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Claude 3 Opus vs Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite

2 vs 0 benchmarks won

Anthropic
Claude 3 Opus
Google
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite
Overview
CompanyAnthropicGoogle
Release dateMar 4 2024Jun 17 2025
Model type
Open sourceNoNo
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
50.4%
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
33%
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapClaude 3 Opus shipped 470 days before Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite

Which is better: Claude 3 Opus or Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite?

Claude 3 Opus leads Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite on 2 of the tracked benchmarks (GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, MMMU). Claude 3 Opus shipped 470 days before Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Published specifications for these two models are limited — see each model page for the latest details.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — at least one of these models has not published scores on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU.

Frequently asked questions

When was Claude 3 Opus released?
Claude 3 Opus was released by Anthropic on Mar 4 2024.
When was Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite released?
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite was released by Google on Jun 17 2025.

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