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Claude Opus 4.5 vs Gemini 3 Pro

Data verified

Head-to-head evidence from 23 shared benchmark results across 7 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.

64.22/100
Margin
3.5pts
winning →
67.73/100
2 category wins1 category wins

Public leaderboard positions: Claude Opus 4.5 #34 (Supported); Gemini 3 Pro #19 (Supported). Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.

Evidence parity. Claude Opus 4.5 and Gemini 3 Pro share 23 comparable benchmark results. 3 of 8 categories are comparable. 36 results are unique to Claude Opus 4.5; 4 to Gemini 3 Pro.

Updated July 20, 2026
Shared results
23
Claude Opus 4.5 only
36
Gemini 3 Pro only
4
Comparable categories
3 / 8

Pick Gemini 3 Pro if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Claude Opus 4.5 only becomes the better choice if reasoning is the priority.

Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 23 shared benchmark results across 7 evidence categories; 3 of 8 categories currently have scoreable aggregates for both models. Treat the verdict as directional until coverage is more balanced.

Why this result

Gemini 3 Pro is clearly ahead on the BenchAlign aggregate, 67.73 to 64.22. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Gemini 3 Pro's sharpest advantage is in multimodal & grounded, where it averages 81.1 against 69.9. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3), 20.690% to 37.600%. Claude Opus 4.5 does hit back in reasoning, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.

Claude Opus 4.5 is also the more expensive model on tokens at $5.00 input / $25.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $2.00 input / $12.00 output per 1M tokens for Gemini 3 Pro. That is roughly 2.1x on output cost alone. Gemini 3 Pro gives you the larger context window at 2M, compared with 200K for Claude Opus 4.5.

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 Opus 4.5 and Gemini 3 Pro
CategoryClaude Opus 4.5ΔGemini 3 Pro
ReasoningClaude Opus 4.564.4Margin← 33.3Gemini 3 Pro31.1
MathClaude Opus 4.557.5Margin← 24.6Gemini 3 Pro32.9
MultimodalClaude Opus 4.569.9Margin→ 11.2Gemini 3 Pro81.1
AgenticClaude Opus 4.562.6MarginNo overlapGemini 3 ProNot measured
CodingClaude Opus 4.571.7MarginNo overlapGemini 3 ProNot measured
KnowledgeClaude Opus 4.558.1MarginNo overlapGemini 3 ProNot measured
MultilingualClaude Opus 4.585.7MarginNo overlapGemini 3 ProNot measured
Inst. FollowingClaude Opus 4.569.5MarginNo overlapGemini 3 ProNot measured

Decisive benchmark drivers

The largest measured benchmark gaps in this matchup, with exact reported values.

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A · Claude Opus 4.5B · Gemini 3 Pro

  1. FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3)

    Math
    Source ↗
    A 20.690%B 37.600%
    Winner: Gemini 3 ProΔ 16.9
    FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3): Claude Opus 4.5 scored 20.690%; Gemini 3 Pro scored 37.600%. Gemini 3 Pro wins this benchmark.

  2. FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4)

    Math
    Source ↗
    A 4.167%B 18.750%
    Winner: Gemini 3 ProΔ 14.6
    FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4): Claude Opus 4.5 scored 4.167%; Gemini 3 Pro scored 18.750%. Gemini 3 Pro wins this benchmark.

  3. CharXiv

    Multimodal
    Source ↗
    A 68.5%B 81.4%
    Winner: Gemini 3 ProΔ 12.9
    CharXiv: Claude Opus 4.5 scored 68.5%; Gemini 3 Pro scored 81.4%. Gemini 3 Pro wins this benchmark.

  4. MMMU-Pro

    Multimodal
    Source ↗
    A 70.6%B 81%
    Winner: Gemini 3 ProΔ 10.4
    MMMU-Pro: Claude Opus 4.5 scored 70.6%; Gemini 3 Pro scored 81%. Gemini 3 Pro wins this benchmark.

Operational comparison

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

MetricClaude Opus 4.5Gemini 3 ProComparison
Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokensClaude Opus 4.5$5 input / $25 outputGemini 3 Pro$2 input / $12 outputGemini 3 Pro has the lower combined listed price.
Generation speedtokens per secondClaude Opus 4.546 tok/sGemini 3 Pro109 tok/sGemini 3 Pro has the higher measured throughput.
First-answer latencyseconds to first tokenClaude Opus 4.51.01 sGemini 3 Pro32.65 sClaude Opus 4.5 reaches the first token sooner.
Context windowmaximum listed tokensClaude Opus 4.5200KGemini 3 Pro2MGemini 3 Pro lists the larger context window.

