Claude 3 OpusvsGemini 3.0 Pro
Claude 3 Opus | Gemini 3.0 Pro | |
|---|---|---|
| Benchmarks | ||
Coding SWE-Bench VerifiedReal coding tasks pulled from open-source projects — the AI has to find and fix actual bugs. A human-checked version of the original SWE-Bench. Higher is better. | 33% | 76.2%Best |
Next.js coding Next.js EvalsVercel's open eval of how well AI coding agents build and migrate real Next.js apps — measured as the share of tasks the agent completes successfully. Higher is better. | — | 67% |
Abstract reasoning ARC-AGI-2Puzzle-style tests of abstract reasoning and pattern-finding — the kind of thing people find easy but AIs often struggle with. Higher is better. | — | 31.1% |
Science GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions in biology, physics, and chemistry — hard enough that subject-matter PhDs score around 65%. Higher is better. | 50.4% | 91.9%Best |
Multimodal MMMUTests the AI on understanding images and text together across many college subjects. Higher is better. | — | 81% |
Community preference Arena Elo (Text)Real people chat with two anonymous AIs side by side and vote for the answer they prefer. Votes become a chess-style Elo rating on arena.ai — it measures which AI people actually like, not test scores. Higher is better. | — | 1486 |
Community preference (code) Arena Elo (Code)Like the text arena, but people vote on which AI writes better code. The votes become a chess-style Elo rating on arena.ai. Higher is better. | — | 1439 |
| Overview | ||
| Company | Anthropic | |
| Release date | Mar 4 2024 | Nov 18 2025 |
| Access | Proprietary | Proprietary |
Which is better: Claude 3 Opus or Gemini 3.0 Pro?
Gemini 3.0 Pro leads Claude 3 Opus on 2 of the 2 benchmarks they both report (SWE-Bench Verified, GPQA Diamond). Claude 3 Opus shipped 624 days before Gemini 3.0 Pro, 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.
On SWE-Bench Verified, Gemini 3.0 Pro leads at 76.2% vs Claude 3 Opus at 33%. On GPQA Diamond, Gemini 3.0 Pro leads at 91.9% vs Claude 3 Opus at 50.4%.
Frequently asked questions
Claude 3 Opus was released by Anthropic on Mar 4 2024.
Gemini 3.0 Pro was released by Google on Nov 18 2025.
Gemini 3.0 Pro leads on SWE-Bench Verified — Claude 3 Opus 33% vs Gemini 3.0 Pro 76.2%.
Gemini 3.0 Pro leads on GPQA Diamond — Claude 3 Opus 50.4% vs Gemini 3.0 Pro 91.9%.