Claude 3 Opus vs Gemini 3.6 Flash
Compare Claude 3 Opus by Anthropic against Gemini 3.6 Flash by Google AI, context windows of 200K vs 1.0M, tested across 12 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Claude 3 Opus
Gemini 3.6 Flash
No community votes yet. On paper, these are closely matched - try both with your actual task to see which fits your workflow.
Gemini 3.6 Flash is 10x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Claude 3 Opus
Input
$15.00
Output
$75.00
Gemini 3.6 Flash
Input
$1.50
10× cheaper
Output
$7.50
10× cheaper
Gemini 3.6 Flash is cheaper on both — 10× input, 10× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
53%
Gemini 3.6 Flash uses 540.8x more bold
Claude 3 Opus
Gemini 3.6 Flash
54%Vocabulary60%
14wSentence Length19w
0.48Hedging0.13
0.0Bold5.4
3.0Lists2.7
0.00Emoji0.04
0.00Headings0.99
0.06Transitions0.07
Based on 3 + 27 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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