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Claude Sonnet 5
1 win1 exact shared benchmark compared
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Claude Sonnet 5 vs Gemini 2.5 Pro
Compare Claude Sonnet 5 vs Gemini 2.5 Pro pricing, benchmarks, context and capabilities side by side.
Claude Sonnet 5
Claude Sonnet 5 is a model from Anthropic, released on June 30, 2026. Its verified profile includes Text Generation, Reasoning, Image Understanding, Code Generation, Func...
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Gemini 2.5 Pro
Gemini 2.5 Pro is a model from Google DeepMind, released on March 25, 2025. Its verified profile includes Text Generation, Reasoning, Image Understanding, Video Understan...
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Shared benchmarks1
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Pricing coverage2 / 2
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Evidence freshnessSep 2026
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At-a-glance signals
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Lower input price
Gemini 2.5 Pro
$1.25 / 1MLowest verified input-token price
Lower output price
Claude Sonnet 5, Gemini 2.5 Pro
$10.00 / 1MLowest verified output-token price · tie
Larger context
Gemini 2.5 Pro
1,048,576Largest comparable context window
Newer release
Claude Sonnet 5
Jun 2026Most recent listed release date
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| Metric | Claude Sonnet 5 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | Google DeepMind |
| Context window | 1,000,000 | 1,048,576 |
| Input / 1M tokens | $2.00 | $1.25 |
| Output / 1M tokens | $10.00 | $10.00 |
| Status | Active | Active |
| Release date | Jun 2026 | Mar 2025 |
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Claude Sonnet 5—
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Shared benchmark head-to-head
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Software Engineering1 shared benchmark
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified Verified Methodology | 85.20% Lead Verified · Aug 2026 | 63.80% Verified · Mar 2025 Source |
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Additional one-sided benchmark evidence 20
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Gemini 2.5 ProVideoMMMU83.60%
Gemini 2.5 ProQVHighlights75.00%
Gemini 2.5 ProPerception Test78.40%
Gemini 2.5 ProEgoTempo44.30%
Gemini 2.5 ProActivityNet-QA66.70%
Gemini 2.5 ProMMMU82.00%
Gemini 2.5 ProMRCR v2 8-Needle 1M16.40%
Gemini 2.5 ProMRCR v2 8-Needle <=128K58.00%
Gemini 2.5 ProLOFT Hard 1M69.80%
Gemini 2.5 ProLOFT Hard <=128K87.00%
Gemini 2.5 ProAIME 202588.00%
Gemini 2.5 ProGlobal MMLU Lite89.20%
Gemini 2.5 ProFACTS Grounding87.80%
Gemini 2.5 ProSimpleQA54.00%
Gemini 2.5 ProHumanity's Last Exam (No Tools)21.60%
Gemini 2.5 ProGPQA Diamond86.40%
Gemini 2.5 ProSWE-bench Verified (Google Multiple Attempts)67.20%
Gemini 2.5 ProSWE-bench Verified (Google Single Attempt)59.60%
Gemini 2.5 ProAider Polyglot82.20%
Gemini 2.5 ProLiveCodeBench74.20%
Capability differences
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No unique capability difference verified.
Audio UnderstandingMultimodalStructured OutputsVideo Understanding
Use-case coverage
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CLAUDE SONNET 5
Distinct use-case matches
No unique structured use-case match is verified for this comparison yet.
GEMINI 2.5 PRO
Distinct use-case matches
No unique structured use-case match is verified for this comparison yet.
Evidence & freshness
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Claude Sonnet 5Review soon
- Verified benchmark results
- 1
- Benchmark evidence
- Aug 22, 2026
- Pricing evidence
- Not dated
- Profile review
- Not dated
Gemini 2.5 ProReview soon
- Verified benchmark results
- 21
- Benchmark evidence
- Sep 3, 2026
- Pricing evidence
- Not dated
- Profile review
- Not dated
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How do Claude Sonnet 5 and Gemini 2.5 Pro compare?
Compare the side-by-side pricing, benchmark, capability and product data on this page. The better fit depends on your use case and the verified evidence available for each product.
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Which is cheaper for API use: Claude Sonnet 5 or Gemini 2.5 Pro?
Gemini 2.5 Pro has the lower listed per-million-token rate on both input and output in the current verified pricing data.
How much shared benchmark evidence is available for Claude Sonnet 5 vs Gemini 2.5 Pro?
AI Orbit currently shows 1 shared verified benchmark where both products have comparable results. One-sided benchmark evidence is shown separately and is not counted as a head-to-head win.
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