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Google

Claude 2 vs Gemini 3 Pro Preview

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Claude 2 wins:

  • No clear advantages in compared metrics

Gemini 3 Pro Preview wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Larger context window
  • Faster response time
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Better at math
  • Supports vision
  • Has reasoning mode
  • Supports tool calls
Price Advantage
Gemini 3 Pro Preview
Benchmark Advantage
Gemini 3 Pro Preview
Context Window
Gemini 3 Pro Preview
Speed
Gemini 3 Pro Preview

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricClaude 2Gemini 3 Pro PreviewWinner
Input (per 1M tokens)$8.00$2.00 Gemini 3 Pro Preview
Output (per 1M tokens)$24.00$12.00 Gemini 3 Pro Preview
Cache Read (per 1M)N/A$0.20 Gemini 3 Pro Preview
Cache Write (per 1M)N/A$0.38 Gemini 3 Pro Preview
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, Gemini 3 Pro Preview is 63% cheaper overall.

Claude 2 Providers

No provider data available

Gemini 3 Pro Preview Providers

No provider data available

Benchmark Comparison

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Benchmarks Compared
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Claude 2 Wins
5
Gemini 3 Pro Preview Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkClaude 2Gemini 3 Pro PreviewWinner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
9.148.4
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
12.946.5
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
-95.7-
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
48.689.8
GPQA
Graduate-level science
34.490.8
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
17.191.7
AIME
Competition math
0.0--
Gemini 3 Pro Preview significantly outperforms in coding benchmarks.

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Claude 2
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Context & Performance

Context Window

Claude 2
N/A
tokens
Gemini 3 Pro Preview
1,048,576
tokens

Speed Performance

MetricClaude 2Gemini 3 Pro PreviewWinner
Tokens/second0.0 tok/s113.2 tok/s
Time to First Token0.00s13.82s
Gemini 3 Pro Preview responds Infinity% faster on average.

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureClaude 2Gemini 3 Pro Preview
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyClaude 2Gemini 3 Pro Preview
LicenseProprietaryProprietary
AuthorAnthropicGoogle
ReleasedUnknownNov 2025

Claude 2 Modalities

Input
Output

Gemini 3 Pro Preview Modalities

Input
textimagefileaudiovideo
Output
text

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Frequently Asked Questions

Gemini 3 Pro Preview has cheaper input pricing at $2.00/M tokens. Gemini 3 Pro Preview has cheaper output pricing at $12.00/M tokens.
Gemini 3 Pro Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 46.5, compared to Claude 2's score of 12.9.
Claude 2 has a unknown token context window, while Gemini 3 Pro Preview has a 1,048,576 token context window.
Claude 2 does not support vision. Gemini 3 Pro Preview supports vision.
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