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Claude Opus 4.1 vs Gemma 4

Anthropic
Claude Opus 4.1
Google
Gemma 4
Overview
CompanyAnthropicGoogle
Release dateAug 5 2025Apr 2 2026
AccessProprietaryOpen Weight
Benchmarks
Nonsense detection
BullshitBench v2
43%
Coding
SWE-Bench Verified
74.5%
Science
GPQA Diamond
80.9%
Timeline
Release gapClaude Opus 4.1 shipped 240 days before Gemma 4

Which is better: Claude Opus 4.1 or Gemma 4?

Claude Opus 4.1 and Gemma 4 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Claude Opus 4.1 shipped 240 days before Gemma 4, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Claude Opus 4.1 is proprietary, while Gemma 4 is open weight.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Claude Opus 4.1 and Gemma 4 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.

Frequently asked questions

Claude Opus 4.1 was released by Anthropic on Aug 5 2025.

Gemma 4 was released by Google on Apr 2 2026.

Claude Opus 4.1 is a proprietary model released by Anthropic. Gemma 4 is an open weight model released by Google.

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