Model comparison

Gemini 3.7 Flash vs Sonar

Gemini 3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.8 to 38.5 on the Noometry Index. Sonar costs 1.5× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3.7 Flash's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

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Gemini 3.7 Flash Google

59.8

Rank #14 Confirmed

Sonar Perplexity

38.5

Rank #187 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.7 Flash leads 70.0 to 21.1.
  • Sonar is cheaper at $1 / $1 per million input/output tokens, against $0.75 / $3.75 for Gemini 3.7 Flash.
  • Gemini 3.7 Flash accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 128K.

Side by side

Gemini 3.7 Flash and Sonar specifications
Gemini 3.7 FlashSonar
ProviderGooglePerplexity
Noometry Index59.838.5
Released2026-08-132024-01-01
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M128K
Max output66K4K
Input $ / M tokens$0.75$1
Output $ / M tokens$3.75$1
Results tracked447

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 56.2 (#22), Sonar: 35.7 (#221)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashSonar
DeepSWE65.5%—
FrontierCode43.6%—
LMArena WebDev1592—
FrontierSWE20.3%—
SciCode59.8%—
LiveBench Coding—35.1%
LMArena Coding1497—
ALE-Bench904.3—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 42.1 (#19), Sonar: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashSonar
APEX-Agents67.8%—
Remote Labor Index5%—
GDP.pdf23.8%—

Reasoning Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 70.0 (#15), Sonar: 21.1 (#227)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashSonar
ARC-AGI-284.6%—
NYT Connections (extended)94%—
ARC-AGI-195.5%—
CritPt14.3%—
Chess Puzzles47%—
LiveBench Reasoning—46.3%
LMArena Hard Prompts1494—
Mystery Game Puzzles37%—
DTBench96.8%—
LiveBench Data Analysis—37.9%
LMCA50.4%—
Epoch Capabilities Index157.27—
LiveBench—46.9%

Math Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 69.6 (#23), Sonar: 33.7 (#200)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashSonar
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)71.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 436.6%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202597.2%—
ProofBench58%—
LiveBench Math—41.6%
LMArena Math1507—

Knowledge Not comparable

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 69.7 (#5), Sonar: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashSonar
GPQA Diamond94.8%—
SimpleQA Verified69.2%—
LMArena Expert1508—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 37.3 (#73), Sonar: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashSonar
LMArena Vision1316—
Furniture Assembly26.7%—

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 57.6 (#7), Sonar: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashSonar
LMArena Non-English1484—
LMArena Chinese1548—
LMArena French1505—
LMArena German1498—
LMArena Japanese1512—
LMArena Korean1483—
LMArena Russian1516—
LMArena Spanish1503—

Instruction Following Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 77.7 (#15), Sonar: 71.4 (#150)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashSonar
LiveBench Instruction Following—76.2%
LMArena Instruction Following1483—

Long Context Not comparable

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 45.7 (#30), Sonar: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashSonar
LMArena Longer Query1492—

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 71.2 (#20), Sonar: 52.6 (#167)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashSonar
LMArena Text1486—
LMArena Creative Writing1490—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1723—
LMArena Multi-Turn1489—
LiveBench Language—44.1%

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.7 Flash better than Sonar?

Gemini 3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.8 to 38.5 on the Noometry Index. Sonar costs 1.5× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3.7 Flash's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.7 Flash or Sonar?

Sonar is cheaper. It lists at $1 per million input tokens and $1 per million output tokens; Gemini 3.7 Flash lists at $0.75 and $3.75.

Is Gemini 3.7 Flash or Sonar better for coding?

Gemini 3.7 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 56.2 versus 35.7 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.7 Flash does, with 1.05M tokens against 128K.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.7 Flash and Sonar share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.7 Flash has 44 scored results on Noometry and Sonar has 7.

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