Claude Opus 4.1 vs Google: Gemma 4 31B

Compare Claude Opus 4.1 by Anthropic against Google: Gemma 4 31B by Google AI, context windows of 200K vs 262K, tested across 23 shared challenges. Updated April 2026.

Which is better, Claude Opus 4.1 or Google: Gemma 4 31B?

Claude Opus 4.1 and Google: Gemma 4 31B are both competitive models. Claude Opus 4.1 costs $15/M input tokens vs $0.14/M for Google: Gemma 4 31B. Context windows: 200K vs 262K tokens. Compare their real outputs side by side below.

Key Differences Between Claude Opus 4.1 and Google: Gemma 4 31B

Claude Opus 4.1 is made by anthropic while Google: Gemma 4 31B is from google. Claude Opus 4.1 has a 200K token context window compared to Google: Gemma 4 31B's 262K. On pricing, Claude Opus 4.1 costs $15/M input tokens vs $0.14/M for Google: Gemma 4 31B.

Our Verdict
Claude Opus 4.1
Claude Opus 4.1
Google: Gemma 4 31B
Google: Gemma 4 31B

No community votes yet. On paper, these are closely matched - try both with your actual task to see which fits your workflow.

Google: Gemma 4 31B is 188x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.

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Style Comparison

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Claude Opus 4.1 uses 4.8x more sentence length

Claude Opus 4.1
Google: Gemma 4 31B
61%Vocabulary57%
87wSentence Length18w
0.54Hedging0.37
5.1Bold7.1
6.7Lists4.0
0.38Emoji0.24
1.68Headings0.94
0.13Transitions0.16
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