Claude Opus 4 vs Gemini 3.1 Flash
Anthropic Claude Opus 4 | Google Gemini 3.1 Flash | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Company | Anthropic | |
| Release date | May 22 2025 | Feb 26 2026 |
| Access | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Benchmarks | ||
Nonsense detection BullshitBench v2Given a confidently-worded but nonsensical prompt, does the AI spot that it makes no sense and push back — instead of playing along and inventing an answer? The score is how often it clearly called out the nonsense. Higher is better. | 34% | — |
Coding SWE-Bench VerifiedReal coding tasks pulled from open-source projects — the AI has to find and fix actual bugs. A human-checked version of the original SWE-Bench. Higher is better. | 72.5% | — |
Science GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions in biology, physics, and chemistry — hard enough that subject-matter PhDs score around 65%. Higher is better. | 79.6% | — |
| Timeline | ||
| Release gap | Claude Opus 4 shipped 280 days before Gemini 3.1 Flash | |
Which is better: Claude Opus 4 or Gemini 3.1 Flash?
Claude Opus 4 and Gemini 3.1 Flash don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Claude Opus 4 shipped 280 days before Gemini 3.1 Flash, 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 3.1 Flash 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 3.1 Flash was released by Google on Feb 26 2026.
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