Yes, IME, Anthropic seemed to be ahead of Google by a decent amount with Sonnet 3.5 vs 1.5 Pro.
However, Sonnet 3.7 seemed like a very small increase, whereas 2.5 Pro seemed like quite a leap.
Now, IME, Google seems to be comfortably ahead.
2.5 Pro is a little slow, though.
I'm not sure which model Google uses for the AI answers on search, but I find myself using Search for a lot of things I might ask Gemini (via 2.5 Pro) if it was as fast as Search's AI answers.
However, Sonnet 3.7 seemed like a very small increase, whereas 2.5 Pro seemed like quite a leap.
Now, IME, Google seems to be comfortably ahead.
2.5 Pro is a little slow, though.
I'm not sure which model Google uses for the AI answers on search, but I find myself using Search for a lot of things I might ask Gemini (via 2.5 Pro) if it was as fast as Search's AI answers.