Gemini 2.5 Pro vs Claude Opus 4.6
Google vs Anthropic · Prices checked 12 August 2026
There is a 2.8× price gap here. Gemini 2.5 Pro blends to $3.88 per million tokens; Claude Opus 4.6 to $11.00. A single 100K-input, 10K-output job costs $0.225 on Gemini 2.5 Pro against $0.750 on Claude Opus 4.6.
Capability favours Gemini 2.5 Pro, ahead on 4 of 6 suites they both publish. The widest gap is on LMArena Elo, where Gemini 2.5 Pro leads by 11 points. Neither has a context advantage; both cap at 1,000,000 tokens. Gemini 2.5 Pro was released 2025; Claude Opus 4.6 Nov 2025.
Pricing and capacity
| Metric | Gemini 2.5 Pro | Claude Opus 4.6 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Input / 1M tokens | $1.25 | $5.00 | 4.0× |
| Output / 1M tokens | $10.00 | $25.00 | 2.5× |
| Blended · 70/30calculated | $3.88 | $11.00 | 2.8× |
| Blended · 50/50calculated | $5.63 | $15.00 | 2.7× |
| Blended · 80/20calculated | $3.00 | $9.00 | 3.0× |
| Blended · 20/80calculated | $8.25 | $21.00 | 2.5× |
| Job cost · 100K + 10Kcalculated | $0.225 | $0.750 | 3.3× |
| Job cost · 1M + 100Kcalculated | $2.25 | $7.50 | 3.3× |
| Context window | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 | level |
Input and output rates are as published by each provider. Blended and job-cost rows are calculated comparison metrics, not published prices — how they are derived.
Benchmarks
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Pro | Claude Opus 4.6 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU | 89% | 88% | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| GPQA Diamond | 84% | 79% | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| MATH | 93% | 92% | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| HumanEval | 92% | 95% | Claude Opus 4.6 |
| SWE-bench Verified | 64% | 72% | Claude Opus 4.6 |
| LMArena Elo | 1389 Elo | 1378 Elo | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
Only suites both models report are listed, so a missing score is never shown as a loss. Figures are provider-published or from public leaderboards and are not independently re-run.
What each model is for
Gemini 2.5 Pro
Google · Frontier
Google's flagship Gemini. 1M-token context, native multimodal across text, image, audio and video, with thinking enabled.
- 1M context (2M in private beta)
- Native video + audio understanding
- Strong reasoning with thinking
- Tight Google ecosystem
Claude Opus 4.6
Anthropic · Previous
The flagship of the Claude 4 generation. 1M-token context is GA, and Opus 4.6 leads on agentic coding, long-horizon reasoning and tool-use reliability.
- Agentic coding (Claude Code)
- 1M-token context, GA
- Tool use & function calling
- Multi-step reasoning
Frequently asked questions
Which is cheaper, Gemini 2.5 Pro or Claude Opus 4.6?
There is a 2.8× price gap here. Gemini 2.5 Pro blends to $3.88 per million tokens; Claude Opus 4.6 to $11.00. A single 100K-input, 10K-output job costs $0.225 on Gemini 2.5 Pro against $0.750 on Claude Opus 4.6. Blended cost weights input at 70% and output at 30%; price your own token split for an exact answer, since the cheaper model on a blended basis is not always cheaper for your workload.
Which performs better, Gemini 2.5 Pro or Claude Opus 4.6?
Capability favours Gemini 2.5 Pro, ahead on 4 of 6 suites they both publish. The widest gap is on LMArena Elo, where Gemini 2.5 Pro leads by 11 points. These are the figures each provider or public leaderboard publishes, not results we re-run, and a benchmark average can hide the specific behaviour your workload depends on.
Which has the larger context window, Gemini 2.5 Pro or Claude Opus 4.6?
Neither has a context advantage; both cap at 1,000,000 tokens. The context window caps everything in a single request: prompt, retrieved documents, conversation history and the model’s own output all share it.
Can I compare Gemini 2.5 Pro and Claude Opus 4.6 on my own numbers?
Yes. Open both in the side-by-side comparison tool to see every field at once, or use the token calculator to price your actual prompt and monthly request volume against each model. Both are free and need no sign-up.
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Prices and scores are recomputed on every deploy from the catalogue. Prices checked 12 August 2026.