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Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Claude Opus 5

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Language Models · verified 13 Aug 2026

Gemini 3.6 FlashGooglecurrent
Claude Opus 5Anthropiccurrent
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SpecificationGemini 3.6 FlashClaude Opus 5
SummaryCheaper and more efficient than its predecessor.Complex agentic coding and enterprise work at half the cost of Fable 5.
Context—1M
Input ($/Mtok)—$5
Output ($/Mtok)—$25
LicenceProprietaryProprietary
Max output—128K
Released21 Jul 202624 Jul 2026
Model ID—claude-opus-5
CategoryLanguage ModelsLanguage Models
OfficialGoogle ↗Anthropic ↗

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Gemini 3.6 Flash

  • Fewer wasted reasoning steps and tool calls

Best for cost-sensitive scale.

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Claude Opus 5

  • Thinking on by default — a step change over Opus 4.8
  • 512-token prompt-cache minimum, down from 1024
  • Separate rate-limit bucket from the Opus 4.x pool

Best for agentic coding.

Full spec sheet →