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Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6 vs Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview

Summary

Claude Opus 4.6 vs Gemini 3 Flash Preview benchmark comparison: Claude Opus 4.6 leads on average score with 7.7 vs 7.4. Gemini 3 Flash Preview has the lower benchmark cost at $0.111 vs $2.053. Gemini 3 Flash Preview is faster at 5.76s vs 25.89s, with pass rates of 61.9% vs 79.4%.

Recommended model: Gemini 3 Flash Preview - Its score stays close to the best score here (7.4 vs 7.7), while costing about 18.6x less than Claude Opus 4.6.

Last updated at: 2026-06-12

Metric Claude Opus 4.6 Claude Opus 4.6 medium Release: 2026-02-05 Gemini 3 Flash Preview Gemini 3 Flash Preview low Release: 2025-12-17
Score 7.7 7.4
Rank #41 #53
Reliability 10.0 10.0
Consistency 8.8 9.2
Tests Correct
Attempt pass rate 61.9% 79.4%
Flaky tests 3 2
Total Runs 63 63
Cost per result 17.103 0.689
Total Cost $2.053 $0.111
Input Price $5.000 / 1M $0.500 / 1M
Output Price $25.000 / 1M $3.000 / 1M
Total Input Tokens 53,227 36,769
Output Tokens 47,446 2,076
Reasoning Tokens 24,000 28,518
Response Time (avg) 25.89s 5.76s
Response Time (max) 83.40s 14.72s
Response Time (total) 362.49s 120.93s

Generation showcase

Hamster playing table tennis

Prompt: Create a detailed SVG illustration of a hamster playing table tennis.

#41 Claude Opus 4.6

medium
Invalid SVG
Cost
$0.000
Time
300.0s
Tokens
0 tok

#53 Gemini 3 Flash Preview

low
Cost
$0.007
Time
12.1s
Tokens
2,289 tok

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Category Breakdown

Anti-AI Tricks Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Opus 4.6 6.4 5.8 66.7% 2 7.45s 840 986 1,071
Gemini 3 Flash Preview 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 3.48s 500 281 3,082
Coding Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Opus 4.6 5.7 7.1 44.4% 1 30.10s 8,522 13,057 4,121
Gemini 3 Flash Preview 5.8 7.2 44.4% 1 6.00s 8,122 456 7,421
Combined Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Opus 4.6 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 76.66s 20,685 8,178 5,194
Gemini 3 Flash Preview 3.0 10.0 0.0% 0 3.27s 12,860 326 0
Data parsing and extraction Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Opus 4.6 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 7.37s 8,676 691 757
Gemini 3 Flash Preview 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 9.40s 7,261 279 3,656
Domain specific Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Opus 4.6 3.0 10.0 0.0% 0 83.40s 674 14,642 8,687
Gemini 3 Flash Preview 5.3 7.2 44.4% 1 8.05s 645 12 6,410
General Intelligence Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Opus 4.6 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 5.04s 564 188 292
Gemini 3 Flash Preview 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 3.68s 492 120 981
Instructions following Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Opus 4.6 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 2.43s 792 266 467
Gemini 3 Flash Preview 9.9 10.0 100.0% 0 7.02s 621 71 2,752
Puzzle Solving Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Opus 4.6 7.7 10.0 66.7% 0 4.71s 816 532 630
Gemini 3 Flash Preview 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 5.77s 562 288 3,168
Tool Calling Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Opus 4.6 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 9.73s 11,454 861 329
Gemini 3 Flash Preview 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 4.99s 5,550 234 415
Trivia Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Opus 4.6 3.0 10.0 0.0% 0 63.24s 204 8,045 2,452
Gemini 3 Flash Preview 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 2.75s 156 9 633

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