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Claude Sonnet 4.5 vs Gemini 1.5 Flash-002

Anthropic Claude Sonnet 4.5 vs Google Gemini 1.5 Flash-002 — side-by-side specs.

Anthropic
Claude Sonnet 4.5
Google
Gemini 1.5 Flash-002
Overview
CompanyAnthropicGoogle
Release dateSep 29 2025Sep 24 2024
Model type
Open sourceNoNo
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Coding
SWE-Bench Verified
77.2%
Science
GPQA Diamond
83.4%
Multimodal
MMMU
68%
Timeline
Release gapGemini 1.5 Flash-002 shipped 370 days before Claude Sonnet 4.5

Which is better: Claude Sonnet 4.5 or Gemini 1.5 Flash-002?

Claude Sonnet 4.5 and Gemini 1.5 Flash-002 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Gemini 1.5 Flash-002 shipped 370 days before Claude Sonnet 4.5, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Published specifications for these two models are limited — see each model page for the latest details.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Claude Sonnet 4.5 and Gemini 1.5 Flash-002 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.

Frequently asked questions

When was Claude Sonnet 4.5 released?
Claude Sonnet 4.5 was released by Anthropic on Sep 29 2025.
When was Gemini 1.5 Flash-002 released?
Gemini 1.5 Flash-002 was released by Google on Sep 24 2024.

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