Data points: 128
Model compare
The readout for Claude Opus 4.6 and Gemini 3.6 Flash, before the detailed comparison sheet.
Weighted outcome: Claude Opus 4.6. Benchmark capability categories carry 80%, while price, API performance, and availability carry 20%.
Decision read
Claude Opus 4.6
Claude Opus 4.6 has the higher weighted result; Model A / B score 52 to 48.
Evidence depth
128 data points
Includes 23 benchmark rows, 4 audit samples, and 6 provider examples.
Selection signal
Start with Claude Opus 4.6
The charts below split 33 high-signal samples across speed, scores, and audit health.
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This report only uses LMSpeed data for Claude Opus 4.6 and Gemini 3.6 Flash: pricing, speed aggregates, third-party benchmark scores, and shared provider samples.
| Model compare | Claude Opus 4.6 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| Overall leader | Leading | Contender |
| Weighted overall score | 52.0 pts | 48.0 pts |
| Benchmark category leads | 2 categories | 3 categories |
| Operational advantages | Cheapest input price, Free providers, Provider coverage | No data |
| Context window | 1M tokens | 1.0M tokens |
| Max output | 128K tokens | 65.5K tokens |
| Modalities | Input TextImageFile Output Text |
The overall result weights benchmark capability categories at 80% and price, API speed/latency, and availability at 20%. Recent test volume does not affect the winner, and missing benchmark categories are excluded.
| Model compare | Claude Opus 4.6 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | Anthropic | |
| Released | Feb 2026 | Jul 2026 |
| Parameters | No data | No data |
| Tokenizer | Claude | Gemini |
| Knowledge cutoff | No data | No data |
| OpenRouter ID | anthropic/claude-opus-4.6 | google/gemini-3.6-flash |
| References | No data | No data |
This report only uses LMSpeed data for Claude Opus 4.6 and Gemini 3.6 Flash: pricing, speed aggregates, third-party benchmark scores, and shared provider samples.
Claude Opus 4.6
Claude Opus 4.6 is stronger in benchmark categories (Agents, Coding) and operational dimensions (Cheapest input price, Free providers, Provider coverage).
Gemini 3.6 Flash
Gemini 3.6 Flash leads these benchmark categories: Reasoning, Knowledge, Multimodal.
Third-party benchmark profile synced into LMSpeed; only metrics available for both models are shown.
Compare benchmark category scores on a 0-100 scale. Select a category to inspect the gap.
Avg. score
Claude Opus 4.6
53.4
Avg. score
Gemini 3.6 Flash
55.8
Claude Opus 4.6 leads by 1.5
Claude Opus 4.6 leads by 3.1
Gemini 3.6 Flash leads by 5.2
Metric-level scores with benchmark source, rank depth, confidence, error, and evaluation date where available.
Claude Opus 4.6
68.0
Rank #20/90 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
Gemini 3.6 Flash
winner70.0
Rank #17/90 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-07-21
Claude Opus 4.6
$25.00/M
Rank #153/169 · confidence 4
Gemini 3.6 Flash
winner$7.50/M
Rank #116/169 · confidence 4
Claude Opus 4.6
$10.00/M
Rank #153/169 · confidence 4
Gemini 3.6 Flash
winner$3.00/M
Rank #117/169 · confidence 4
Claude Opus 4.6
$5.00/M
Rank #152/169 · confidence 4
Gemini 3.6 Flash
winner$1.50/M
Rank #122/169 · confidence 4
Claude Opus 4.6
84.0%
Rank #57/194 · confidence 4
Gemini 3.6 Flash
winner92.8%
Rank #8/194 · confidence 4
Claude Opus 4.6
18.6%
Rank #67/193 · confidence 4
Gemini 3.6 Flash
winner38.3%
Rank #18/193 · confidence 4
Claude Opus 4.6
58.3
Rank #67/94 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
Gemini 3.6 Flash
winner69.7
Rank #21/94 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-07-21
Claude Opus 4.6
2.8
Rank #47/77 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
Gemini 3.6 Flash
winner10.6
Rank #23/77 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-07-21
Claude Opus 4.6
winner63.7
Rank #9/71 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
Gemini 3.6 Flash
62.3
Rank #14/71 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-07-21
Claude Opus 4.6
45.7%
Rank #37/191 · confidence 4
Gemini 3.6 Flash
winner52.7%
Rank #15/191 · confidence 4
Claude Opus 4.6
45.7
Rank #41/101 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
Gemini 3.6 Flash
winner52.7
Rank #19/101 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-07-21
Claude Opus 4.6
3.5
Rank #27/34 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
Gemini 3.6 Flash
winner23.5
Rank #7/34 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-07-21
