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Claude Sonnet 4.6vsGemini 3.0 Pro (Preview 11-2025)

Across 4 shared benchmarks, Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads overall: Claude Sonnet 4.6 wins 3, Gemini 3.0 Pro (Preview 11-2025) wins 1, with 0 ties and an average score difference of +5.46.

Anthropic
Claude Sonnet 4.6

Anthropic · 2026-02-17 · Chat model

Google Deep Mind
Gemini 3.0 Pro (Preview 11-2025)

Google Deep Mind · 2025-11-18 · Multimodal model

Claude Sonnet 4.63 wins(75%)(25%)1 winGemini 3.0 Pro (Preview 11-2025)

Benchmark scores

Grouped by capability, sorted by largest gap within each. 4 shared benchmarks.

AI Agent - Tool Usage

Gemini 3.0 Pro (Preview 11-2025) 1/1
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 4.6Gemini 3.0 Pro (Preview 11-2025)Diff
MCP-Atlas69.5031 / 43Normal (With Tools)70.3029 / 43Normal (With Tools)-0.80

Claw-style Agent Evaluation

Claude Sonnet 4.6 1/1
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 4.6Gemini 3.0 Pro (Preview 11-2025)Diff
Pinch Bench886 / 38Thinking (With Tools)70.7032 / 38Thinking (With Tools)+17.30

Coding and Software Engineer

Claude Sonnet 4.6 1/1
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 4.6Gemini 3.0 Pro (Preview 11-2025)Diff
SWE-bench Verified79.6018 / 116Thinking (No Tools)76.2036 / 116Thinking (No Tools)+3.40

General Knowledge

Claude Sonnet 4.6 1/1
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 4.6Gemini 3.0 Pro (Preview 11-2025)Diff
LiveBench75.3211 / 117Thinking High (No Tools)73.3920 / 117Thinking High (No Tools)+1.93

Specs

FieldClaude Sonnet 4.6Gemini 3.0 Pro (Preview 11-2025)
PublisherAnthropicGoogle Deep Mind
Release date2026-02-172025-11-18
Model typeChat modelMultimodal model
ArchitectureDenseDense
ParametersNot availableNot available
Context length1M1000K
Max output8K64K

API pricing

Prices use DataLearner records when available; missing fields are not inferred.

ItemClaude Sonnet 4.6Gemini 3.0 Pro (Preview 11-2025)
Text input$3 / 1M tokens$2 / 1M tokens
Text output$15 / 1M tokens$12 / 1M tokens
Cache read$0.3 / 1M tokensNot public
Cache write$3.75 / 1M tokensNot public

Summary

  • Claude Sonnet 4.6leads in:Claw-style Agent Evaluation (1/1), Coding and Software Engineer (1/1), General Knowledge (1/1)
  • Gemini 3.0 Pro (Preview 11-2025)leads in:AI Agent - Tool Usage (1/1)

On average across the 4 shared benchmarks, Claude Sonnet 4.6 scores 5.46 higher.

Largest single-benchmark gap: Pinch Bench — Claude Sonnet 4.6 88 vs Gemini 3.0 Pro (Preview 11-2025) 70.70 (+17.30).

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