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Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8 (batch) vs Google: Gemini 3.5 Flash (batch)
Side-by-side comparison of specs, pricing, benchmark scores, and task rankings. Updated 2026-09-23.
| Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8 (batch) | Google: Gemini 3.5 Flash (batch) | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | anthropic | |
| Quality Score | 100 | 100 |
| Benchmark Score | 84.3 | 53.5 |
| Input Price | $2.50/M | $0.75/M |
| Output Price | $12.50/M | $4.50/M |
| Context Window | 1,000,000 | 1,048,576 |
| Max Output | 128,000 | 65,536 |
| Tool Calling | ✓ | ✓ |
| Structured Output | ✓ | ✓ |
| Reasoning Mode | ✓ | ✓ |
| Vision | ✓ | ✓ |
| Audio | - | ✓ |
| Benchmark Scores | ||
| ai_index | 69.0 | 53.8 |
| eqbench | 83.3 | - |
Who wins by task?
| Task | Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8 (batch) | Google: Gemini 3.5 Flash (batch) |
|---|---|---|
| SQL Generation | 146 | 139 |
| Code Review | 155 | 142 |
| Code Completion | 120 | 132 |
| Code Refactoring | 157 | 144 |
| Bug Fixing | 159 | 146 |
| Unit Test Generation | 138 | 130 |
| Code Documentation | 141 | 135 |
| Regex Writing | 127 | 124 |
| CI/CD Pipelines | 134 | 126 |
| Frontend Component Design | 133 | 128 |
| Data Analysis | 139 | 132 |
| CSV / Spreadsheet Cleanup | 140 | 135 |
| ETL Scripting | 146 | 135 |
| JSON Extraction | 121 | 130 |
| Bulk Data Labeling | 117 | 128 |
| OCR / Document Parsing | 136 | 133 |
| Table Extraction from PDFs | 136 | 133 |
| Long-Document Summarization | 158 | 146 |
| Short-Form Summarization | 118 | 125 |
| Blog Post Writing | 134 | 127 |
Scores reflect capability match + benchmark data + pricing for each task. Methodology →
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