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Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8 vs Google: Gemini 3.6 Flash

Gemini 3.6 Flash (low) leads on average score with 9.4 vs 8.8. Gemini 3.6 Flash (low) has the lower benchmark cost at $0.517 vs $1.931. Gemini 3.6 Flash (low) is faster at 4.42s vs 12.49s, with pass rates of 84.9% vs 97.0%.

Recommended modelGemini 3.6 Flash (low)It has the best score here (9.4), while costing about 3.7x less than Claude Opus 4.8 (medium).

Last updated at: 2026-07-21

Metric Claude Opus 4.8 Claude Opus 4.8 medium Release: 2026-05-28 Gemini 3.6 Flash Gemini 3.6 Flash low Release: 2026-07-21
Score 8.8 9.4
Rank #17 #6
Reliability 10.0 10.0
Consistency 9.6 9.6
Tests Correct
Attempt pass rate 84.9% 97.0%
Flaky tests 1 1
Total Runs 66 66
Cost per result 10.724 2.461
Total Cost $1.931 $0.517
Input Price $5.000 / 1M $1.500 / 1M
Output Price $25.000 / 1M $7.500 / 1M
Total Input Tokens 138,451 82,715
Output Tokens 40,766 5,729
Reasoning Tokens 9,075 46,633
Response Time (avg) 12.49s 4.42s
Response Time (max) 70.54s 28.92s
Response Time (total) 274.72s 97.13s

Hamster playing table tennis

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

#17 Claude Opus 4.8

medium
Cost
$0.057
Time
23.1s
Tokens
2,412 tok

#6 Gemini 3.6 Flash

low
Cost
$0.050
Time
28.1s
Tokens
6,731 tok

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Category Breakdown

Coding Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Opus 4.8 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 15.33s 10,590 9,945 1,381
Gemini 3.6 Flash 7.8 7.4 77.8% 1 7.28s 8,136 451 15,026

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