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Claude Opus 4.6 vs Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Custom Tools

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 3.1 Pro Preview Custom Tools wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Larger context window
Price Advantage
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Custom Tools
Benchmark Advantage
Claude Opus 4.6
Context Window
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Custom Tools
Speed
Claude Opus 4.6

Pricing Comparison

Benchmark Comparison

Context & Performance

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureClaude Opus 4.6Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Custom Tools
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyClaude Opus 4.6Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Custom Tools
LicenseProprietaryProprietary
AuthorAnthropicGoogle
ReleasedFeb 2026Feb 2026

Claude Opus 4.6 Modalities

Input
textimage
Output
text

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Custom Tools Modalities

Input
textaudioimagevideofile
Output
text

Frequently Asked Questions

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Custom Tools has cheaper input pricing at $2.00/M tokens. Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Custom Tools has cheaper output pricing at $12.00/M tokens.
Claude Opus 4.6 has a 1,000,000 token context window, while Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Custom Tools has a 1,048,576 token context window.
Claude Opus 4.6 supports vision. Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Custom Tools supports vision.