Anthropic vs 
Google
Verdict
- Anthropic's flagship leads: Claude Fable 5 at 70.4 vs Gemini 3.7 Flash at 64.4.
- Google has the better model in 3 of 4 price bands.
- Google's fastest ranked model (Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite, 378 tok/s) beats Anthropic's (Claude Haiku 4.5, 83 tok/s).
- Google publishes more open-weights models (9 vs 0).
- Google ships more often: one model every 20 days against every 40.
Best model per price band
Each provider’s highest-index model below the price ceiling. Purple marks the winner of the band.
| Price band | Anthropic | |
|---|---|---|
| Under $0.50/M | – | Gemma 4 26B A4B 54.0$0.190/M |
| Under $2/M | Claude 3 Haiku 36.9$0.500/M | Gemini 3.7 Flash medium 64.4$1.50/M |
| Under $10/M | Claude Sonnet 5 61.2$4.00/M | Gemini 3.7 Flash medium 64.4$1.50/M |
| Any price | Claude Fable 5 70.4$20.00/M | Gemini 3.7 Flash medium 64.4$1.50/M |
Line-up
| Metric | Anthropic | |
|---|---|---|
| Flagship index | 70.4 | 64.4 |
| Ranked models | 20 | 34 |
| Open-weights models | 0 | 9 |
| Cheapest ranked, $/M | $0.500 | $0.040 |
| Fastest ranked, tok/s | 83 | 378 |
| Release cadence, days | 40 | 20 |
| Last release | 1 Sept 2026 | 2 Sept 2026 |
| Next expected | 25 Sept 2026 – 27 Oct 2026 | 14 Sept 2026 – 30 Sept 2026 |