Claude 3 Opus vs Gemini 1.5 Pro Comparison

Comparing Claude 3 Opus and Gemini 1.5 Pro across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

10 benchmarks

Claude 3 Opus outperforms in 6 benchmarks (DROP, GSM8k, HellaSwag, HumanEval, MGSM, MMLU), while Gemini 1.5 Pro is better at 4 benchmarks (BIG-Bench Hard, GPQA, MATH, MMLU-Pro).

Claude 3 Opus has a slight edge in benchmark performance.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Gemini 1.5 Pro costs less

For input processing, Claude 3 Opus ($15.00/1M tokens) is 6.0x more expensive than Gemini 1.5 Pro ($2.50/1M tokens).

For output processing, Claude 3 Opus ($75.00/1M tokens) is 7.5x more expensive than Gemini 1.5 Pro ($10.00/1M tokens).

In conclusion, Claude 3 Opus is more expensive than Gemini 1.5 Pro.*

* Using a 3:1 ratio of input to output tokens

Lowest available price from all providers
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Anthropic
Claude 3 Opus
Input tokens$15.00
Output tokens$75.00
Best providerAnthropic
Google
Gemini 1.5 Pro
Input tokens$2.50
Output tokens$10.00
Best providerGoogle
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Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Gemini 1.5 Pro accepts 2,097,152 input tokens compared to Claude 3 Opus's 200,000 tokens. Claude 3 Opus can generate longer responses up to 200,000 tokens, while Gemini 1.5 Pro is limited to 8,192 tokens.

Anthropic
Claude 3 Opus
Input200,000 tokens
Output200,000 tokens
Google
Gemini 1.5 Pro
Input2,097,152 tokens
Output8,192 tokens
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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Both Claude 3 Opus and Gemini 1.5 Pro support multimodal inputs.

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

Claude 3 Opus

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Gemini 1.5 Pro

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Both models are licensed under proprietary licenses.

Both models have usage restrictions defined by their respective organizations.

Claude 3 Opus

Proprietary

Closed source

Gemini 1.5 Pro

Proprietary

Closed source

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude 3 Opus was released on 2024-02-29, while Gemini 1.5 Pro was released on 2024-05-01.

Gemini 1.5 Pro is 2 months newer than Claude 3 Opus.

Claude 3 Opus

Feb 29, 2024

2.0 years ago

Gemini 1.5 Pro

May 1, 2024

1.9 years ago

2mo newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Gemini 1.5 Pro has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2023-11-01, while Claude 3 Opus's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Gemini 1.5 Pro's training data extends to 2023-11-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without Claude 3 Opus's cutoff date.

Claude 3 Opus

—

Gemini 1.5 Pro

Nov 2023

Provider Availability

Claude 3 Opus is available from Anthropic, Bedrock, Google. Gemini 1.5 Pro is available from Google. The availability of providers can affect quality of the model and reliability.

Claude 3 Opus

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Anthropic
Input Price:Input: $15.00/1MOutput Price:Output: $75.00/1M
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AWS Bedrock
Input Price:Input: $15.00/1MOutput Price:Output: $75.00/1M
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Google
Input Price:Input: $15.00/1MOutput Price:Output: $75.00/1M

Gemini 1.5 Pro

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Google
Input Price:Input: $2.50/1MOutput Price:Output: $10.00/1M
* Prices shown are per million tokens

Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Anthropic
Higher DROP score (83.1% vs 74.9%)
Higher GSM8k score (95.0% vs 90.8%)
Higher HellaSwag score (95.4% vs 93.3%)
Higher HumanEval score (84.9% vs 84.1%)
Higher MGSM score (90.7% vs 87.5%)
Higher MMLU score (86.8% vs 85.9%)
Google
Larger context window (2,097,152 tokens)
Less expensive input tokens
Less expensive output tokens
Higher BIG-Bench Hard score (89.2% vs 86.8%)
Higher GPQA score (59.1% vs 50.4%)
Higher MATH score (86.5% vs 60.1%)
Higher MMLU-Pro score (75.8% vs 68.5%)

Detailed Comparison

AI Model Comparison Table
Feature
Anthropic
Claude 3 Opus
Google
Gemini 1.5 Pro