Claude Opus 4 vs Gemini 3 Pro Comparison
Comparing Claude Opus 4 and Gemini 3 Pro across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.
Performance Benchmarks
Comparative analysis across standard metrics
Claude Opus 4 outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Gemini 3 Pro is better at 5 benchmarks (AIME 2025, ARC-AGI v2, GPQA, MMMLU, SWE-Bench Verified).
Gemini 3 Pro significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.
Arena Performance
Human preference votes
Pricing Analysis
Price comparison per million tokens
For input processing, Claude Opus 4 ($15.00/1M tokens) is 7.5x more expensive than Gemini 3 Pro ($2.00/1M tokens).
For output processing, Claude Opus 4 ($75.00/1M tokens) is 6.3x more expensive than Gemini 3 Pro ($12.00/1M tokens).
In conclusion, Claude Opus 4 is more expensive than Gemini 3 Pro.*
* Using a 3:1 ratio of input to output tokens
Context Window
Maximum input and output token capacity
Gemini 3 Pro accepts 1,048,576 input tokens compared to Claude Opus 4's 200,000 tokens. Gemini 3 Pro can generate longer responses up to 65,536 tokens, while Claude Opus 4 is limited to 32,000 tokens.
Input Capabilities
Supported data types and modalities
Both Claude Opus 4 and Gemini 3 Pro support multimodal inputs.
They are both capable of processing various types of data, offering versatility in application.
Claude Opus 4
Gemini 3 Pro
License
Usage and distribution terms
Both models are licensed under proprietary licenses.
Both models have usage restrictions defined by their respective organizations.
Proprietary
Closed source
Proprietary
Closed source
Release Timeline
When each model was launched
Claude Opus 4 was released on 2025-05-22, while Gemini 3 Pro was released on 2025-11-18.
Gemini 3 Pro is 6 months newer than Claude Opus 4.
May 22, 2025
9 months ago
Nov 18, 2025
3 months ago
6mo newerKnowledge Cutoff
When training data ends
Gemini 3 Pro has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2025-01-31, while Claude Opus 4's cutoff date is not specified.
We can confirm Gemini 3 Pro's training data extends to 2025-01-31, but cannot make a direct comparison without Claude Opus 4's cutoff date.
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Jan 2025
Provider Availability
Claude Opus 4 is available from Anthropic, Bedrock, Google. Gemini 3 Pro is available from Google. The availability of providers can affect quality of the model and reliability.
Claude Opus 4
Gemini 3 Pro
Outputs Comparison
Key Takeaways
Claude Opus 4
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Gemini 3 Pro
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