4 Carbon scores Gray Swan IPI Benchmark: 100.0%, Vending-Bench 2: 100.0%, Graphwalks BFS >128k: 96.2%, WebDev Arena: 88.4%, SEC-bench Pro: 88.2%.

What are the context window sizes for Claude Sonnet 4.6 and Gemini 4 Carbon?

Claude Sonnet 4.6 supports 200K tokens and Gemini 4 Carbon supports an unknown number of tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Claude Sonnet 4.6 and Gemini 4 Carbon?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (36.4 vs 59.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Claude Sonnet 4.6 and Gemini 4 Carbon?

Claude Sonnet 4.6 is developed by Anthropic and Gemini 4 Carbon is developed by Google.

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