Model comparison

Claude 3 Sonnet vs Gemini 3.7 Flash

Gemini 3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.8 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 22 shared benchmarks.

Claude 3 Sonnet Anthropic

28.8

Rank #311 Confirmed

Gemini 3.7 Flash Google

59.8

Rank #11 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 22 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude 3 Sonnet scores higher in 0 categories and Gemini 3.7 Flash in 9 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Gemini 3.7 Flash leads 69.5 to 10.0.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 2.5% for Claude 3 Sonnet and 97.2% for Gemini 3.7 Flash.

Side by side

Claude 3 Sonnet and Gemini 3.7 Flash specifications
Claude 3 SonnetGemini 3.7 Flash
ProviderAnthropicGoogle
Noometry Index28.859.8
Released2024-02-292026-08-13
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window—1.05M
Max output—66K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.75
Output $ / M tokens—$3.75
Results tracked3044

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Claude 3 Sonnet: 29.2 (#296), Gemini 3.7 Flash: 55.7 (#19)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3 SonnetGemini 3.7 Flash
LMArena Coding12231499
DeepSWE—65.5%
FrontierCode—43.6%
LMArena WebDev—1593
FrontierSWE—20.3%
SciCode—59.8%
WeirdML10.2%—
BigCodeBench Instruct42.7%—
BigCodeBench Complete53.8%—
ALE-Bench—904.3
HumanEval+64%—
MBPP+69.3%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Claude 3 Sonnet: —, Gemini 3.7 Flash: 42.2 (#18)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3 SonnetGemini 3.7 Flash
APEX-Agents—67.8%
Remote Labor Index—5%
GDP.pdf—23.8%

Reasoning Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Claude 3 Sonnet: 19.7 (#232), Gemini 3.7 Flash: 70.1 (#12)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3 SonnetGemini 3.7 Flash
LMArena Hard Prompts11971497
DTBench53.6%96.8%
Epoch Capabilities Index120.69157.72
ARC-AGI-2—84.6%
NYT Connections (extended)—94%
ARC-AGI-1—95.5%
CritPt—14.3%
Chess Puzzles—47%
Mystery Game Puzzles—37%
LMCA—50.4%
WinoGrande75.1%—

Math Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Claude 3 Sonnet: 10.0 (#305), Gemini 3.7 Flash: 69.5 (#18)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3 SonnetGemini 3.7 Flash
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20252.5%97.2%
LMArena Math12131511
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—71.6%
FrontierMath Tier 4—36.6%
ProofBench—58%
MATH Level 518.2%—

Knowledge Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Claude 3 Sonnet: 21.1 (#271), Gemini 3.7 Flash: 69.8 (#4)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3 SonnetGemini 3.7 Flash
GPQA Diamond40.6%94.8%
LMArena Expert11731508
SimpleQA Verified—69.2%
MMLU75.9%—

Multimodal Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Claude 3 Sonnet: 24.7 (#120), Gemini 3.7 Flash: 36.9 (#69)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3 SonnetGemini 3.7 Flash
LMArena Vision9841314
Furniture Assembly—26.7%

Multilingual Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Claude 3 Sonnet: 38.0 (#229), Gemini 3.7 Flash: 57.8 (#7)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3 SonnetGemini 3.7 Flash
LMArena Non-English12051485
LMArena Chinese11881553
LMArena French12281512
LMArena German12041485
LMArena Japanese11311506
LMArena Korean11281486
LMArena Russian12271519
LMArena Spanish12041507

Instruction Following Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Claude 3 Sonnet: 63.1 (#230), Gemini 3.7 Flash: 78.0 (#12)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3 SonnetGemini 3.7 Flash
LMArena Instruction Following12001486

Long Context Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Claude 3 Sonnet: 36.7 (#223), Gemini 3.7 Flash: 45.8 (#28)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3 SonnetGemini 3.7 Flash
LMArena Longer Query12111493

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Claude 3 Sonnet: 42.3 (#233), Gemini 3.7 Flash: 71.4 (#19)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3 SonnetGemini 3.7 Flash
LMArena Text12181487
LMArena Creative Writing11861490
LMArena Multi-Turn12271495
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1723

Frequently asked questions

Is Claude 3 Sonnet better than Gemini 3.7 Flash?

Gemini 3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.8 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is Claude 3 Sonnet or Gemini 3.7 Flash better for coding?

Gemini 3.7 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 55.7 versus 29.2 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Claude 3 Sonnet and Gemini 3.7 Flash share?

22 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 3 Sonnet has 30 scored results on Noometry and Gemini 3.7 Flash has 44.

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