Compare Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Anthropic) and Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview (Google) by price, context, capabilities, and latency.
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Compare price, provider, context, capabilities, latency, and source basis.
| Model | Provider | Input | Output | Context | Capabilities | Best for | Latency | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Sonnet 4.6anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6 | Anthropic | $3 / 1M tokens | $15 / 1M tokens | 1M | StreamingTool callingJSON modeVision | image understanding, multimodal chat | 1306-1903ms | Catalog | Platform curated |
| Gemini 3.1 Pro Previewgoogle/gemini-3.1-pro-preview | Starting at $2 / 1M tokens | $12 / 1M tokens | 1M | StreamingTool callingJSON modeVision | image understanding, multimodal chat | 2140-4871ms | Catalog | Platform curated |
FAQ
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview is cheaper ($2 / 1M tokens input / $12 / 1M tokens output) vs Claude Sonnet 4.6 ($3 / 1M tokens input / $15 / 1M tokens output). Actual cost depends on your input/output token mix — estimate it with the pricing calculator.
Both offer the same context window: 1M tokens.
Both target Vision. Pick Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview to optimize cost, or Claude Sonnet 4.6 for the longer context window. Test both on real prompts before committing production traffic.