Claude Opus 4.5 (Non-reasoning) vs Gemini 3.5 Flash (minimal)

Anthropic · Google · catalog 2026-09-14

Gemini 3.5 Flash (minimal) beats Claude Opus 4.5 (Non-reasoning): cheaper ($1.305 vs $3.85/M) and at least as smart (index 23.8 vs 23.7).
Claude Opus 4.5 (Non-reasoning)Gemini 3.5 Flash (minimal)
Speed (tok/s)43.6 measured205.1 measured
Blended $/M$3.85 derived$1.305 derived
Intelligence index23.7 measured23.8 measured
TTFT (ms)127 measured82 measured
Context200k list—
Coding indexnot measured for both
Agentic indexnot measured for both

Claude Opus 4.5 (Non-reasoning) card · Gemini 3.5 Flash (minimal) card · 3D observatory

Verdicts use price×intelligence dominance only, and only where both sides are measured; null cells stay null with their provenance (em-dash = not in catalog). Percentile-free by design — this page compares two models, not the field. Generated page — do not hand-edit.