Claude 3.7 Sonnet vs Gemini Diffusion

    Comparison

    As of August 30, 2026, Gemini Diffusion is 84% cheaper per million tokens than Claude 3.7 Sonnet. Claude 3.7 Sonnet is $3.00 / $15.00 per million input/output tokens versus Gemini Diffusion at $0.30 / $2.50. Sources: https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/about-claude/pricing and https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing

    Sources: Anthropic Claude API pricing (https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/about-claude/pricing); Gemini API pricing (https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing)

    Claude 3.7 Sonnet

    Anthropic

    $18.00blended / 1M

    Input

    $3.00

    Output

    $15.00

    200K ctx|Proprietary
    84%
    cheaper
    Better value

    Gemini Diffusion

    Google

    $2.80blended / 1M

    Input

    $0.30

    Output

    $2.50

    1M ctx|Proprietary
    Save $15.20 per million tokens by choosing Gemini Diffusion over Claude 3.7 Sonnet.

    Claude 3.7 Sonnet vs Gemini Diffusion comparison

    Token pricing, specs, and benchmarks side by side

    Shared benchmarks

    Each bar is share of the current leader on that eval. Click a row to open the board.

    Score vs price

    SWE-bench Verified. Left is cheaper. Up is a higher score. The line is the best score you can buy at each price.

    Best score at each priceClaude 3.7 SonnetGemini Diffusion
    Metric
    Claude 3.7 Sonnet
    Gemini Diffusion
    Provider
    Provider
    Anthropic
    Google
    License
    Proprietary
    Proprietary
    Release Date
    2025-02-24
    2025-05-20
    Pricing (per 1M tokens)
    Input Price+900%
    $3.00
    $0.30
    Output Price+500%
    $15.00
    $2.50
    Blended (1M + 1M)
    $18.00
    $2.80
    Model Details
    Context Window
    200K
    1M
    Max Output Tokens
    128K
    N/A
    Knowledge Cutoff
    N/A
    N/A
    Throughput
    42 tok/s
    N/A
    Benchmarks
    8.0%
    84.8%
    40.4%
    78.5%
    56.7%
    30.9%
    93.2%
    0.9%
    35.8%
    86.1%
    54.8%
    23.3%
    80%
    96.2%
    75%
    89.6%
    91.2%
    45.4%
    56.8%
    76.1%
    76%
    92.4%
    80.7%
    46.4%
    72.4%
    Benchmark Wins
    Claude 3.7 Sonnet 4|0 Gemini Diffusion

    Verdict

    Claude 3.7 Sonnet vs Gemini Diffusion: the bottom line

    Gemini Diffusion offers significantly lower pricing, while Claude 3.7 Sonnet leads on benchmark performance. Your choice depends on whether cost efficiency or raw capability matters more for your use case.

    Claude 3.7 Sonnet vs Gemini Diffusion FAQ

    Which is cheaper, Claude 3.7 Sonnet or Gemini Diffusion?

    As of August 30, 2026, Gemini Diffusion is 84% cheaper on blended LLM API pricing. Gemini Diffusion costs $0.30 per million input tokens and $2.50 per million output tokens ($2.80 blended 1M-in + 1M-out). Claude 3.7 Sonnet costs $3.00 / $15.00 per million tokens ($18.00 blended). Sources: https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/about-claude/pricing and https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing. The cheapest LLM for your app still depends on how many output tokens you generate.

    How much does Claude 3.7 Sonnet vs Gemini Diffusion cost per million tokens?

    Claude 3.7 Sonnet Claude API pricing from Anthropic is $3.00 input and $15.00 output per million tokens via Anthropic. Gemini Diffusion Gemini API pricing is $0.30 input and $2.50 output per million tokens via Google. Use those four numbers, not ChatGPT Plus or Claude Pro subscription prices, when you are comparing APIs.

    Which is better for coding, Claude 3.7 Sonnet or Gemini Diffusion?

    Claude 3.7 Sonnet leads on SWE-bench Verified: Claude 3.7 Sonnet at 70.3% vs Gemini Diffusion at 22.9%. SWE-bench measures real GitHub fixes; LiveCodeBench measures contest programming.

    What is the context window for Claude 3.7 Sonnet vs Gemini Diffusion?

    Claude 3.7 Sonnet supports a 200K token context window, while Gemini Diffusion supports 1M tokens. Gemini Diffusion offers a larger context window. Filling a larger window bills more input tokens, so the cheaper-per-million model can still cost more on long documents.

    Which model performs better on benchmarks, Claude 3.7 Sonnet or Gemini Diffusion?

    Claude 3.7 Sonnet leads on 4 of 4 shared benchmarks versus Gemini Diffusion's 0 wins. Check the comparison table for GPQA Diamond, SWE-bench, MMLU, HLE, and the other evals we track. Token price and benchmark score together are the usual LLM comparison, not either number alone.

    Is Claude 3.7 Sonnet or Gemini Diffusion better for production use?

    Both Claude 3.7 Sonnet and Gemini Diffusion are production API models. For cost-sensitive production traffic, Gemini Diffusion has better economics on the blended 1M-in + 1M-out scale. For maximum capability, weight the benchmark table for your domain. Many production stacks route cheap models for drafts and a frontier model for the hard turn, which is usually cheaper than sending everything to the expensive API.

    Can I switch between Claude 3.7 Sonnet and Gemini Diffusion in my app?

    Yes. Call Claude 3.7 Sonnet through Anthropic and Gemini Diffusion through Google with separate API keys, or through a gateway that already wraps both. Keep prompts in tokens, not characters, when you estimate the invoice. AnotherWrapper templates can swap providers without rewriting auth and billing.

    How accurate is this Claude 3.7 Sonnet vs Gemini Diffusion pricing data?

    List rates are the latest published Claude API pricing from Anthropic and Gemini API pricing, quoted per million tokens. Official rate sheets: https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/about-claude/pricing and https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing. Prompt caching, batch APIs, and committed-use discounts can change the invoice. Benchmark scores are from official publications and independent evals, updated as new numbers land.

    What is the output token limit for Claude 3.7 Sonnet and Gemini Diffusion?

    Claude 3.7 Sonnet supports up to 128K output tokens per request, while Gemini Diffusion supports up to an unspecified number of output tokens. Output tokens are usually the expensive half of API pricing, so a higher max output cap is a capability, not a discount.

    Which model has better throughput, Claude 3.7 Sonnet or Gemini Diffusion?

    Claude 3.7 Sonnet has a measured throughput of approximately 42 tokens/second. Throughput data for Gemini Diffusion is not yet available. Throughput (tokens per second) and time-to-first-token are why two models with the same per-million-token price can still feel different in chat and agents.

    How do I switch the models in this Claude 3.7 Sonnet vs Gemini Diffusion comparison?

    Use the model pickers at the top of this LLM comparison. Search any model in the index and the URL updates. Open Claude 3.7 Sonnet or Gemini Diffusion from the sidebar for the single-model API pricing page, or go back to the LLM pricing table to sort by cheapest blended cost.

    Claude 3.7 Sonnet vs Gemini Diffusion pricing

    This comparison covers API pricing, context window, throughput, and benchmark scores. Claude 3.7 Sonnet costs $3.00/M input and $15.00/M output. Gemini Diffusion costs $0.30/M input and $2.50/M output.

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