Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs Gemini 3.8 Flash
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Data updated on September 30, 2026· 217 models
Sonnet 4.6 is Anthropic's most capable Sonnet-class model yet, with frontier performance across coding, agents, and professional work.
- Reasoning estimated
- ▲
- Speed estimated
- Input
- Output
- Context
- 1 M tokens
- Max output
- ▲128 K
- Input, $ per 1M tokens
- $3.00
- Output, $ per 1M tokens
- $15.00
- Cache read, $ per 1M
- $0.300
- Batch (input / output)
- $1.50 / $7.50
- Tool calling
- Yes
- Released
- 02/17/2026
- Knowledge cutoff
- 2025-08-31
- API id
- anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6
Gemini 3.8 Flash is Google's most intelligent Flash model with significant gains from 3.7 Flash across software engineering, agentic tasks, and multi-step reasoning.
- Reasoning estimated
- Speed estimated
- ▲
- Input
- Output
- Context
- ▲1 M tokens
- Max output
- 66 K
- Input, $ per 1M tokens
- ▲$0.750
- Output, $ per 1M tokens
- ▲$3.75
- Cache read, $ per 1M
- $0.075
- Batch (input / output)
- $0.375 / $1.88
- Tool calling
- Yes
- Released
- ▲09/02/2026
- Knowledge cutoff
- —
- API id
- google/gemini-3.8-flash
Which is the better API choice: Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs Gemini 3.8 Flash?
- Gemini 3.8 Flash: cheapest input (75% less than Claude Sonnet 4.6)
- Gemini 3.8 Flash: cheapest output
- Gemini 3.8 Flash: largest context (1 M)
- Gemini 3.8 Flash: the newest (09/02/2026)
- Claude Sonnet 4.6: most reasoning (estimated)
- Gemini 3.8 Flash: the fastest (estimated)
Gemini 3.8 Flash costs 75% less on input and 75% less on output than Claude Sonnet 4.6 ($0.750 / $3.75 versus $3.00 / $15.00 per million tokens). Gemini 3.8 Flash accepts more context (1 M). On capabilities, only Gemini 3.8 Flash accepts audio. Claude Sonnet 4.6 and Gemini 3.8 Flash offer a batch tier at half price for jobs that do not need an immediate answer.
What would your product cost?
Estimate the monthly cost with your app's real volume. List prices, no cache or batch discounts.
With Gemini 3.8 Flash you save $78.75 a month versus Claude Sonnet 4.6 (75% less).
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Paste your prompt: tokens and cost per model
Rough estimate (about 4 characters per token). Nothing is sent to any server.
Cost of sending it 1,000 times (input only)
- 1Gemini 3.8 Flash Google$0.057
- 2Claude Sonnet 5.5 Anthropic$0.152
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Frequently asked questions
Which is the better API choice: Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs Gemini 3.8 Flash?
Gemini 3.8 Flash costs 75% less on input and 75% less on output than Claude Sonnet 4.6 ($0.750 / $3.75 versus $3.00 / $15.00 per million tokens). Gemini 3.8 Flash accepts more context (1 M). On capabilities, only Gemini 3.8 Flash accepts audio. Claude Sonnet 4.6 and Gemini 3.8 Flash offer a batch tier at half price for jobs that do not need an immediate answer.
Which is cheaper: Claude Sonnet 4.6 and Gemini 3.8 Flash?
Gemini 3.8 Flash is cheaper: $0.750 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million output tokens, versus $3.00 / $15.00 for Claude Sonnet 4.6.
Which has more context: Claude Sonnet 4.6 and Gemini 3.8 Flash?
Gemini 3.8 Flash accepts 1 M tokens of context; Claude Sonnet 4.6 accepts 1 M.
Which is newer: Claude Sonnet 4.6 and Gemini 3.8 Flash?
Gemini 3.8 Flash was released on 09/02/2026; Claude Sonnet 4.6 on 02/17/2026.
What would 10,000 requests a month cost with Claude Sonnet 4.6 and Gemini 3.8 Flash?
With 1,500 input and 400 output tokens per request: Claude Sonnet 4.6: $105.00; Gemini 3.8 Flash: $26.25 a month, at list price.
Where do the prices come from and how often are they updated?
From the public catalogs of OpenRouter, models.dev and LiteLLM, which publish each provider's list prices. They sync once a day and the last update date is shown above the comparison.
What does price per million tokens mean?
It is what the provider charges per million tokens you send (input) or the model generates (output). A token is roughly 4 characters. Output almost always costs more than input.
Sources: OpenRouter, models.dev and LiteLLM. Prices in USD per million tokens, list price, no volume discounts. Prompt tokens are an estimate; each provider's tokenizer may differ.