Claude Sonnet 4 vs Gemini 4 Argon
Benchmarks, API Token Pricing, Context Window & Speed Comparison
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Compare Claude Sonnet 4 by Anthropic against Gemini 4 Argon by Google across real-world coding, reasoning, token economics, and latency.
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Claude Sonnet 4
심층 추론 모델Anthropic의 Claude Sonnet 4 모델은 200K 토큰 컨텍스트 윈도우와 입력 $3/1M 토큰, 출력 $15/1M 토큰의 합리적인 API 요금을 제공하며 코딩, 추론 및 엔터프라이즈 자동화에 최적화되어 있습니다.
$3.00 / 1M
$15.00 / 1M
200K tokens
72.7%
Gemini 4 Argon
심층 추론 모델Google의 Gemini 4 Argon 모델은 1M 토큰 컨텍스트 윈도우와 입력 $2/1M 토큰, 출력 $10/1M 토큰의 합리적인 API 요금을 제공하며 코딩, 추론 및 엔터프라이즈 자동화에 최적화되어 있습니다.
$2.00 / 1M
$10.00 / 1M
1M tokens
81.9%
한눈에 보는 핵심 차이점
- Gemini 4 Argon is 1.5x cheaper for API usage (input + output tokens combined).
- Gemini 4 Argon has a larger context window (1M vs 200K tokens).
- Gemini 4 Argon is faster at 115 tok/s vs 85 tok/s.
- Gemini 4 Argon leads on SWE-bench coding (81.9% vs 72.7%).
| Feature | Claude Sonnet 4 | Gemini 4 Argon |
|---|---|---|
Intelligence Index Composite reasoning & knowledge score (0-100) | 58 | 97 |
Provider | Anthropic | |
Input Price Cost per million input tokens | $3.00 / 1M | $2.00 / 1M |
Output Price Cost per million output tokens | $15.00 / 1M | $10.00 / 1M |
Blended Price Weighted 7:2:1 cache:input:output per 1M | $2.31 / 1M | $1.47 / 1M |
Context Window Maximum input + output tokens | 200K tokens~300 A4 pages of text | 1M tokens~1,500 A4 pages of text |
Max Output Tokens Per single request | 64K | 1000K |
Throughput Speed Tokens generated per second | 85 tok/s | 115 tok/s |
SWE-bench Verified Real-world software engineering | 72.7% | 81.9% |
GPQA Diamond Graduate-level reasoning | 71.2% | 81.5% |
Cached Input Price Prompt caching discount per 1M tokens | $0.30 / 1M | $0.10 / 1M |
부문별 우위 모델
At-a-glance decision framework검증된 벤치마크 점수 비교
Official evaluation metrics verified by independent third-party research labs.
Industry benchmark evaluating real-world GitHub issue resolution and multi-file debugging.
Challenging questions created by domain experts to test complex PhD-level reasoning.
Hardened reasoning and academic knowledge benchmark with reduced lucky-guess probability.
Crowdsourced human preference evaluation based on blind, head-to-head model battles.
Extremely difficult, closed-ended questions spanning the frontier of human expert knowledge.
Autonomous multi-step tasks executed inside a real command-line terminal environment.
Research-grade coding problems drawn from real scientific and numerical workloads.
Contamination-free competitive programming problems collected continuously over time.
American Invitational Mathematics Examination — multi-step Olympiad-level reasoning.
Accuracy when reasoning over very large inputs that fill the model context window.
Tokens emitted per second during active generation streaming.
지연 시간(Latency) 및 응답 속도
Time to first token (TTFT) and estimated end-to-end response time for a typical 500-token response.
실시간 API 토큰 비용 시뮬레이터
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Claude Sonnet 4 · Strengths & Key Advantages
- Anthropic의 첨단 Hybrid Multimodal Reasoning Transformer 아키텍처와 최대 200K 토큰 컨텍스트 지원
- 경쟁력 있는 API 가격(입력 $3/1M, 출력 $15/1M)과 빠른 응답 속도
- 코드 생성, 복잡한 논리 추론 및 다국어 벤치마크에서 검증된 성능 발휘
Considerations & Trade-offs
- 대규모 장문 컨텍스트 처리 시 토큰 비용 및 호출 한도 관리가 필요함
- 특수 도메인 작업에서는 정교한 프롬프트 엔지니어링과 RAG 연동이 권장됨
Gemini 4 Argon · Strengths & Key Advantages
- Google의 첨단 Pathways Multimodal Sparse Mixture-of-Experts 아키텍처와 최대 1M 토큰 컨텍스트 지원
- 경쟁력 있는 API 가격(입력 $2/1M, 출력 $10/1M)과 빠른 응답 속도
- 코드 생성, 복잡한 논리 추론 및 다국어 벤치마크에서 검증된 성능 발휘
Considerations & Trade-offs
- 대규모 장문 컨텍스트 처리 시 토큰 비용 및 호출 한도 관리가 필요함
- 특수 도메인 작업에서는 정교한 프롬프트 엔지니어링과 RAG 연동이 권장됨
Token Use & Task Economics
Estimated cost and token consumption to complete one representative agentic task.
