Claude Opus 4.1 vs Gemini 2.5 Pro Experimental
Compare Claude Opus 4.1 by Anthropic against Gemini 2.5 Pro Experimental by Google AI, in 17 community votes, claude opus 4.1 wins 56% of head-to-head duels, context windows of 200K vs 1.0M, tested across 42 shared challenges.
Image Generation: Gemini 2.5 Pro Experimental wins 67% of votes
Web Design: Claude Opus 4.1 wins 80% of votes
Conversation: Claude Opus 4.1 wins 67% of votes
Our Verdict
Claude Opus 4.1Winner
Gemini 2.5 Pro ExperimentalRunner-up
Claude Opus 4.1 has the edge overall. In 17 blind votes, Claude Opus 4.1 wins 56% of the time.
Pick Claude Opus 4.1 for Web Design, Conversation. Pick Gemini 2.5 Pro Experimental for Image Generation. Gemini 2.5 Pro Experimental is 38x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Slight edge
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Claude Opus 4.1
Input
$15.00
Output
$75.00
Gemini 2.5 Pro Experimental
Input
$1.00
15× cheaper
Output
$2.00
38× cheaper
Gemini 2.5 Pro Experimental is cheaper on both — 15× input, 38× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
36%
Claude Opus 4.1 uses 38.4x more emoji
Claude Opus 4.1
Gemini 2.5 Pro Experimental
61%Vocabulary54%
87wSentence Length15w
0.54Hedging0.35
5.1Bold5.6
6.7Lists3.9
0.38Emoji0.00
1.68Headings0.39
0.13Transitions0.17
Based on 17 + 18 text responses
Research
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