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Claude Opus 4.6vsGemini 3 Flash Preview

Claude Opus 4.6 leads 6 of 8 shared benchmarks. Gemini 3 Flash Preview has the larger context window (1.0M tokens).

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Shared benchmarks
6 – 2
Claude Opus 4.6 leads
Cheaper per token
list price, input + output
Larger context
Gemini 3 Flash Preview
1.0M tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
100% · 100%
Anthropic · Google
Claude Opus 4.6
Anthropic · released 2026-02-05
textvision
Context
1M
Max out
128K
Input /1M
$5
Output /1M
$25
Cached /1M
$0.5
Scores
19 · 9 core
Gemini 3 Flash Preview
Google · released 2025-12-17
textvisionaudio
Context
1.0M
Max out
66K
Input /1M
Output /1M
Cached /1M
Scores
13 · 9 core
Quality

Benchmark matrix

BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.6Gemini 3 Flash PreviewΔEdge
Reported by both · 8
SWE-bench Verified80.8% 78% +2.8 ptClaude Opus 4.6
GPQA Diamond91.3% 90.4% +0.9 ptClaude Opus 4.6
FrontierMath Tier 4 v2 (Epoch AI run)26.8% epoch17.1% epoch+9.7 ptClaude Opus 4.6
FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 v2 (Epoch AI run)66% epoch51.2% epoch+14.8 ptClaude Opus 4.6
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (Epoch AI run)94.4% epoch95.6% epoch-1.2 ptGemini 3 Flash Preview
SimpleQA Verified47% epoch68.7% -21.7 ptGemini 3 Flash Preview
SWE-bench Verified (Epoch AI run)78.7% epoch75.4% epoch+3.3 ptClaude Opus 4.6
Terminal-Bench 2.065.4% 47.6% +17.8 ptClaude Opus 4.6
Only Claude Opus 4.6 reports · 10
AIME 202696.7% matharenanot reported
LMArena Elo1497.5 not reported
ARC-AGI-2 (Verified)68.8% not reported
MCP Atlas59.5% not reported
MMMLU91.1% not reported
MMMU-Pro (no tools)73.9% not reported
MMMU-Pro (with tools)77.3% not reported
OSWorld-Verified72.7% not reported
Tau2-bench Retail91.9% not reported
Tau2-bench Telecom99.3% not reported
Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview reports · 3
AIME 2025not reported95.2%
Humanity's Last Exam (no tools)not reported33.7%
MMMU-Pronot reported81.2%
Scores tagged "epoch" or "matharena" are independent runs, used only where the lab has not published its own; ⚠ marks rows MathArena flags as released after the competition. Higher is better on every row. Δ is Claude Opus 4.6 minus Gemini 3 Flash Preview in the benchmark's own unit. "Not reported" means the lab has not published that figure; it is not a zero. ↗ opens the source.
Specs & pricing

Side by side

SpecClaude Opus 4.6Gemini 3 Flash PreviewEdge
Context window1M tokens1.0M tokensGemini 3 Flash Preview
Max output128K tokens66K tokensClaude Opus 4.6
Input price / 1M$5
Output price / 1M$25
Cached input / 1M$0.5
Input + output / 1M
Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded.
$30
Modalitiestext · visiontext · vision · audioGemini 3 Flash Preview
Released2026-02-052025-12-17
Cited benchmark scores1913
Reliability

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