# Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs Gemini 3 Pro

As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads Gemini 3 Pro in 3 of 5 shared categories: Reasoning, Coding › Web dev, and Long context.

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

Gemini 3 Pro: price per 1M tokens is unset in the catalog.

Claude Sonnet 4.6: closed weights.

Gemini 3 Pro: closed weights.

- Which to pick, General LLM: As of Oct 14, 2026, Gemini 3 Pro leads Claude Sonnet 4.6 in General LLM at #16 against #32.
- Which to pick, Reasoning: As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads Gemini 3 Pro in Reasoning at #20 against #22.
- Which to pick, Coding › Web dev: As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads Gemini 3 Pro in Coding › Web dev at #41 against #59.
- Which to pick, Long context: As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads Gemini 3 Pro in Long context at #20 against #21.
- Which to pick, Factuality: As of Oct 14, 2026, Gemini 3 Pro leads Claude Sonnet 4.6 in Factuality at #10 against #34.

As of Oct 14, 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 14, 2026, Gemini 3 Pro is a former state-of-the-art holder in General LLM (since Nov 17, 2025; sources LMArena Text (style-controlled, overall); methodology v1.0).