| Metric | Claude Sonnet 4 | Gemini 4 Argon |
|---|---|---|
Cost per Task Estimated USD to finish one task | $3.29 | $2.45 |
Output Tokens / Task Tokens generated per task | 72K | 75K |
Reasoning Tokens / Task Thinking tokens burned per task | 37K | 36K |
기술 사양 (Specifications)
Architecture, release timeline, capabilities, and modalities.
| Feature | Claude Sonnet 4 | Gemini 4 Argon |
|---|---|---|
| Official API Model ID (SDK) | claude-sonnet-4-20250501 | models/gemini-4-argon |
| API Protocol | Anthropic Messages API + AWS Bedrock + Vertex AI | Google Gemini API (generateContent) + OpenAI-Compatible SDK |
| Release Date | 2025-05 | 2026-09 |
| Knowledge Cutoff | March 2025 | June 2026 |
| Architecture | Hybrid Multimodal Reasoning Transformer | Pathways Multimodal Sparse Mixture-of-Experts |
| Parameters | Confidential | Confidential |
| Enterprise Rate Limits (RPM / TPM) | 4,000 – 10,000 RPM (Tier 4 + Priority Tier) · 800,000 – 2,000,000 TPM | 10,000 – 30,000 RPM (Tier 5 Enterprise) · 4,000,000 – 10,000,000 TPM |
| Long-Context Tier (>128K/200K) | Standard rate up to 200K tokens; 2x input/output tier above 200K tokens | Standard rate up to 200K tokens; 2x input/output tier above 200K tokens |
| Prompt Cache Policy & TTL | $0.3/1M cached read (90% off); 5-min default & 1-hour extended TTL | Implicit + Explicit Context Caching at $0.1/1M with configurable TTL |
| Computer Use / GUI Agent | Supported (Screen coordinate grounding, browser & desktop GUI action loops) | Supported (Screen coordinate grounding, browser & desktop GUI action loops) |
| MCP & Parallel Tool Calling | Native MCP Client/Server ready · Parallel function calling · 100% Strict JSON Schema | Native MCP Client/Server ready · Parallel function calling · 100% Strict JSON Schema |
| Web Search Grounding & Sandbox | Native Web Search Citations + Code Execution Tool + MCP Connectors | Built-in Google Search Grounding + Managed Python Code Execution Sandbox |
| Official Fine-Tuning Support | Custom Model Tuning via Amazon Bedrock & Prompt Distillation | Vertex AI Supervised Adapter Tuning & Context Distillation |
| Multimodal Token Billing | Text BPE (~4 chars/token) · Vision (~258–765 tokens per image tile) | Text BPE (~4 chars/token) · Vision (~258–765 tokens per image tile) · Audio (~25–32 tokens/sec) · Video (~258–300 tokens/sec) |
| Quantization & Min GPU VRAM | Cloud-Hosted Proprietary (FP8 / BF16 Tensor Core Cluster) · Zero Local VRAM Required (100% Serverless Cloud API) | Cloud-Hosted Proprietary (FP8 / BF16 Tensor Core Cluster) · Zero Local VRAM Required (100% Serverless Cloud API) |
| Safety & Frontier Classification | Anthropic RSP ASL-2 / ASL-3 Constitutional Safety Evaluated | Google DeepMind Frontier Safety Framework Verified |
| Enterprise Compliance (ZDR/HIPAA/SOC2) | SOC2 Type II · GDPR · Zero Data Retention (ZDR) & HIPAA BAA Available on Enterprise Tier | SOC2 Type II · GDPR · Zero Data Retention (ZDR) & HIPAA BAA Available on Enterprise Tier |
| Input Modalities | text, vision | text, vision, audio, video |
| Output Modalities | text | text |
Claude Sonnet 4 vs Gemini 4 Argon: 핵심 요약 문답 (FAQ)
Which is more intelligent, Claude Sonnet 4 or Gemini 4 Argon?
Gemini 4 Argon is more intelligent. It scores 97 compared with 58 on the composite Intelligence Index.
Which model is faster?
Gemini 4 Argon is faster, generating 115 tokens per second compared with 85 tokens per second.
Which model is cheaper to run?
Gemini 4 Argon is cheaper at $1.47 per 1M tokens blended, compared with $2.31 (7:2:1 cache:input:output ratio).
Which model has lower latency?
Claude Sonnet 4 has lower latency, with a time to first token of 0.52s compared with 0.85s.
Which model has a larger context window?
Gemini 4 Argon has a larger context window, supporting 1M tokens compared with 200K tokens.
종합 평가
Choose Claude Sonnet 4 for 기업 업무 자동화, 소프트웨어 개발, 자율형 ai 에이전트 및 anthropic 기반 프로덕션 파이프라인, or choose Gemini 4 Argon for 기업 업무 자동화, 소프트웨어 개발, 자율형 ai 에이전트 및 google 기반 프로덕션 파이프라인.
자주 묻는 질문 (FAQ)
Which is cheaper: Claude Sonnet 4 or Gemini 4 Argon?+
Claude Sonnet 4 costs $3/1M input and $15/1M output tokens, while Gemini 4 Argon costs $2/1M input and $10/1M output tokens.
Which model has a larger context window: Claude Sonnet 4 or Gemini 4 Argon?+
Claude Sonnet 4 supports 200K tokens whereas Gemini 4 Argon supports 1M tokens.
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