Side by side pricing and context for Claude Sonnet 5 and Gemini 2.5 Pro. Rates are curated catalog values with last verified dates on each model page.
Claude Sonnet 5
Balanced Claude for most production apps: strong quality without Opus cost. Check the introductory vs standard rate note and re-run TokenCALC after pricing changes.
Input $2.00 / Output $10.00 per 1M
Context 1M · Approx (Anthropic family)
Gemini 2.5 Pro
Google Pro model for long-context analysis with published long-context price tiers after 200K input. Always estimate with your real prompt length in TokenCALC.
Input $1.25 / Output $10.00 per 1M
Context 1M · Approx (Gemini family)
Quick take
- Gemini 2.5 Pro is cheaper on input in this catalog snapshot.
- Output rates match on this snapshot.
- Both last verified on their model pages (2026-08-02 / 2026-08-02).
Rate table
| Metric | Claude Sonnet 5 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Input / 1M | $2.00 | $1.25 |
| Output / 1M | $10.00 | $10.00 |
| Cached input / 1M | $0.200 | $0.125 |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Tokenizer | Approx (Anthropic family) | Approx (Gemini family) |