Model comparison
Claude Opus 4.1 vs Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite
Claude Opus 4.1 and Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite score almost the same on the Noometry Index (41.0 vs 40.8), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 32 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 32 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude Opus 4.1 scores higher in 7 categories and Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite in 3 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads 40.7 to 22.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is Chess Puzzles: 7% for Claude Opus 4.1 and 25% for Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite.
- Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite is cheaper at $0.25 / $1.50 per million input/output tokens, against $15 / $75 for Claude Opus 4.1.
- Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 200K.
Side by side
| Claude Opus 4.1 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | |
| Noometry Index | 41.0 | 40.8 |
| Released | 2025-08-05 | 2026-03-03 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 200K | 1.05M |
| Max output | 32K | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $15 | $0.25 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $75 | $1.50 |
| Results tracked | 48 | 38 |
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Category by category
Coding Claude Opus 4.1 leads
Claude Opus 4.1: 44.4 (#73), Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 37.8 (#188)
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.1 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1390 | 1256 |
| WeirdML | 45.9% | 52.2% |
| LMArena Coding | 1479 | 1400 |
| ALE-Bench | 674.77 | 797.73 |
| SWE-bench Verified | 73.3% | — |
| SciCode | — | 41.9% |
| AlgoTune | 1.34 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Claude Opus 4.1 leads
Claude Opus 4.1: 35.0 (#41), Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 30.2 (#79)
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.1 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite |
|---|---|---|
| DeepResearch Bench | 48.3% | 37.3% |
| Terminal-Bench | 38% | — |
| GDPval | 43.6% | — |
| Cybench | 42% | — |
| LMArena Search | 1148 | — |
| METR Time Horizons | 66.8% | — |
Reasoning Claude Opus 4.1 leads
Claude Opus 4.1: 32.2 (#76), Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 22.9 (#186)
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.1 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | 7% | 25% |
| EnigmaEval | 7.2% | 3% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1443 | 1407 |
| DTBench | 80% | 76.8% |
| LMCA | 37.1% | 35% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 144.12 | 144.47 |
| ForecastBench | 62 | 54.4 |
| SimpleBench | 60% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 67.2% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 8.2% |
| CritPt | — | 1.1% |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 63.3% |
| EBR-Bench | 7.9% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 21% | — |
Math Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads
Claude Opus 4.1: 22.3 (#277), Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 40.7 (#90)
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.1 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 12.6% | 27.7% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 68.9% | 80% |
| LMArena Math | 1431 | 1428 |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 2.4% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 7.2% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | 4.2% | — |
Knowledge Too close to call
Claude Opus 4.1: 42.0 (#101), Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 41.9 (#104)
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.1 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 77.3% | 81.8% |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 11.5% | 8.6% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 11.8% | 8.2% |
| LMArena Expert | 1439 | 1398 |
| Confabulations | 17.1% | — |
Multimodal Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads
Claude Opus 4.1: 26.8 (#119), Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 39.4 (#60)
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.1 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1240 |
| VPCT | 35% | — |
Multilingual Too close to call
Claude Opus 4.1: 52.0 (#95), Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 52.3 (#86)
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.1 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1405 | 1411 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1427 | 1461 |
| LMArena French | 1431 | 1424 |
| LMArena German | 1413 | 1429 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1378 | 1413 |
| LMArena Korean | 1380 | 1392 |
| LMArena Russian | 1422 | 1420 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1448 | 1421 |
Instruction Following Claude Opus 4.1 leads
Claude Opus 4.1: 75.6 (#58), Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 72.7 (#131)
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.1 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1435 | 1377 |
Long Context Claude Opus 4.1 leads
Claude Opus 4.1: 44.5 (#63), Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 42.5 (#122)
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.1 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1455 | 1394 |
Writing & Preference Claude Opus 4.1 leads
Claude Opus 4.1: 62.4 (#74), Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 60.9 (#94)
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.1 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1419 | 1416 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1412 | 1401 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1444 | 1417 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 84.7% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Claude Opus 4.1 better than Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite?
Claude Opus 4.1 and Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite score almost the same on the Noometry Index (41.0 vs 40.8), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Which is cheaper, Claude Opus 4.1 or Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite?
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite is cheaper. It lists at $0.25 per million input tokens and $1.50 per million output tokens; Claude Opus 4.1 lists at $15 and $75.
Is Claude Opus 4.1 or Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite better for coding?
Claude Opus 4.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 44.4 versus 37.8 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite does, with 1.05M tokens against 200K.
How many benchmarks do Claude Opus 4.1 and Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite share?
32 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude Opus 4.1 has 48 scored results on Noometry and Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite has 38.