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Google
Google

Claude Opus 4.6 vs Gemini 1.5 Flash

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Claude Opus 4.6 wins:

  • Faster response time
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Has reasoning mode

Gemini 1.5 Flash wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Larger context window
Price Advantage
Gemini 1.5 Flash
Benchmark Advantage
Claude Opus 4.6
Context Window
Gemini 1.5 Flash
Speed
Claude Opus 4.6

Pricing Comparison

Benchmark Comparison

Context & Performance

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureClaude Opus 4.6Gemini 1.5 Flash
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyClaude Opus 4.6Gemini 1.5 Flash
LicenseProprietaryProprietary
AuthorAnthropicGoogle
ReleasedFeb 2026Unknown

Claude Opus 4.6 Modalities

Input
textimage
Output
text

Gemini 1.5 Flash Modalities

Input
Output

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Frequently Asked Questions

Gemini 1.5 Flash has cheaper input pricing at $0.35/M tokens. Gemini 1.5 Flash has cheaper output pricing at $1.05/M tokens.
Claude Opus 4.6 has a 1,000,000 token context window, while Gemini 1.5 Flash has a 1,048,576 token context window.
Claude Opus 4.6 supports vision. Gemini 1.5 Flash supports vision.

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