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Claude Sonnet 4.5 vs Gemini Omni

Anthropic
Claude Sonnet 4.5
Google
Gemini Omni
Overview
CompanyAnthropicGoogle
Release dateSep 29 2025May 19 2026
AccessProprietaryProprietary
Benchmarks
Nonsense detection
BullshitBench v2
79%
Coding
SWE-Bench Verified
77.2%
Next.js coding
Next.js Evals
50%
Science
GPQA Diamond
83.4%
Multimodal
MMMU
68%
Timeline
Release gapClaude Sonnet 4.5 shipped 232 days before Gemini Omni

Which is better: Claude Sonnet 4.5 or Gemini Omni?

Claude Sonnet 4.5 and Gemini Omni don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Claude Sonnet 4.5 shipped 232 days before Gemini Omni, 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 Omni don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.

Frequently asked questions

Claude Sonnet 4.5 was released by Anthropic on Sep 29 2025.

Gemini Omni was released by Google on May 19 2026.

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