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Claude Sonnet 4.5 vs Gemini 2.5 Flash Image

Anthropic Claude Sonnet 4.5 vs Google Gemini 2.5 Flash Image — side-by-side specs.

Anthropic
Claude Sonnet 4.5
Google
Gemini 2.5 Flash Image
Overview
CompanyAnthropicGoogle
Release dateSep 29 2025Aug 26 2025
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 2.5 Flash Image shipped 34 days before Claude Sonnet 4.5

Which is better: Claude Sonnet 4.5 or Gemini 2.5 Flash Image?

Claude Sonnet 4.5 and Gemini 2.5 Flash Image don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Gemini 2.5 Flash Image shipped 34 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 2.5 Flash Image 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 2.5 Flash Image released?
Gemini 2.5 Flash Image was released by Google on Aug 26 2025.

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