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Claude Opus 4.5 vs Bard

Anthropic
Claude Opus 4.5
Google
Bard
Overview
CompanyAnthropicGoogle
Release dateNov 24 2025Mar 21 2023
AccessProprietaryProprietary
Benchmarks
Nonsense detection
BullshitBench v2
90%
Coding
SWE-Bench Verified
80.9%
Science
GPQA Diamond
87%
Timeline
Release gapBard shipped 979 days before Claude Opus 4.5

Which is better: Claude Opus 4.5 or Bard?

Claude Opus 4.5 and Bard don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Bard shipped 979 days before Claude Opus 4.5, 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 — Claude Opus 4.5 and Bard don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.

Frequently asked questions

Claude Opus 4.5 was released by Anthropic on Nov 24 2025.

Bard was released by Google on Mar 21 2023.

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