Claude Opus 4.6
84.0
Rank #56/101 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
Gemini 3.6 Flash
winner92.8
Rank #8/101 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-07-21
Claude Opus 4.6
45.2
Rank #17/95 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
Gemini 3.6 Flash
winner50.2
Rank #10/95 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-07-21
Claude Opus 4.6
winner82.6
Rank #10/60 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
Gemini 3.6 Flash
70.9
Rank #28/60 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-07-21
Claude Opus 4.6
37.8
Rank #43/104 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
Gemini 3.6 Flash
winner50.1
Rank #16/104 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-07-21
Claude Opus 4.6
18.6
Rank #60/101 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
Gemini 3.6 Flash
winner38.3
Rank #17/101 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-07-21
Claude Opus 4.6
winner76.0
Rank #44/95 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
Gemini 3.6 Flash
53.5
Rank #64/95 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-07-21
Claude Opus 4.6
72.5
Rank #40/61 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
Gemini 3.6 Flash
winner83.2
Rank #4/61 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-07-21
Claude Opus 4.6
1319.0
Rank #8/69 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
Gemini 3.6 Flash
1319.0
Rank #8/69 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-07-21
Claude Opus 4.6
62.1
Rank #27/40 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
Gemini 3.6 Flash
winner75.1
Rank #11/40 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-07-21
Claude Opus 4.6
72.7
Rank #13/24 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
Gemini 3.6 Flash
winner83.0
Rank #3/24 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-07-21
Claude Opus 4.6
65.3
Rank #25/59 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
Gemini 3.6 Flash
winner82.7
Rank #13/59 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-07-21
Latest completed audits from shared providers, with four safety and integrity score groups plus report links.
| Provider | Claude Opus 4.6 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
Winner: Claude Opus 4.6 | Claude Opus 4.6 claude-opus-4-6 Audit score 89 56100100100 | Gemini 3.6 Flash gemini-3.6-flash No audit yet |
Winner: Claude Opus 4.6 | Claude Opus 4.6 claude-opus-4-6 Audit score 83 668480100 | Gemini 3.6 Flash gemini-3.6-flash No audit yet |
Winner: Claude Opus 4.6 | Claude Opus 4.6 claude-opus-4-6 Audit score 80 668470100 | Gemini 3.6 Flash gemini-3.6-flash No audit yet |
Winner: Claude Opus 4.6 | Claude Opus 4.6 claude-opus-4-6 Audit score 78 70728088 | Gemini 3.6 Flash gemini-3.6-flash No audit yet |
Speed aggregates and input/output pricing share each provider row for real API selection and migration cost checks.
| Provider | Claude Opus 4.6 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
20 tests | Claude Opus 4.6 claude-opus-4-6 speed / latency 42 tok/s / 2282ms input / output $0.0010/M/$0.0051/M | Gemini 3.6 Flash gemini-3.6-flash speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output $0.0068/request |
15 tests | Claude Opus 4.6 speed / latency 57 tok/s / 3926ms input / output No data | Gemini 3.6 Flash speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
5 tests | Claude Opus 4.6 speed / latency 46 tok/s / 2559ms input / output No data | Gemini 3.6 Flash speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
5 tests | Claude Opus 4.6 speed / latency 113 tok/s / 2192ms input / output No data | Gemini 3.6 Flash speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
0 tests | Claude Opus 4.6 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data | Gemini 3.6 Flash speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
Claude Opus 4.6 claude-opus-4-6 speed / latency No data input / output $0/request | Gemini 3.6 Flash gemini-3.6-flash speed / latency No data input / output $0/request |
Weighted outcome: Claude Opus 4.6. Benchmark capability categories carry 80%, while price, API performance, and availability carry 20%.
Input
Output
| Features | Text inputImage inputFile inputText outputTool callingStructured outputsJSON modeReasoning | Text inputImage inputFile inputAudio inputText outputTool callingStructured outputsJSON modeReasoning |
|---|
Gemini 3.6 Flash leads by 4.2
Claude Opus 4.6
Claude Opus 4.6
Gemini 3.6 Flash leads by 2.6
Claude Opus 4.6
