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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:

  • Faster response time
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding

Gemini 3 Pro Preview wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Larger context window
  • Better at math
Price Advantage
Gemini 3 Pro Preview
Benchmark Advantage
Claude Opus 4.5
Context Window
Gemini 3 Pro Preview
Speed
Claude Opus 4.5

Pricing Comparison

Benchmark Comparison

Context & Performance

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

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.
Claude Opus 4.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 42.9, compared to Gemini 3 Pro Preview's score of 39.4.
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.