Multimodal
Directional only- Claude Opus 4.5
- 69.9
- Gemini 3.7 Flash
- 88.7
- Weighted basis
- 2 vs 1 rows
- Reading
- Directional only
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Start free briefUpdated August 13, 2026. Public scores include evidence status and uncertainty. They are not guarantees for a specific workload.
Decision reading
At least one model is not scored in the current public ranking lane, so the page does not name an overall quality winner.
1 results are shared. Category rows based on different benchmark sets are marked directional and do not name a winner.
Recommendations appear only when a shared evidence basis or an explicit operating constraint supports the call. Secondary and unsupported use cases stay disclosed below the initial list.
Prompts that approach the documented context limit
Gemini 3.7 Flash
Gemini 3.7 Flash has the larger documented context window.
Confidence: documented
1K fresh input + 500 output tokens
Gemini 3.7 Flash
Gemini 3.7 Flash has the lower estimated token cost for this stated workload. Costs use the listed standard API rates.
Confidence: listed-rates
50K fresh input + 3K output tokens
Gemini 3.7 Flash
Gemini 3.7 Flash has the lower estimated token cost for this stated workload. Costs use the listed standard API rates.
Confidence: listed-rates
Code generation, repair, and software-engineering tasks
Not enough matched evidence
No shared weighted benchmark basis supports a winner.
Confidence: limited
Tool use, computer use, and multi-step task completion
Not enough matched evidence
No shared weighted benchmark basis supports a winner.
Confidence: limited
200K cached + 20K fresh input + 10K output tokens
Not enough matched evidence
The page does not recommend a cost winner because at least one model cannot fit the stated workload in one request. Claude Opus 4.5 does not fit this workload in one request. Claude Opus 4.5 has no published cached-input rate, so cached tokens use its listed input rate. Gemini 3.7 Flash has no published cached-input rate, so cached tokens use its listed input rate.
Confidence: rate-fallback
Shared results can support a head-to-head reading. Results present for only one model describe coverage, not superiority.
1 category uses different evidence sets. Those rows remain visible for coverage context but do not name a winner.
Each row states whether both averages use the same weighted benchmark set. Directional and not-comparable rows remain visible, but they never receive a winner in this template.
| Category | Claude Opus 4.5 | Gemini 3.7 Flash | Weighted basis | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Multimodal | 69.9 | 88.7 | Directional only2 vs 1 rows | Directional only |
| Agentic | 62.6 | Not measured | Not comparable2 vs 0 rows | Not comparable |
| Coding | 71.7 | Not measured | Not comparable2 vs 0 rows | Not comparable |
| Reasoning | 64.4 | Not measured | Not comparable1 vs 0 rows | Not comparable |
| Knowledge | 58.1 | Not measured | Not comparable4 vs 0 rows | Not comparable |
| Math | 57.5 | Not measured | Not comparable4 vs 0 rows | Not comparable |
| Multilingual | 85.7 | Not measured | Not comparable1 vs 0 rows | Not comparable |
| Instruction following | 69.5 | Not measured | Not comparable2 vs 0 rows | Not comparable |
Only shared public evidence is shown. Sparse evidence stays a ruled list rather than being closed into a radar shape.
Too few matched category axes support a radar. The ruled list below shows only shared benchmark results; positions use each benchmark’s normalized display scale when available.
CharXiv
Multimodal
Three fixed token mixes turn per-token rates into comparable decisions. Each scenario states context fit and whether cached input had to fall back to the published list-input rate.
1K fresh input + 500 output tokens
Gemini 3.7 Flash has the lower modeled cost
Costs use the listed standard API rates.
50K fresh input + 3K output tokens
Gemini 3.7 Flash has the lower modeled cost
Costs use the listed standard API rates.
200K cached + 20K fresh input + 10K output tokens
Claude Opus 4.5 does not fit this workload in one request. Claude Opus 4.5 has no published cached-input rate, so cached tokens use its listed input rate. Gemini 3.7 Flash has no published cached-input rate, so cached tokens use its listed input rate.
Sourced differences are shown directly. Missing facts stay explicit instead of being inferred from a model name or family.
Maximum documented context; output-token limits may be lower.
Claude Opus 4.5
200K
Gemini 3.7 Flash
Claude Opus 4.5
Not sourced
Gemini 3.7 Flash
gemini-3.7-flash
Google Gemini 3.7 Flash model documentationA missing cached-input rate falls back to the listed input rate only in the stated workload estimate.
