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Claude Sonnet 5 vs Gemini 3.7 Flash

Side-by-side API economics and benchmarks. Per-1M input and output rates, context window, and verified metrics.

Tale of the tape

Head-to-head specs pulled from each model profile.

Metric Claude Sonnet 5 Gemini 3.7 Flash
Input cost / 1M $2.00 $0.75
Output cost / 1M $10.00 $3.75
Context window 1,000,000 tokens 1,048,576 tokens
MMLU score

Cost verdict

Enter monthly input and output volumes to see total cost savings.

Claude Sonnet 5

Input: 1M × $2.00 = $2.00
Output: 1M × $10.00 = $10.00
Total
$12.00

Gemini 3.7 Flash

Input: 1M × $0.75 = $0.75
Output: 1M × $3.75 = $3.75
Total
$4.50

Total cost savings

$7.50

Gemini 3.7 Flash saves $7.50 per month vs the other model at this volume.

Model routing savings

Uses this page's verified rates. Claude Sonnet 5 is the premium route (higher combined per-1M cost); Gemini 3.7 Flash handles routine traffic.

Premium model

Claude Sonnet 5

$2.00 in · $10.00 out / 1M

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Economical model

Gemini 3.7 Flash

$0.75 in · $3.75 out / 1M

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All premium

Claude Sonnet 5

$600.00

100% of input and output on the premium route

Routed stack

80%Gemini 3.7 Flash

Claude Sonnet 5

$300.00

Routine slice
$180.00
Premium slice
$120.00

Monthly savings

$300.00

50% lower

Rates pulled from this page's model database entries (claude-sonnet-5, gemini-3-7-flash) — same per-1M input/output figures as Tale of the tape. Production routing needs quality gates and monitoring.

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