Gemini 3.8 Flash is 4.0× cheaper per million tokens (blended). Gemini 3.8 Flash leads quality index by 2.8 points (87.1 vs 84.2). Gemini 3.8 Flash has the larger context window (1,048,576 vs 1,000,000 tokens).
Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs Gemini 3.8 Flash
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Claude Sonnet 4.6
Anthropic · anthropic__claude-sonnet-4.6
Gemini 3.8 Flash
Google · google__gemini-3.8-flash
Identity
| Field | anthropic__claude-sonnet-4.6 | google__gemini-3.8-flash |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | |
| Slug | anthropic__claude-sonnet-4.6 | google__gemini-3.8-flash |
| Status | live | live |
| Open weights | No | No |
| License | — | — |
| HuggingFace | — | — |
Quality
| Field | anthropic__claude-sonnet-4.6 | google__gemini-3.8-flash |
|---|---|---|
| Quality index (0–100) | 84.2 | 87.1 |
Cost
| Field | anthropic__claude-sonnet-4.6 | google__gemini-3.8-flash |
|---|---|---|
| Input $ / 1M tokens | $3.00 | $0.75 |
| Cached input $ / 1M | $0.30 | $0.07 |
| Output $ / 1M tokens | $15.00 | $3.75 |
Context
| Field | anthropic__claude-sonnet-4.6 | google__gemini-3.8-flash |
|---|---|---|
| Max context tokens | 1,000,000 | 1,048,576 |
| Max output tokens | 128,000 | 65,536 |
Modalities
| Field | anthropic__claude-sonnet-4.6 | google__gemini-3.8-flash |
|---|---|---|
| Input | text, image, file | text, image, video, file, audio |
| Output | text | text |