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Claude Opus 4.6 vs Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05

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

Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Larger context window
Price Advantage
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05
Benchmark Advantage
Claude Opus 4.6
Context Window
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05
Speed
Claude Opus 4.6

Pricing Comparison

Benchmark Comparison

Context & Performance

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureClaude Opus 4.6Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyClaude Opus 4.6Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05
LicenseProprietaryProprietary
AuthorAnthropicGoogle
ReleasedFeb 2026Jun 2025

Claude Opus 4.6 Modalities

Input
textimage
Output
text

Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 Modalities

Input
fileimagetextaudio
Output
text

Frequently Asked Questions

Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 has cheaper input pricing at $1.25/M tokens. Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 has cheaper output pricing at $10.00/M tokens.
Claude Opus 4.6 scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 47.6, compared to Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05's score of 46.7.
Claude Opus 4.6 has a 1,000,000 token context window, while Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 has a 1,048,576 token context window.
Claude Opus 4.6 supports vision. Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 supports vision.