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Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.1 vs Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06

Side-by-side comparison of Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.1 and Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06. Compare pricing, context window, capabilities, and find out which is better for your workflow.

Verdict

strong confidence

Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06 leads overall

Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06 leads in price and context window and capabilities and max output, making it the stronger choice for most workflows. Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.1 remains a solid alternative depending on your specific needs.

Best for with Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.1

No clear advantages identified

Best for with Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06

Budget-conscious workflowsLong document processingMulti-modal tasksLong-form content generation

Side-by-side

Technical specifications

Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.1 Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06
Provider Anthropic Google
Input price $15/M $1/M
Output price $75/M $10/M
Context window 200K 1.0M
Max output 32K 66K
Capabilities
Tool useVisionReasoning
Tool useVisionAudioReasoning
Released Aug 5, 2025 May 6, 2025

Scoring breakdown

How each dimension compares

Price

Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06 leads

Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.1

$75/M tokens

Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06

$10/M tokens

Context Window

Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06 leads

Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.1

200K tokens

Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06

1.0M tokens

Capabilities

Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06 leads

Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.1

3/4

Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06

4/4

Max Output

Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06 leads

Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.1

32K tokens

Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06

66K tokens

Recency

Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.1

Aug 2025

Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06

May 2025

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