Price Per TokenPrice Per Token
Anthropic
Anthropic
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Google
Google

Claude Opus 4 vs Gemini 3 Pro Preview

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Claude Opus 4 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
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 Opus 4Gemini 3 Pro PreviewWinner
Input (per 1M tokens)$15.00$2.00 Gemini 3 Pro Preview
Output (per 1M tokens)$75.00$12.00 Gemini 3 Pro Preview
Cache Read (per 1M)$1500000.00$200000.00 Gemini 3 Pro Preview
Cache Write (per 1M)$18750000.00$375000.00 Gemini 3 Pro Preview
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, Gemini 3 Pro Preview is 85% cheaper overall.

Claude Opus 4 Providers

Amazon Bedrock $15.00 (Cheapest)
Google $15.00 (Cheapest)
Anthropic $15.00 (Cheapest)

Gemini 3 Pro Preview Providers

Google AI Studio $2.00 (Cheapest)
Google $2.00 (Cheapest)

Benchmark Comparison

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Claude Opus 4 Wins
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Gemini 3 Pro Preview Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkClaude Opus 4Gemini 3 Pro PreviewWinner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
22.248.4
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
-46.5-
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
36.395.7
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
86.089.8
GPQA
Graduate-level science
70.190.8
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
54.291.7
Aider
Real-world code editing
72.0--
AIME
Competition math
56.3--
Gemini 3 Pro Preview significantly outperforms in coding benchmarks.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

Claude Opus 4
200,000
tokens
Max output: 32,000 tokens
Gemini 3 Pro Preview
1,048,576
tokens
Max output: 65,536 tokens
Gemini 3 Pro Preview has a 81% larger context window.

Speed Performance

MetricClaude Opus 4Gemini 3 Pro PreviewWinner
Tokens/second38.9 tok/s132.8 tok/s
Time to First Token1.31s30.65s
Gemini 3 Pro Preview responds 242% faster on average.

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureClaude Opus 4Gemini 3 Pro Preview
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyClaude Opus 4Gemini 3 Pro Preview
LicenseProprietaryProprietary
AuthorAnthropicGoogle
ReleasedMay 2025Nov 2025

Claude Opus 4 Modalities

Input
imagetextfile
Output
text

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 Opus 4's score of N/A.
Claude Opus 4 has a 200,000 token context window, while Gemini 3 Pro Preview has a 1,048,576 token context window.
Claude Opus 4 supports vision. Gemini 3 Pro Preview supports vision.