Model comparison
Claude Opus 4.7 vs Gemini 3.5 Flash
Claude Opus 4.7 is the stronger model overall, scoring 58.3 to 54.2 on the Noometry Index. Gemini 3.5 Flash costs 3.0× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Claude Opus 4.7's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 51 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 51 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude Opus 4.7 scores higher in 7 categories and Gemini 3.5 Flash in 3 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in agentic & tool use, where Claude Opus 4.7 leads 47.9 to 24.7.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 39% for Claude Opus 4.7 and 92.6% for Gemini 3.5 Flash.
- Gemini 3.5 Flash is cheaper at $1.50 / $9 per million input/output tokens, against $5 / $25 for Claude Opus 4.7.
- Gemini 3.5 Flash accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 1M.
Side by side
| Claude Opus 4.7 | Gemini 3.5 Flash | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | |
| Noometry Index | 58.3 | 54.2 |
| Released | 2026-04-14 | 2026-05-19 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 1M | 1.05M |
| Max output | 128K | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $5 | $1.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $25 | $9 |
| Results tracked | 66 | 54 |
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Category by category
Coding Claude Opus 4.7 leads
Claude Opus 4.7: 59.6 (#13), Gemini 3.5 Flash: 49.4 (#49)
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified | 83.5% | 79.3% |
| LMArena WebDev | 1558 | 1499 |
| SciCode | 54.5% | 53.1% |
| WeirdML | 76.4% | 62.6% |
| LMArena Coding | 1518 | 1492 |
| ALE-Bench | 1,323 | 911.02 |
| DeepSWE | — | 37.4% |
| FrontierCode | 38.5% | — |
| GSO | 44.1% | — |
| MirrorCode | 31.1% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Claude Opus 4.7 leads
Claude Opus 4.7: 47.9 (#10), Gemini 3.5 Flash: 24.7 (#114)
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 49.2% | 27.5% |
| GBAEval | 43.8% | 6.7% |
| GDP.pdf | 21% | 14% |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 10,937 | 5,396 |
| Terminal-Bench | 80.2% | — |
| OSWorld 2.0 | 18.2% | — |
| τ²-bench Banking | 40.2% | — |
| PostTrainBench | 28.6% | — |
| ExploitBench | 26.5% | — |
| LMArena Search | 1233 | — |
Reasoning Gemini 3.5 Flash leads
Claude Opus 4.7: 53.8 (#29), Gemini 3.5 Flash: 62.8 (#18)
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 75.8% | 72.1% |
| SimpleBench | 61.7% | 76.7% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 39% | 92.6% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 93.5% | 92.5% |
| CritPt | 12% | 13.1% |
| Chess Puzzles | 30% | 50% |
| EBR-Bench | 19% | 4.8% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1506 | 1488 |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 28% | 32% |
| DTBench | 94.7% | 94.7% |
| LMCA | 52.2% | 47.1% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 156.25 | 154.46 |
| ForecastBench | 60.3 | 59 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 80.7% | — |
| EnigmaEval | — | 25.4% |
| Thematic Generalization | 72.8% | — |
| Surface Evolver Bench | — | 58.1% |
Math Claude Opus 4.7 leads
Claude Opus 4.7: 66.7 (#26), Gemini 3.5 Flash: 60.7 (#36)
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 70.2% | 62.8% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 31.7% | 26.8% |
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | 73.6% | 76.3% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 97.8% | 95.6% |
| ProofBench | 54% | 31% |
| LMArena Math | 1499 | 1504 |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 43.8% | 39% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | 22.9% | 14.6% |
Knowledge Gemini 3.5 Flash leads
Claude Opus 4.7: 62.6 (#23), Gemini 3.5 Flash: 66.3 (#11)
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 90.2% | 92.8% |
| SimpleQA Verified | 51.7% | 66.2% |
| LMArena Expert | 1521 | 1495 |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 36.2% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 12% | — |
Multimodal Gemini 3.5 Flash leads
Claude Opus 4.7: 41.2 (#38), Gemini 3.5 Flash: 45.7 (#15)
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1316 | 1310 |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | 24.5% | 33.6% |
| LMArena Document | 1495 | 1463 |
| Furniture Assembly | 33.3% | — |
Multilingual Too close to call
Claude Opus 4.7: 57.3 (#10), Gemini 3.5 Flash: 57.0 (#13)
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1480 | 1476 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1531 | 1526 |
| LMArena French | 1503 | 1490 |
| LMArena German | 1495 | 1492 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1472 | 1486 |
| LMArena Korean | 1464 | 1451 |
| LMArena Russian | 1494 | 1493 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1495 | 1480 |
Instruction Following Claude Opus 4.7 leads
Claude Opus 4.7: 78.4 (#10), Gemini 3.5 Flash: 77.0 (#30)
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1498 | 1467 |
Long Context Too close to call
Claude Opus 4.7: 46.2 (#25), Gemini 3.5 Flash: 45.4 (#38)
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1505 | 1482 |
Writing & Preference Claude Opus 4.7 leads
Claude Opus 4.7: 75.1 (#8), Gemini 3.5 Flash: 65.5 (#47)
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1490 | 1482 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1486 | 1470 |
| EQ-Bench 4 | 1311 | 1087 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1505 | 1481 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1914 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Claude Opus 4.7 better than Gemini 3.5 Flash?
Claude Opus 4.7 is the stronger model overall, scoring 58.3 to 54.2 on the Noometry Index. Gemini 3.5 Flash costs 3.0× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Claude Opus 4.7's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Claude Opus 4.7 or Gemini 3.5 Flash?
Gemini 3.5 Flash is cheaper. It lists at $1.50 per million input tokens and $9 per million output tokens; Claude Opus 4.7 lists at $5 and $25.
Is Claude Opus 4.7 or Gemini 3.5 Flash better for coding?
Claude Opus 4.7 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 59.6 versus 49.4 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Gemini 3.5 Flash does, with 1.05M tokens against 1M.
How many benchmarks do Claude Opus 4.7 and Gemini 3.5 Flash share?
51 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude Opus 4.7 has 66 scored results on Noometry and Gemini 3.5 Flash has 54.