Comparing 2 models

Claude Opus 4.5 vs Gemini 3.6 Flash

Facts first, then task-specific rankings. A highlighted cell is better only for that row, not universally.

metric
Model 1Claude Opus 4.5
Model 2Gemini 3.6 Flash
Best for
Agentic Coding (#1)
a General Assistant (#3)
Provider
anthropic
google
Context
200K
1.0MBest
Input / 1M
$5
$1.50Best
Output / 1M
$25
$7.50Best
Tool use
yesBest
yesBest
Vision
yesBest
yesBest
Reasoning
yesBest
yesBest
Open-weight
Released
Nov 24, 2025
Jul 21, 2026