Claude Opus 4.5 vs Gemini 3.1 Pro: Specs & Benchmark Comparison

CharacteristicClaude Opus 4.5Gemini 3.1 Pro
CompanyAnthropicGoogle
Release DateNovember 23, 2025February 19, 2026
Parameters
MultimodalYesYes
Context (input)200K1.0M
Context (output)64K66K
Input Price / 1M$5.00$2.50
Output Price / 1M$25.00$15.00
Average Score0.90.8
Benchmarks
GPQA0.90.9
MMMLU0.90.9
SWE-Bench Verified0.80.8

Visual Benchmark Comparison

Claude Opus 4.5
Gemini 3.1 Pro
GPQA0.9 vs 0.9
0.9
0.9
MMMLU0.9 vs 0.9
0.9
0.9
SWE-Bench Verified0.8 vs 0.8
0.8
0.8

Verdict

Gemini 3.1 Pro leads in 3 out of 5 comparison categories.

Overall Performance

Both models show comparable average scores: Claude Opus 4.5 — 0.9, Gemini 3.1 Pro — 0.8.

Programming

On SWE-Bench, both models are nearly equal: Claude Opus 4.5 — 0.8, Gemini 3.1 Pro — 0.8.

API Cost

Gemini 3.1 Pro is 1.7x cheaper: input $2.50/1M vs $5.00/1M tokens.

Context Window

Gemini 3.1 Pro supports a larger context: 1M vs 200K tokens.

Recency

Gemini 3.1 Pro is newer: released 2/19/2026 vs 11/23/2025.

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