Existing reasoning models like o3 , R1 , and Google’s Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking are designed to break down complex problems into smaller tasks, then deduce and verify their answers before responding, a process that returns more accurate answers at the cost of higher compute usage and longer inference times. Claude 3.7 Sonnet, on the other hand is capable of providing either “near instant responses or extended, step by step thinking that is made visible to the user,” according...
