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Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8 (batch) vs Google: Gemini 3.5 Flash
Side-by-side comparison of specs, pricing, benchmark scores, and task rankings. Updated 2026-07-29.
| Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8 (batch) | Google: Gemini 3.5 Flash | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | anthropic | |
| Quality Score | 100 | 100 |
| Benchmark Score | 94.3 | 83.3 |
| Input Price | $2.50/M | $1.50/M |
| Output Price | $12.50/M | $9.00/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 | 91.9 | 82.8 |
| ai_index_agentic | 77.8 | 61.8 |
| ai_index_coding | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| eqbench | 83.3 | - |
Who wins by task?
| Task | Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8 (batch) | Google: Gemini 3.5 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| SQL Generation | 177 | 168 |
| Code Review | 178 | 164 |
| Code Completion | 121 | 119 |
| Code Refactoring | 176 | 162 |
| Bug Fixing | 191 | 176 |
| Unit Test Generation | 161 | 152 |
| Code Documentation | 148 | 141 |
| Regex Writing | 138 | 133 |
| CI/CD Pipelines | 151 | 143 |
| Frontend Component Design | 150 | 145 |
| Data Analysis | 176 | 167 |
| CSV / Spreadsheet Cleanup | 158 | 153 |
| ETL Scripting | 163 | 152 |
| JSON Extraction | 138 | 138 |
| Bulk Data Labeling | 123 | 124 |
| OCR / Document Parsing | 149 | 146 |
| Table Extraction from PDFs | 149 | 146 |
| Long-Document Summarization | 170 | 157 |
| Short-Form Summarization | 123 | 121 |
| Blog Post Writing | 146 | 138 |
Scores reflect capability match + benchmark data + pricing for each task. Methodology →
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