Claude 4 Opus vs Gemini 3 Pro

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 Pro

Google

Overall 94

standard

Capability radar

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

Claude 4 OpusGemini 3 Pro

Comparison of Claude 4 Opus vs Gemini 3 Pro
Metric	Claude 4 Opus	Gemini 3 Pro
Input Price / 1M	$15.00	$3.60
Output Price / 1M	$75.00	$14.00
Combined Price / 1M	$90.00	$17.60
Context Window	200,000	1,000,000
Coding Score	97	93
Reasoning Score	97	95
Vision Score	93	96
Audio	No	Yes
Streaming	Yes	Yes
Function Calling	Yes	Yes
Latency Tier	reasoning	standard
Release Date	5/22/2025	5/20/2026

Claude 4 Opus — Strengths & Weaknesses

Strengths

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

Weaknesses

Highest API cost
200K context only

Gemini 3 Pro — Strengths & Weaknesses

Strengths

Frontier multimodal
1M context
Strong reasoning

Weaknesses

Higher cost than Flash

Use Case Verdicts

Coding

Claude 4 Opus scores 97 vs 93 on coding benchmarks.

General Chat

Claude 4 Opus leads on writing quality (96 vs 92).

Long Context

Gemini 3 Pro offers 1M tokens vs 200K.

Cost Efficiency

Gemini 3 Pro is cheaper at $17.60/M combined vs $90.00/M.

Enterprise Use

Gemini 3 Pro 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.