Model Comparison

Claude Opus 4.6 vs Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT (Preview)

Claude Opus 4.6 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

2 benchmarks

Claude Opus 4.6 outperforms in 2 benchmarks (AIME 2025, GPQA), while Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT (Preview) is better at 0 benchmarks.

Claude Opus 4.6 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Cost data unavailable.

Lowest available price from all providers
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Anthropic
Claude Opus 4.6
Input tokens$5.00
Output tokens$25.00
Best providerAnthropic
Google
Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT (Preview)
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
Best providerUnknown Organization
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Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Claude Opus 4.6 specifies input context (1,000,000 tokens). Only Claude Opus 4.6 specifies output context (128,000 tokens).

Anthropic
Claude Opus 4.6
Input1,000,000 tokens
Output128,000 tokens
Google
Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT (Preview)
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Both Claude Opus 4.6 and Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT (Preview) support multimodal inputs.

They are both capable of processing various types of data, offering versatility in application.

Claude Opus 4.6

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT (Preview)

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Claude Opus 4.6 is licensed under a proprietary license, while Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT (Preview) uses Gemma.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

Claude Opus 4.6

Proprietary

Closed source

Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT (Preview)

Gemma

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude Opus 4.6 was released on 2026-02-05, while Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT (Preview) was released on 2025-05-20.

Claude Opus 4.6 is 9 months newer than Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT (Preview).

Claude Opus 4.6

Feb 5, 2026

2 months ago

8mo newer
Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT (Preview)

May 20, 2025

11 months ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT (Preview) has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2024-06-01, while Claude Opus 4.6's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT (Preview)'s training data extends to 2024-06-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without Claude Opus 4.6's cutoff date.

Claude Opus 4.6

Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT (Preview)

Jun 2024

Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Larger context window (1,000,000 tokens)
Higher AIME 2025 score (99.8% vs 6.7%)
Higher GPQA score (91.3% vs 24.8%)

Detailed Comparison

FAQ

Common questions about Claude Opus 4.6 vs Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT (Preview)

Claude Opus 4.6 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. Claude Opus 4.6 is made by Anthropic and Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT (Preview) is made by Google. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their benchmark scores, pricing, and capabilities above.
Claude Opus 4.6 scores Vending-Bench 2: 100.0%, AIME 2025: 99.8%, Tau2 Telecom: 99.3%, Graphwalks parents >128k: 95.4%, MRCR v2 (8-needle): 93.0%. Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT (Preview) scores PIQA: 78.9%, BoolQ: 76.4%, ARC-E: 75.8%, HellaSwag: 72.2%, Winogrande: 66.8%.
Claude Opus 4.6 supports 1.0M tokens and Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT (Preview) supports an unknown number of tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.
Key differences include licensing (Proprietary vs Gemma). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.
Claude Opus 4.6 is developed by Anthropic and Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT (Preview) is developed by Google.