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Claude Opus 4.6 vs Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite

2 vs 0 benchmarks won

Anthropic
Claude Opus 4.6
Google
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite
Overview
CompanyAnthropicGoogle
Release dateFeb 5 2026Jun 17 2025
Model type
Open sourceNoNo
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
91.3%
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
80.8%
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapGemini 2.5 Flash-Lite shipped 233 days before Claude Opus 4.6

Which is better: Claude Opus 4.6 or Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite?

Claude Opus 4.6 leads Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite on 2 of the tracked benchmarks (GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, MMMU). Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite shipped 233 days before Claude Opus 4.6, 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 Opus 4.6 released?
Claude Opus 4.6 was released by Anthropic on Feb 5 2026.
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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