Gemini 3.6 Flash is 6.7× cheaper per million tokens (blended). Claude Opus 5 leads quality index by 8.2 points (93.4 vs 85.2). Gemini 3.6 Flash has the larger context window (1,048,576 vs 1,000,000 tokens).
Claude Opus 5 vs Gemini 3.6 Flash
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Claude Opus 5
Anthropic · anthropic__claude-opus-5
Gemini 3.6 Flash
Google · google__gemini-3.6-flash
Identity
| Field | anthropic__claude-opus-5 | google__gemini-3.6-flash |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | |
| Slug | anthropic__claude-opus-5 | google__gemini-3.6-flash |
| Status | live | live |
| Open weights | No | No |
| License | — | — |
| HuggingFace | — | — |
Quality
| Field | anthropic__claude-opus-5 | google__gemini-3.6-flash |
|---|---|---|
| Quality index (0–100) | 93.4 | 85.2 |
Cost
| Field | anthropic__claude-opus-5 | google__gemini-3.6-flash |
|---|---|---|
| Input $ / 1M tokens | $5.00 | $0.75 |
| Cached input $ / 1M | $0.50 | $0.07 |
| Output $ / 1M tokens | $25.00 | $3.75 |
Context
| Field | anthropic__claude-opus-5 | google__gemini-3.6-flash |
|---|---|---|
| Max context tokens | 1,000,000 | 1,048,576 |
| Max output tokens | 128,000 | 65,536 |
Modalities
| Field | anthropic__claude-opus-5 | google__gemini-3.6-flash |
|---|---|---|
| Input | text, image, file | text, image, video, file, audio |
| Output | text | text |