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Claude Opus 4 vs Gemini 1.5 Pro-002

Anthropic
Claude Opus 4
Google
Gemini 1.5 Pro-002
Overview
CompanyAnthropicGoogle
Release dateMay 22 2025Sep 24 2024
AccessProprietaryProprietary
Benchmarks
Nonsense detection
BullshitBench v2
34%
Coding
SWE-Bench Verified
72.5%
Science
GPQA Diamond
79.6%
Timeline
Release gapGemini 1.5 Pro-002 shipped 240 days before Claude Opus 4

Which is better: Claude Opus 4 or Gemini 1.5 Pro-002?

Claude Opus 4 and Gemini 1.5 Pro-002 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Gemini 1.5 Pro-002 shipped 240 days before Claude Opus 4, 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 and Gemini 1.5 Pro-002 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.

Frequently asked questions

Claude Opus 4 was released by Anthropic on May 22 2025.

Gemini 1.5 Pro-002 was released by Google on Sep 24 2024.

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