# Claude 3.5 Sonnet vs Gemini 3.6 Flash

As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude 3.5 Sonnet leads Gemini 3.6 Flash in 0 of 4 shared categories.

Claude 3.5 Sonnet: price per 1M tokens is unset in the catalog.

Gemini 3.6 Flash: $1.5 per 1M blended tokens.

Claude 3.5 Sonnet: closed weights.

Gemini 3.6 Flash: closed weights.

- Which to pick, General LLM: As of Oct 15, 2026, Gemini 3.6 Flash leads Claude 3.5 Sonnet in General LLM at #19 against #181.
- Which to pick, Reasoning: As of Oct 15, 2026, Gemini 3.6 Flash leads Claude 3.5 Sonnet in Reasoning at #25 against #175.
- Which to pick, Science: As of Oct 15, 2026, Gemini 3.6 Flash leads Claude 3.5 Sonnet in Science at #9 against #119.
- Which to pick, Long context: As of Oct 15, 2026, Gemini 3.6 Flash leads Claude 3.5 Sonnet in Long context at #30 against #163.

As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude 3.5 Sonnet is a former state-of-the-art holder in General LLM (since Aug 28, 2024; sources LMArena Text (style-controlled, overall); methodology v1.0).

As of Oct 15, 2026, Gemini 3.6 Flash is ranked #9 in Science (since Oct 15, 2026; sources GPQA Diamond; methodology v1.0).