Benchmark Deep Dive

Agentic
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.5Gemini 3 ProResult
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 59.3%—Not comparable
OSWorld-VerifiedSource 66.3%—Not comparable
OSWorldSource 66.3%—Not comparable
Claw-EvalSource 59.6%—Not comparable
QwenClawBenchSource 52.3%—Not comparable
τ³-bench resultsSource 70.2%—Not comparable
VITA-BenchSource 23.3%—Not comparable
DeepPlanningSource 26.4%—Not comparable
ToolathlonSource 43.5%—Not comparable
MCP AtlasSource 42.3%—Not comparable
MCP-TasksSource 71.8%—Not comparable
WideResearchSource 76.4%—Not comparable
CyberGymSource 50.6%—Not comparable
τ²-bench resultsSource 86.3%87.1%Gemini 3 Pro leads
Gert LabsSource 64.23%63.23%Claude Opus 4.5 leads
JobBenchSource 32.3%11.4%Claude Opus 4.5 leads
Coding
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.5Gemini 3 ProResult
SWE-bench VerifiedSource 80.9%—Not comparable
LiveCodeBench v6Source 84.8%—Not comparable
SWE-bench ProSource 57.1%—Not comparable
SWE MultilingualSource 77.5%—Not comparable
NL2RepoSource 43.2%—Not comparable
AA-SciCodeSource 47.0%56.1%Gemini 3 Pro leads
Vibe Code BenchSource —14.30%Not comparable
AA LiveCodeBenchSource —91.7%Not comparable
ReasoningClaude Opus 4.5 wins
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.5Gemini 3 ProResult
LongBench v2Source 64.4%—Not comparable
AI-NeedleSource 74%—Not comparable
AA-LCRSource 65.3%70.7%Gemini 3 Pro leads
CritPtSource 0.3%9.1%Gemini 3 Pro leads
ARC-AGI-2Source —31.1%Not comparable
Knowledge
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.5Gemini 3 ProResult
GPQASource 87%—Not comparable
SuperGPQASource 70.6%—Not comparable
MMLU-ProSource 89.5%—Not comparable
MMLU-ReduxSource 96.6%—Not comparable
C-EvalSource 92.2%—Not comparable
HLESource 30.8%—Not comparable
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource 34.7%39.5%Gemini 3 Pro leads
AA-GPQA DiamondSource 81.0%90.8%Gemini 3 Pro leads
AA-HLESource 12.9%37.2%Gemini 3 Pro leads
AA-Omniscience IndexSource -3.9%15.8%Gemini 3 Pro leads
AA-Omniscience AccuracySource 40.7%55.9%Gemini 3 Pro leads
AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource 75.4%90.9%Claude Opus 4.5 leads
AA MMLU-ProSource 88.9%89.8%Gemini 3 Pro leads
MathClaude Opus 4.5 wins
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.5Gemini 3 ProResult
AIME26Source 95.1%—Not comparable
HMMT Feb 2025Source 92.9%—Not comparable
HMMT Nov 2025Source 93.3%—Not comparable
HMMT Feb 2026Source 85.3%—Not comparable
MMAnswerBenchSource 84.0%—Not comparable
FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3)Source 20.690%37.600%Gemini 3 Pro leads
FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4)Source 4.167%18.750%Gemini 3 Pro leads
Multilingual
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.5Gemini 3 ProResult
MMLU-ProXSource 85.7%—Not comparable
NOVA-63Source 56.7%—Not comparable
AA Global-MMLU-LiteSource —92.2%Not comparable
MultimodalGemini 3 Pro wins
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.5Gemini 3 ProResult
MMMU-ProSource 70.6%81%Gemini 3 Pro leads
MathVisionSource 74.3%86.6%Gemini 3 Pro leads
CharXivSource 68.5%81.4%Gemini 3 Pro leads
VideoMMMUSource 84.4%87.6%Gemini 3 Pro leads
ScreenSpot ProSource 45.7%72.7%Gemini 3 Pro leads
V*Source 67.0%88.0%Gemini 3 Pro leads
AA-MMMU-ProSource 71.2%80.2%Gemini 3 Pro leads
Design Arena WebsiteSource 1279—Not comparable
Inst. Following
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.5Gemini 3 ProResult
IFEvalSource 90.9%—Not comparable
IFBenchSource 58%—Not comparable
AA-IFBenchSource 43.0%70.4%Gemini 3 Pro leads
Frequently Asked Questions (4)

Which is better, Claude Opus 4.5 or Gemini 3 Pro?

Gemini 3 Pro is ahead on BenchLM's BenchAlign leaderboard, 67.73 to 64.22. The biggest single separator in this matchup is FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3), where the scores are 20.690% and 37.600%.

Which is better for math, Claude Opus 4.5 or Gemini 3 Pro?

Claude Opus 4.5 has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 57.5 versus 32.9. Inside this category, FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, Claude Opus 4.5 or Gemini 3 Pro?

Claude Opus 4.5 has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 64.4 versus 31.1. Inside this category, CritPt is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multimodal and grounded tasks, Claude Opus 4.5 or Gemini 3 Pro?

Gemini 3 Pro has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 81.1 versus 69.9. Inside this category, ScreenSpot Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

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