Compare Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.5 (Anthropic) and Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.5anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5 | Anthropic | $3 / 1M tokens | $15 / 1M tokens | 1M | Tool callingJSON modeLong contextReasoning | coding agents, code review | 1600-4800ms | Catalog | OpenRouter if available |
| Google: Gemini 2.5 Progoogle/gemini-2.5-pro | $1.25 / 1M tokens | $10 / 1M tokens | 1M | Tool callingVisionJSON modeLong context | long-context analysis, vision workflows | 1500-5000ms | Catalog | OpenRouter if available |
FAQ
Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro is cheaper ($1.25 / 1M tokens input / $10 / 1M tokens output) vs Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.5 ($3 / 1M tokens input / $15 / 1M tokens output). Actual cost depends on your input/output token mix — estimate it with the pricing calculator.
Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro is larger (1M tokens) vs 1M tokens.
Both target High quality. Pick Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro to optimize cost, or Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro for the longer context window. Test both on real prompts before committing production traffic.