Claude Opus 4.5
Not published
Gemini 3.7 Flash
Not published
Google: Introducing Gemini 3.7 FlashClaude Opus 4.5
Not sourced
Gemini 3.7 Flash
text, image, video, audio, pdf
Google Gemini 3.7 Flash model documentationClaude Opus 4.5
Not sourced
Gemini 3.7 Flash
Claude Opus 4.5
Not sourced
Gemini 3.7 Flash
Generally Available · Gemini API, Google AI Studio, Google Antigravity, Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform, Gemini Enterprise, Gemini app via Spark
Google Gemini 3.7 Flash launchClaude Opus 4.5
Non-Reasoning
Gemini 3.7 Flash
Reasoning
Claude Opus 4.5
Proprietary
Gemini 3.7 Flash
Proprietary
Claude Opus 4.5
Proprietary
Gemini 3.7 Flash
Proprietary
Claude Opus 4.5
2025-11-01
Gemini 3.7 Flash
2026-08-13
Run the same representative tasks against both endpoints before changing production traffic.
The full public result ledger is available for audit without forcing a wide desktop table onto a phone.
Terminal-Bench 2.0
Not directly comparable
OSWorld-Verified
Not directly comparable
OSWorld
Not directly comparable
Claw-Eval
Not directly comparable
QwenClawBench
Not directly comparable
τ³-bench results
Not directly comparable
VITA-Bench
Not directly comparable
DeepPlanning
Not directly comparable
Toolathlon
Not directly comparable
MCP Atlas
Not directly comparable
MCP-Tasks
Not directly comparable
WideResearch
Not directly comparable
CyberGym
Not directly comparable
Gert Labs
Not directly comparable
JobBench
Not directly comparable
Terminal-Bench 2.1
Not directly comparable
Terminal-Bench 3.0
Not directly comparable
AutomationBench
Not directly comparable
OSWorld 2.0
Not directly comparable
Agents' Last Exam
Not directly comparable
SWE-bench Verified
Not directly comparable
LiveCodeBench v6
Not directly comparable
SWE-bench Pro
Not directly comparable
SWE Multilingual
Not directly comparable
NL2Repo
Not directly comparable
FrontierCode 1.1 Main
Not directly comparable
deepSwe
Not directly comparable
Terminal-Bench 2.1
Not directly comparable
GPQA
Not directly comparable
SuperGPQA
Not directly comparable
MMLU-Pro
Not directly comparable
MMLU-Redux
Not directly comparable
C-Eval
Not directly comparable
HLE
Not directly comparable
BioMysteryBench (human-solvable)
Not directly comparable
BioMysteryBench (human-difficult)
Not directly comparable
AIME26
Not directly comparable
HMMT Feb 2025
Not directly comparable
HMMT Nov 2025
Not directly comparable
HMMT Feb 2026
Not directly comparable
MMAnswerBench
Not directly comparable
FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3)
Not directly comparable
FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4)
Not directly comparable
MMMU-Pro
Not directly comparable
MathVision
Not directly comparable
CharXiv
Gemini 3.7 Flash leads this result
VideoMMMU
Not directly comparable
ScreenSpot Pro
Not directly comparable
V*
Not directly comparable
GDP.pdf (no tools)
Not directly comparable
CharXiv w/o tools
Not directly comparable
LVBench
Not directly comparable
At least one model is not scored in the current public ranking lane, so the page does not name an overall quality winner. The page therefore keeps the decision tied to the specific documented workload.
The published evidence does not provide a shared weighted coding basis for both models, so BenchLM does not name a coding winner.
The published evidence does not provide a shared weighted agentic tasks basis for both models, so BenchLM does not name a agentic tasks winner.
For the stated presets, chat costs $0.0175 on Claude Opus 4.5 and $0.00263 on Gemini 3.7 Flash; repository review costs $0.325 and $0.04875; the cache-heavy agent loop costs $1.35 and $0.2025. Claude Opus 4.5 does not fit this workload in one request. Claude Opus 4.5 has no published cached-input rate, so cached tokens use its listed input rate. Gemini 3.7 Flash has no published cached-input rate, so cached tokens use its listed input rate.
Gemini 3.7 Flash has the larger documented context window: 1M, compared with 200K.
Last updated August 13, 2026
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