Gemini 1.5 Pro is 93% cheaper than Claude 3 Opus on blended 3:1 token pricing. Claude 3 Opus costs $15.00/1M in and $75.00/1M out, while Gemini 1.5 Pro costs $1.25/1M in and $5.00/1M out.
Claude 3 Opus vs Gemini 1.5 Pro
Compare verified input/output token rates, prompt caching discounts, latency tiers, and context limits between Anthropic and Google.
| Metric / Feature | Claude 3 Opus (Anthropic) | Gemini 1.5 Pro (Google) |
|---|---|---|
| Input Price ($ / 1M Tokens) | $15.00 | $1.25 |
| Output Price ($ / 1M Tokens) | $75.00 | $5.00 |
| Prompt Caching Input Rate | $1.500/1M | $0.312/1M |
| Blended 3:1 Rate (Production) | $30.000 / 1M | $2.188 / 1M |
| Max Context Window | 128k | 128k |
| Multimodal Vision | ✅ Supported | ✅ Supported |
| MMLU Benchmark | 86.8% | 85.9% |
| Throughput & Latency | Standard (~22 t/s) | Standard (~35 t/s) |
| Best For | Deep academic research, philosophical analysis, complex multi-document synthesis | Massive codebase analysis, hours of video comprehension, full book translation |
When to Choose Claude 3 Opus
Choose Claude 3 Opus if your workload requires deep academic research, philosophical analysis, complex multi-document synthesis. Ideal for teams needing Anthropic's infrastructure and ecosystem tooling.
When to Choose Gemini 1.5 Pro
Choose Gemini 1.5 Pro if your primary objective is massive codebase analysis, hours of video comprehension, full book translation. Ideal for scaling high-throughput pipelines with Google.
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