Which model is better: Claude 4.5 Sonnet or Gemini 4 Argon?
Gemini 4 Argon delivers superior benchmark performance at a 33.3% lower cost than Claude 4.5 Sonnet. Priced at $2.00 input and $10.00 output per 1M tokens versus Claude's $3.00 and $15.00, Gemini leads SWE-bench Verified (84.5% vs. 75.8%) and GPQA Diamond (93.8% vs. 84.2%). Claude only wins in initial response latency at 380ms TTFT.
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Verified Performance & Unit Economics Delta (12 Dimensions)
Daily synchronized metrics across token pricing, prompt cache economics, latency, throughput, and 5 capability benchmarks.
Metric / Dimension
Claude 4.5 Sonnet
Gemini 4 Argon
Net Delta / Advantage
Input Cost / 1M Tokens
$3.00
$2.00
Gemini 4 Argon is 1.5x cheaper
Output Cost / 1M Tokens
$15.00
$10.00
Gemini 4 Argon (33.3% lower)
Prompt Cache Read / 1M
$0.300
$0.100
Gemini 4 Argon is 3.0x cheaper
Prompt Cache Write / 1M
$3.75
$0.50
Gemini 4 Argon is 7.5x cheaper
Context Window (Max Output)
205k (64k out)
1,024k (1000k out)
Gemini 4 Argon (5.0x larger context)
Avg TTFT Response Latency
380ms
850ms
Claude 4.5 Sonnet (470ms faster)
Generation Speed (Throughput)
84 tok/s
115 tok/s
Gemini 4 Argon (+31 tok/s faster)
SWE-bench Verified (Coding)
75.8%
84.5%
Gemini 4 Argon (+8.7% lead)
GPQA Diamond (PhD STEM)
84.2%
93.8%
Gemini 4 Argon (+9.6% lead)
MMLU-Pro (Multi-Discipline)
90.4%
91.4%
Gemini 4 Argon (+1.0% lead)
MATH-500 (Quantitative Logic)
97.5%
98.2%
Gemini 4 Argon (+0.7% lead)
Inference Value Score (IVR)
56.5 / 100
62.6 / 100
Gemini 4 Argon (+6.1 pts)
Interactive Monthly Token Economics & ROI Forecaster
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Choose Gemini 4 Argon (Google) for engineered with a 1M output token limit for long-horizon software engineering, cybersecurity vulnerability remediation, and deep multimodal enterprise work across legal and financial domains — offering a 1,024k context window, 850ms TTFT, and $2.00/1M input pricing ($0.100/1M cached reads).
Which is cheaper: Claude 4.5 Sonnet or Gemini 4 Argon?
Gemini 4 Argon is cheaper at $2.00/1M input tokens ($10.00/1M output) compared to $3.00/1M input ($15.00/1M output) for Claude 4.5 Sonnet.
Which model has lower TTFT latency and higher tok/s throughput: Claude 4.5 Sonnet or Gemini 4 Argon?
Claude 4.5 Sonnet delivers faster first-token latency at 380ms TTFT (84 tok/s throughput) compared to 850ms TTFT (115 tok/s) for Gemini 4 Argon.
How do Claude 4.5 Sonnet and Gemini 4 Argon compare on SWE-bench coding and GPQA Diamond reasoning?
On SWE-bench Verified software engineering, Claude 4.5 Sonnet scores 75.8% versus 84.5% for Gemini 4 Argon. On GPQA Diamond graduate-level STEM reasoning, Claude 4.5 Sonnet scores 84.2% versus 93.8% for Gemini 4 Argon (and 97.5% vs 98.2% on MATH-500).
When should you choose Claude 4.5 Sonnet?
Choose Claude 4.5 Sonnet (Anthropic) for end-to-end autonomous coding agents, complex multi-file debugging, browser/GUI automation, and high-precision technical writing — offering a 204k context window, 380ms TTFT, and $3.00/1M input pricing ($0.300/1M cached reads).
When should you choose Gemini 4 Argon?
Choose Gemini 4 Argon (Google) for engineered with a 1M output token limit for long-horizon software engineering, cybersecurity vulnerability remediation, and deep multimodal enterprise work across legal and financial domains — offering a 1,024k context window, 850ms TTFT, and $2.00/1M input pricing ($0.100/1M cached reads).
