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Claude Opus 4.5 vs Gemma 3

Anthropic
Claude Opus 4.5
Google
Gemma 3
Overview
CompanyAnthropicGoogle
Release dateNov 24 2025Mar 12 2025
AccessProprietaryOpen Weight
Benchmarks
Nonsense detection
BullshitBench v2
90%
Coding
SWE-Bench Verified
80.9%
Science
GPQA Diamond
87%
Timeline
Release gapGemma 3 shipped 257 days before Claude Opus 4.5

Which is better: Claude Opus 4.5 or Gemma 3?

Claude Opus 4.5 and Gemma 3 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Gemma 3 shipped 257 days before Claude Opus 4.5, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Claude Opus 4.5 is proprietary, while Gemma 3 is open weight.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Claude Opus 4.5 and Gemma 3 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.

Gemma 3 was released by Google on Mar 12 2025.

Claude Opus 4.5 is a proprietary model released by Anthropic. Gemma 3 is an open weight model released by Google.

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