# Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive) vs Gemini 3.8 Flash

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive) and Gemini 3.8 Flash across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/claude-opus-4-6-thinking-vs-gemini-3-8-flash
- Last updated: October 17, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 2
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive) and Gemini 3.8 Flash share only 2 sourced benchmark rows.

## Summary

- Only 2 shared sourced benchmark rows are available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive) | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Anthropic | Google |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | null | 69.25 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 3 | 31 |
| Pricing (input/output) | N/A | $0.75 / $3.75 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive) public-lane score: 45.9 (Estimated · #56/128)
- Gemini 3.8 Flash public-lane score: 65.9 (Supported · #16/128)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive) | Gemini 3.8 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Finance Agent v2 | Coming soon | 61.4% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 89.4% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 4.0 | Coming soon | 19.10% | Coming soon |
| OSWorld 2.0 | Coming soon | 59.0% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | Coming soon | 81.3% | Coming soon |
| ApprenticeBench | Coming soon | 24% | Coming soon |
| Hermes Index | Coming soon | 38.1% | Coming soon |
| Hermes Bench | Coming soon | 62.2% | Coming soon |
| MazeBench | Coming soon | 4% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive) public-lane score: 49 (Estimated · #45/150)
- Gemini 3.8 Flash public-lane score: 61 (Supported · #17/150)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive) | Gemini 3.8 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Vibe Code Bench | 53.50% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | Coming soon | 73.8% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 89.4% | Coming soon |
| CursorBench 3.2 | Coming soon | 69.2% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | Coming soon | 89.5% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 80.0% | Coming soon |
| FrontierSWE v2 | Coming soon | 19.6% | Coming soon |
| CursorBench 4.0 | Coming soon | 39.6% | Coming soon |
| Bug Hunt Bench | Coming soon | 18.0 fixes | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive) public-lane score: 66.6 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Gemini 3.8 Flash public-lane score: 74.3 (#17/28)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive) | Gemini 3.8 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-1 | 93.00% | 98.50% | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 68.8% | 89.2% | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| ARC-AGI-3 | Coming soon | 10.4% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive) public-lane score: Coming soon
- Gemini 3.8 Flash public-lane score: 87.3 (#9/54)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive) | Gemini 3.8 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CharXiv w/o tools | Coming soon | 86.2% | Coming soon |
| LVBench | Coming soon | 87.1% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive) public-lane score: Coming soon
- Gemini 3.8 Flash public-lane score: 73.5 (Supported · #13/184)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive) | Gemini 3.8 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| HLE-Verified | Coming soon | 54.9% | Coming soon |
| LABBench2 | Coming soon | 86.2% | Coming soon |
| BioMysteryBench (human-solvable) | Coming soon | 88.8% | Coming soon |
| BioMysteryBench (human-difficult) | Coming soon | 56.5% | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | Coming soon | 94.4% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | Coming soon | 90.2% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive) public-lane score: Coming soon
- Gemini 3.8 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive) | Gemini 3.8 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Gray Swan IPI (15 attempts) | Coming soon | 5.5% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive) public-lane score: Coming soon
- Gemini 3.8 Flash public-lane score: 69.7 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive) | Gemini 3.8 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | Coming soon | 68.421% | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | Coming soon | 21.951% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive) and Gemini 3.8 Flash?

Not yet. The models share only 2 sourced benchmark rows, so this mirror reports the available measurements and metadata without naming a broad winner.

### What can I compare safely on this page?

Published pricing, context windows, model type, and individual shared benchmark rows are directly comparable. Independent overall scores and non-overlapping benchmark coverage are labeled separately and should not be read as a controlled head-to-head result.

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