# Claude Opus 4.6 vs Gemma 4 31B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Claude Opus 4.6 and Gemma 4 31B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/claude-opus-4-6-vs-gemma-4-31b
- Last updated: October 10, 2026

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

## Quick Verdict

Claude Opus 4.6 leads by point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence. Choose using the category evidence and your own workload tests.

## Summary

- Claude Opus 4.6 has the higher overall point estimate 62.12 to 40.15. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The clearest category separation is in instruction following, where the averages are 52.4 for Claude Opus 4.6 and 92.9 for Gemma 4 31B.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Gert Labs in Agentic, with scores of 61.85% and 35.26%.
- Gemma 4 31B is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Claude Opus 4.6 also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Claude Opus 4.6 | Gemma 4 31B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Anthropic | Google |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 256K |
| Overall Score | 62.12 | 40.15 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 36 | 10 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $5.00 / $25.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Directional only
- Claude Opus 4.6 public-lane score: 44.3 (Supported · #54/123)
- Gemma 4 31B public-lane score: 18.6 (Estimated · #105/123)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 | Gemma 4 31B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 65.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 83.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | 72.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AndroidWorld | 62.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | 70.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSearchQA | 73.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CyberGym | 66.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | 61.85% | 35.26% | Claude Opus 4.6 |
| ResearchClawBench | 19.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| JobBench | 36.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ApprenticeBench | 5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Claude Opus 4.6
- Claude Opus 4.6 public-lane score: 47 (Supported · #49/146)
- Gemma 4 31B public-lane score: 32.4 (Supported · #87/146)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 | Gemma 4 31B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 80.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified* | 75.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench Pro | 70.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 53.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-Rebench | 65.3% | 41.6% | Claude Opus 4.6 |
| React Native Evals | 84.1% | 75.2% | Claude Opus 4.6 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 65.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Vibe Code Bench | 57.57% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierCode 1.1 Main | 26.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 80.0% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Opus 4.6 public-lane score: 72.1 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Gemma 4 31B public-lane score: 66.7 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 | Gemma 4 31B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MRCRv2 | Coming soon | 66.4% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Tie
- Claude Opus 4.6 public-lane score: 74.5 (#25/54)
- Gemma 4 31B public-lane score: 74.3 (#26/54)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 | Gemma 4 31B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | 77.3% | 76.9% | Claude Opus 4.6 |
| ERQA | 51.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ScreenSpot Pro | 83.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MedXpertQA (MM) | 64.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Directional only
- Claude Opus 4.6 public-lane score: 58.9 (Estimated · #48/177)
- Gemma 4 31B public-lane score: 40.9 (Supported · #107/177)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 | Gemma 4 31B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 91.3% | 84.3% | Claude Opus 4.6 |
| GPQA-D | 89.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | 95% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | 82% | 85.2% | Gemma 4 31B |
| MMLU-Pro (Arcee) | 89.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 53% | 26.5% | Claude Opus 4.6 |
| HLE w/o tools | 40% | 19.5% | Claude Opus 4.6 |
| HealthBench Hard | 14.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MedXpertQA (Text) | 52.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Directional only
- Claude Opus 4.6 public-lane score: 52.4 (#79/127)
- Gemma 4 31B public-lane score: 92.9 (#15/127)

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Opus 4.6 public-lane score: 59 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- Gemma 4 31B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 | Gemma 4 31B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME25 (Arcee) | 99.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 40.700% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 22.900% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Claude Opus 4.6 or Gemma 4 31B?

Claude Opus 4.6 has the higher overall point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.

### Where is the biggest gap between Claude Opus 4.6 and Gemma 4 31B?

The widest category gap is in instruction following, where the averages are 52.4 for Claude Opus 4.6 and 92.9 for Gemma 4 31B.

### How many benchmarks does Claude Opus 4.6 cover on BenchLM?

Claude Opus 4.6 currently has 36 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Gemma 4 31B cover on BenchLM?

Gemma 4 31B currently has 10 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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