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Claude 4.1 Opus vs Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite

Data verified

Head-to-head evidence from 1 shared benchmark result across 1 category. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.

45.88/100
Margin
4.9pts
winning →
50.83/100
0 category wins0 category wins

Public leaderboard positions: Claude 4.1 Opus #142 (Supported); Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite #111 (Supported). Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.

Evidence parity. Claude 4.1 Opus and Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite share 1 comparable benchmark result. 0 of 8 categories are comparable. 3 results are unique to Claude 4.1 Opus; 19 to Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite.

Updated July 20, 2026
Shared results
1
Claude 4.1 Opus only
3
Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite only
19
Comparable categories
0 / 8

Benchmark data for Claude 4.1 Opus and Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite is coming soon on BenchLM.

Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 1 shared benchmark result across 1 evidence category; 0 of 8 categories currently have scoreable aggregates for both models. Treat the verdict as directional until coverage is more balanced.

Why this result

BenchLM has partial data for these models, but not enough overlapping benchmark coverage to produce a fair score-level comparison yet.

Claude 4.1 Opus is priced at $15.00 input / $75.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.25 input / $1.50 output per 1M tokens for Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite. Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite has the larger context window at 1M, compared with 200K for Claude 4.1 Opus.

Category breakdown

Exact category averages are shown below. Not measured means BenchLM does not have enough sourced public coverage for that model and category.

Category scores and score margins for Claude 4.1 Opus and Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite
CategoryClaude 4.1 OpusΔGemini 3.1 Flash-Lite
CodingClaude 4.1 Opus74.5MarginNo overlapGemini 3.1 Flash-LiteNot measured
MultimodalClaude 4.1 OpusNot measuredMarginNo overlapGemini 3.1 Flash-Lite73.2

Operational comparison

Runtime and commercial metrics are compared only when both models have a complete sourced value.

MetricClaude 4.1 OpusGemini 3.1 Flash-LiteComparison
Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokensClaude 4.1 Opus$15 input / $75 outputGemini 3.1 Flash-Lite$0.25 input / $1.5 outputGemini 3.1 Flash-Lite has the lower combined listed price.
Generation speedtokens per secondClaude 4.1 Opus29 tok/sGemini 3.1 Flash-Lite205 tok/sGemini 3.1 Flash-Lite has the higher measured throughput.
First-answer latencyseconds to first tokenClaude 4.1 Opus1.66 sGemini 3.1 Flash-Lite7.50 sClaude 4.1 Opus reaches the first token sooner.
Context windowmaximum listed tokensClaude 4.1 Opus200KGemini 3.1 Flash-Lite1MGemini 3.1 Flash-Lite lists the larger context window.

Benchmark Deep Dive

Agentic
BenchmarkClaude 4.1 OpusGemini 3.1 Flash-LiteResult
JobBenchSource 21.9%Not comparable
AA Agentic IndexSource 6.2%Not comparable
APEX-Agents-AASource 12.2%Not comparable
τ²-bench resultsSource 31.3%Not comparable
GDPval-AASource 7.1%Not comparable
GDPval-AASource 642Not comparable
Gert LabsSource 38.46%Not comparable
Coding
BenchmarkClaude 4.1 OpusGemini 3.1 Flash-LiteResult
SWE-bench VerifiedSource 74.5%Not comparable
Vibe Code BenchSource 0.00%Not comparable
AA Coding IndexSource 34.7%Not comparable
AA-SciCodeSource 41.9%Not comparable
Reasoning
BenchmarkClaude 4.1 OpusGemini 3.1 Flash-LiteResult
AA-LCRSource 65.3%Not comparable
CritPtSource 1.1%Not comparable
Knowledge
BenchmarkClaude 4.1 OpusGemini 3.1 Flash-LiteResult
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource 28.2%25.0%Claude 4.1 Opus leads
AA-GPQA DiamondSource 82.2%Not comparable
AA-HLESource 16.2%Not comparable
AA-Omniscience IndexSource -15.5%Not comparable
AA-Omniscience AccuracySource 36.4%Not comparable
AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource 81.6%Not comparable
Multimodal
BenchmarkClaude 4.1 OpusGemini 3.1 Flash-LiteResult
Design Arena WebsiteSource 1209Not comparable
CharXivSource 73.2%Not comparable
AA-MMMU-ProSource 75.5%Not comparable
Inst. Following
BenchmarkClaude 4.1 OpusGemini 3.1 Flash-LiteResult
AA-IFBenchSource 77.2%Not comparable
Frequently Asked Questions (3)

Can I compare Claude 4.1 Opus and Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite on BenchLM yet?

Not fully yet. BenchLM is tracking both models, but the sourced benchmark breakdown for this comparison is still coming soon.

Why does this comparison show “coming soon”?

BenchLM only shows category winners and benchmark-level calls when we have sourced results that can be compared fairly. For these models, the public benchmark coverage is not complete enough yet.

What data is available for Claude 4.1 Opus and Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite today?

Claude 4.1 Opus: $15.00 input / $75.00 output per 1M tokens Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite: $0.25 input / $1.50 output per 1M tokens Both model pages still include creator, context window, reasoning mode, and other metadata while benchmark coverage fills in.

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Last updated: July 20, 2026

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