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Claude Opus 4.5 vs Gemini 3 Pro Preview

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Claude Opus 4.5 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 4.5Gemini 3 Pro PreviewWinner
Input (per 1M tokens)$5.00$2.00 Gemini 3 Pro Preview
Output (per 1M tokens)$25.00$12.00 Gemini 3 Pro Preview
Cache Read (per 1M)$0.50$0.20 Gemini 3 Pro Preview
Cache Write (per 1M)$6.25$0.38 Gemini 3 Pro Preview
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, Gemini 3 Pro Preview is 55% cheaper overall.

Claude Opus 4.5 Providers

No provider data available

Gemini 3 Pro Preview Providers

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Benchmark Comparison

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Claude Opus 4.5 Wins
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Gemini 3 Pro Preview Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.5Gemini 3 Pro PreviewWinner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
43.148.4
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
42.946.5
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
62.795.7
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
88.989.8
GPQA
Graduate-level science
81.090.8
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
73.891.7
Gemini 3 Pro Preview shows stronger mathematical reasoning abilities.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

Claude Opus 4.5
200,000
tokens
Gemini 3 Pro Preview
1,048,576
tokens
Gemini 3 Pro Preview has a 81% larger context window.

Speed Performance

MetricClaude Opus 4.5Gemini 3 Pro PreviewWinner
Tokens/second63.2 tok/s120.7 tok/s
Time to First Token1.33s21.59s
Gemini 3 Pro Preview responds 91% faster on average.

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureClaude Opus 4.5Gemini 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 4.5Gemini 3 Pro Preview
LicenseProprietaryProprietary
AuthorAnthropicGoogle
ReleasedNov 2025Nov 2025

Claude Opus 4.5 Modalities

Input
fileimagetext
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 4.5's score of 42.9.
Claude Opus 4.5 has a 200,000 token context window, while Gemini 3 Pro Preview has a 1,048,576 token context window.
Claude Opus 4.5 supports vision. Gemini 3 Pro Preview supports vision.