# Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs Gemini 3.6 Flash

As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads Gemini 3.6 Flash in 3 of 8 shared categories: Reasoning, Long context, and Vision.

Claude Sonnet 4.6: $6 per 1M blended tokens.

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

Claude Sonnet 4.6: closed weights.

Gemini 3.6 Flash: closed weights.

- Which to pick, General LLM: As of Oct 15, 2026, Gemini 3.6 Flash leads Claude Sonnet 4.6 in General LLM at #19 against #38.
- Which to pick, Reasoning: As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads Gemini 3.6 Flash in Reasoning at #20 against #25.
- Which to pick, Science: As of Oct 15, 2026, Gemini 3.6 Flash leads Claude Sonnet 4.6 in Science at #9 against #50.
- Which to pick, Coding › Web dev: As of Oct 15, 2026, Gemini 3.6 Flash leads Claude Sonnet 4.6 in Coding › Web dev at #41 against #43.
- Which to pick, Long context: As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads Gemini 3.6 Flash in Long context at #21 against #30.
- Which to pick, Vision: As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads Gemini 3.6 Flash in Vision at #23 against #29.
- Which to pick, Factuality: As of Oct 15, 2026, Gemini 3.6 Flash leads Claude Sonnet 4.6 in Factuality at #23 against #38.
- Which to pick, Abstraction (ARC): As of Oct 15, 2026, Gemini 3.6 Flash leads Claude Sonnet 4.6 in Abstraction (ARC) at #13 against #23.

As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Sonnet 4.6 is a former state-of-the-art holder in Long context (since Mar 19, 2026; sources LMArena Text (style-controlled, longer query); 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).