Claude 4 Opus vs Gemini 3.6 Flash

Side-by-side comparison of pricing, capabilities, benchmarks, and use case fit.

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Claude 4 Opus

Anthropic

Overall 96

reasoning

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Gemini 3.6 Flash

Google

Overall 92

fast

Capability radar

Normalized coding, reasoning, writing, vision, context, and value

Claude 4 OpusGemini 3.6 Flash

Comparison of Claude 4 Opus vs Gemini 3.6 Flash
Metric	Claude 4 Opus	Gemini 3.6 Flash
Input Price / 1M	$15.00	$1.50
Output Price / 1M	$75.00	$7.50
Combined Price / 1M	$90.00	$9.00
Context Window	200,000	1,000,000
Coding Score	97	91
Reasoning Score	97	92
Vision Score	93	94
Audio	No	Yes
Streaming	Yes	Yes
Function Calling	Yes	Yes
Latency Tier	reasoning	fast
Release Date	5/22/2025	7/21/2026

Claude 4 Opus — Strengths & Weaknesses

Strengths

Best-in-class reasoning
Exceptional coding
Long-form writing

Weaknesses

Highest API cost
200K context only

Gemini 3.6 Flash — Strengths & Weaknesses

Strengths

Fast latency
Strong multimodal
Large context

Weaknesses

Pricing varies by endpoint/region

Use Case Verdicts

Coding

Claude 4 Opus scores 97 vs 91 on coding benchmarks.

General Chat

Claude 4 Opus leads on writing quality (96 vs 90).

Long Context

Gemini 3.6 Flash

Gemini 3.6 Flash offers 1M tokens vs 200K.

Cost Efficiency

Gemini 3.6 Flash

Gemini 3.6 Flash is cheaper at $9.00/M combined vs $90.00/M.

Enterprise Use

Gemini 3.6 Flash

Gemini 3.6 Flash combines strong reasoning, tooling, and context for enterprise workloads.

Agent Workflows

Claude 4 Opus is better suited for agentic workflows with tool use and coding capability.