# Claude 4 Opus vs Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Claude 4 Opus and Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/claude-4-opus-vs-gemini-2-0-flash-lite
- Last updated: October 14, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 4
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Pick Claude 4 Opus if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Claude 4 Opus leads overall 64 to 43.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is SWE-bench Verified in Coding, with scores of 72.5% and 12.5%.
- Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Claude 4 Opus | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Anthropic | Google |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Non-Reasoning |
| Context | 200K | 1M |
| Overall Score | null | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 5 | 5 |
| Pricing (input/output) | N/A | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude 4 Opus public-lane score: Coming soon
- Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude 4 Opus | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 72.5% | 12.5% | Claude 4 Opus |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude 4 Opus public-lane score: Coming soon
- Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude 4 Opus | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU | 73.7% | 65.1% | Claude 4 Opus |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude 4 Opus public-lane score: Coming soon
- Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude 4 Opus | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 74.9% | 50.5% | Claude 4 Opus |
| MMMLU | 87.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SimpleQA | Coming soon | 16.5% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude 4 Opus public-lane score: Coming soon
- Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude 4 Opus | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2025 | 33.9% | 23.8% | Claude 4 Opus |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Claude 4 Opus or Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite?

Claude 4 Opus is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### How many benchmarks does Claude 4 Opus cover on BenchLM?

Claude 4 Opus currently has 5 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite cover on BenchLM?

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite currently has 5 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

## Related Comparisons

- [Claude 4 Opus vs Claude 4 Opus Thinking](/compare/claude-4-opus-vs-claude-4-opus-thinking)
- [Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite vs Claude 4 Opus Thinking](/compare/claude-4-opus-thinking-vs-gemini-2-0-flash-lite)
- [Claude 4 Opus vs Gemini 2.0 Flash](/compare/claude-4-opus-vs-gemini-2-0-flash)
- [Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite vs Gemini 2.0 Flash](/compare/gemini-2-0-flash-vs-gemini-2-0-flash-lite)

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- [Claude 4 Opus profile](/models/claude-4-opus)
- [Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite profile](/models/gemini-2-0-flash-lite)
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