Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads with 14.2% higher average benchmark score. Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite offers 714.1K more tokens in context window than Claude 3 Opus. Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is $89.50 cheaper per million tokens. Claude 3 Opus is available on 3 providers. Overall, Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
Anthropic
Claude 3 Opus was developed as the most capable model in the Claude 3 family, designed to set new industry benchmarks across a wide range of cognitive tasks. Built to handle complex analysis and extended tasks requiring deep reasoning, it balanced frontier intelligence with careful safety considerations, representing the flagship tier of the Claude 3 generation.
Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite was created as the most efficient option in the Gemini 2.5 family, designed to provide cutting-edge capabilities with minimal computational overhead. Built for applications where cost and latency are primary concerns, it extends advanced multimodal understanding to resource-conscious deployments.
1 year newer

Claude 3 Opus
Anthropic
2024-02-29

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite
2025-06-17
Cost per million tokens (USD)

Claude 3 Opus

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 1 common benchmarks

Claude 3 Opus

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite
2025-01-01
Available providers and their performance metrics

Claude 3 Opus
Anthropic
Bedrock

Claude 3 Opus

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite

Claude 3 Opus

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite