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Claude Opus 4.6 vs Gemini 3.0 Pro Image

2 vs 0 benchmarks won

Anthropic
Claude Opus 4.6
Google
Gemini 3.0 Pro Image
Overview
CompanyAnthropicGoogle
Release dateFeb 5 2026Nov 20 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 3.0 Pro Image shipped 77 days before Claude Opus 4.6

Which is better: Claude Opus 4.6 or Gemini 3.0 Pro Image?

Claude Opus 4.6 leads Gemini 3.0 Pro Image on 2 of the tracked benchmarks (GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, MMMU). Gemini 3.0 Pro Image shipped 77 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 3.0 Pro Image released?
Gemini 3.0 Pro Image was released by Google on Nov 20 2025.

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