# Claude Opus 4.7 vs Gemini 3.6 Flash

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Claude Opus 4.7 and Gemini 3.6 Flash across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/claude-opus-4-7-vs-gemini-3-6-flash
- Last updated: September 4, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 5
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Pick Claude Opus 4.7 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Gemini 3.6 Flash only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Claude Opus 4.7 leads overall 70.22 to 70.11.
- The clearest category separation is in agentic, where the averages are 58.5 for Claude Opus 4.7 and 50.7 for Gemini 3.6 Flash.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) in Agentic, with scores of 68.5% and 73.8%.
- Gemini 3.6 Flash is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Claude Opus 4.7 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Anthropic | Google |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Overall Score | 70.22 | 70.11 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 13 | 8 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $5.00 / $25.00 | $1.50 / $7.50 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Claude Opus 4.7
- Claude Opus 4.7 public-lane score: 58.5 (Supported · #33/151)
- Gemini 3.6 Flash public-lane score: 50.7 (Supported · #60/151)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Gert Labs | 65.59% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ResearchClawBench | 20.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld 2.0 | 13.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 68.5% | 73.8% | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| OSWorld-Verified | Coming soon | 83% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Claude Opus 4.7
- Claude Opus 4.7 public-lane score: 62.7 (Supported · #15/183)
- Gemini 3.6 Flash public-lane score: 58.9 (Supported · #30/183)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Vibe Code Bench | 71.00% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| React Native Evals | 82.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierCode 1.1 Main | 38.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 85.1% | 88.1% | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 82.0% | 79.6% | Claude Opus 4.7 |
| deepSwe | Coming soon | 49% | Coming soon |
| cursorBench32 | Coming soon | 53.5% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Opus 4.7 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Gemini 3.6 Flash public-lane score: 82.3 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Opus 4.7 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Gemini 3.6 Flash public-lane score: 77.8 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Opus 4.7 public-lane score: 64.9 (Estimated · #26/181)
- Gemini 3.6 Flash public-lane score: 68.6 (Supported · #18/181)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 90.2% | 93.4% | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 89.9% | 89.3% | Claude Opus 4.7 |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Opus 4.7 public-lane score: 60.8 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Gemini 3.6 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 43.793% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 22.917% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Claude Opus 4.7 or Gemini 3.6 Flash?

Claude Opus 4.7 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Claude Opus 4.7 and Gemini 3.6 Flash?

The widest category gap is in agentic, where the averages are 58.5 for Claude Opus 4.7 and 50.7 for Gemini 3.6 Flash.

### How many benchmarks does Claude Opus 4.7 cover on BenchLM?

Claude Opus 4.7 currently has 13 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Gemini 3.6 Flash cover on BenchLM?

Gemini 3.6 Flash currently has 8 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

## Related Comparisons

- [Claude Opus 4.7 vs Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive)](/compare/claude-opus-4-7-vs-claude-opus-4-7-adaptive)
- [Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive)](/compare/claude-opus-4-7-adaptive-vs-gemini-3-6-flash)
- [Claude Opus 4.7 vs Claude Fable 5.1](/compare/claude-fable-5-1-vs-claude-opus-4-7)
- [Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Claude Fable 5.1](/compare/claude-fable-5-1-vs-gemini-3-6-flash)

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