Comparing 2 models

Claude Opus 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 5
Model 2Gemini 3.6 Flash
Best for
Agentic Coding (#1)
Cheapest Capable LLM (#1)
Provider
anthropic
google
Context
1M
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
Jul 23, 2026
Jul 9, 2026