Model comparison Synced Apr 6, 2026

Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6 vs Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05

Side-by-side comparison of Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6 and Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05. Compare pricing, context window, capabilities, and find out which is better for your workflow.

Verdict

strong confidence

Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 leads overall

Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 leads in price and capabilities, making it the stronger choice for most workflows. Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6 remains competitive with advantages in max output.

Best for with Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6

Long-form content generation

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

Budget-conscious workflowsMulti-modal tasks

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Technical specifications

	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6	Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05
Provider	Anthropic	Google
Input price	$5/M	$1/M
Output price	$25/M	$10/M
Context window	1.0M	1.0M
Max output	128K	66K
Capabilities	Tool useVisionReasoning	Tool useVisionAudioReasoning
Released	Feb 4, 2026	Jun 5, 2025

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How each dimension compares

Price

Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 leads

Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6

$25/M tokens