Gemini 3.8 Flash vs Claude Opus 5: Release Comparison
Comparison of the Gemini 3.8 Flash and Claude Opus 5 releases: 3 and 5 models respectively, each with different intelligence, performance, and pricing characteristics. Below is a comparison of the key metrics across all 8 models.
- For intelligence, Claude Opus 5 scores highest: Claude Opus 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort) at 51, against Gemini 3.8 Flash (high) at 41 for Gemini 3.8 Flash.
- For output speed, Gemini 3.8 Flash is fastest: Gemini 3.8 Flash (high) at 332 t/s, against Claude Opus 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, High Effort) at 50 t/s for Claude Opus 5.
- For cost per task, Gemini 3.8 Flash is cheapest: Gemini 3.8 Flash (medium) at $0.93, against Claude Opus 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Low Effort) at $1.10 for Claude Opus 5.
Releases compared
Intelligence
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index
Intelligence Index vs. Cost per Intelligence Index Task
Cost
Cost per Intelligence Index Task
Speed & Latency
Output Speed
Capability Scores
Capability Indices
Incorporates 7 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, Humanity's Last Exam, AutomationBench-AA, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf · Higher is better
Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, AutomationBench-AA, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf · Higher is better
Incorporates 7 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, Humanity's Last Exam, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf, AutomationBench-AA · Higher is better
Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, MLCR-AA, Humanity's Last Exam, AutomationBench-AA · Higher is better
Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, Humanity's Last Exam, CritPt, GDPval-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, Terminal-Bench 4.0 · Higher is better
Incorporates 5 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, Humanity's Last Exam, GDPval-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, AA-LCR v1.1 · Higher is better
Further details
Input modality | Output modality | Weights | Provider Benchmarks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Claude Opus 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort) |  Anthropic | 51 | 55 | 57 | 57 | 53 | 54 | 61 | $5.86 | $3.9 | $5.00 | $25.00 | $0.50 | $7,275 | 73k | 43k | 140M | 49 | 43.51s | 43.51s | 53.63s | 905.97s | - | 1M | Jul 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text and image | Supports: text | Not available | - |   | |
| Claude Opus 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Xhigh Effort) | Anthropic | 50 | 54 | 54 | 56 | 53 | 53 | 60 | $4.88 | $3.9 | $5.00 | $25.00 | $0.50 | $5,868 | 61k | 35k | 111M | 49 | 21.13s | 21.13s | 31.25s | 768.98s | - | 1M | Jul 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text and image | Supports: text | Not available | - | | |
| Claude Opus 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, High Effort) | Anthropic | 48 | 52 | 54 | 55 | 52 | 52 | 58 | $3.61 | $3.9 | $5.00 | $25.00 | $0.50 | $4,332 | 46k | 25k | 81M | 50 | 9.28s | 9.28s | 19.33s | 574.39s | - | 1M | Jul 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text and image | Supports: text | Not available | - | | |
| Claude Opus 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Medium Effort) | Anthropic | 45 | 49 | 52 | 52 | 50 | 48 | 56 | $2.19 | $3.9 | $5.00 | $25.00 | $0.50 | $2,732 | 29k | 15k | 49M | 48 | 5.24s | 5.24s | 15.72s | 372.96s | - | 1M | Jul 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text and image | Supports: text | Not available | - | | |
| Gemini 3.8 Flash (high) | Google | 41 | 47 | 49 | 52 | 42 | 43 | 53 | $1.24 | $0.6 | $0.75 | $3.75 | $0.075 | $1,623 | 71k | 43k | 172M | 332 | 14.66s | 14.66s | 16.16s | 209.25s | - | 1M | Sep 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text, image, speech, and video | Supports: text | Not available | - | | |
| Gemini 3.8 Flash (medium) | Google | 40 | 45 | 49 | 51 | - | 41 | 51 | $0.93 | $0.6 | $0.75 | $3.75 | $0.075 | $1,100 | 53k | 27k | 95M | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1M | Sep 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text, image, speech, and video | Supports: text | Not available | - | | |
| Claude Opus 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Low Effort) | Anthropic | 40 | 44 | 47 | 48 | 45 | 43 | 51 | $1.10 | $3.9 | $5.00 | $25.00 | $0.50 | $1,561 | 15k | 7k | 26M | 46 | 2.24s | 2.24s | 13.12s | 188.57s | - | 1M | Jul 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text and image | Supports: text | Not available | - | | |
| Gemini 3.8 Flash (low) | Google | 34 | 40 | 39 | 45 | - | 35 | 46 | - | $0.6 | $0.75 | $3.75 | $0.075 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1M | Sep 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text, image, speech, and video | Supports: text | Not available | - | | |