Gemini 3.1 Pro vs Claude 4.6 Opus
Compare pricing, context windows, and strengths for Gemini 3.1 Pro by Google and Claude 4.6 Opus by Anthropic - and see how to put either to work in Appaca.
Gemini 3.1 Pro
Google's most advanced reasoning Gemini model, built for complex multimodal problem-solving, software engineering, and long-horizon agentic workflows.
View Gemini 3.1 ProClaude 4.6 Opus
Anthropic's most intelligent model for building agents and coding, with stronger reliability and precision for long-horizon engineering and enterprise workflows.
View Claude 4.6 OpusGemini 3.1 Pro vs Claude 4.6 Opus at a glance
Specs and pricing side by side, from the Appaca AI models directory.
| Spec | Gemini 3.1 Pro | Claude 4.6 Opus |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | |
| Model type | Text | Text |
| Context window | 1.05M tokens | 1M tokens |
| Input price | $4 / 1M tokens | $5 / 1M tokens |
| Output price | $18 / 1M tokens | $25 / 1M tokens |
| Status | Current | Current |
How Gemini 3.1 Pro and Claude 4.6 Opus differ
What the numbers mean in practice when choosing between Gemini 3.1 Pro and Claude 4.6 Opus.
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Gemini 3.1 Pro is 20% cheaper on input tokens ($4 vs $5 per million), which adds up quickly in document-heavy workloads.
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Gemini 3.1 Pro is 28% cheaper on output tokens ($18 vs $25 per million) - the bigger factor for tools that generate long documents.
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Context windows are close: Gemini 3.1 Pro handles 1.05M tokens and Claude 4.6 Opus handles 1M tokens.
Strengths side by side
Where each model shines, according to benchmarks and provider positioning.
Gemini 3.1 Pro
1. Google's most advanced reasoning Gemini model
- Designed to solve complex problems across multimodal inputs, including text, audio, images, video, PDFs, and full code repositories.
- Google highlights improved software engineering behavior, better agentic performance, and stronger usability in domains like finance and spreadsheets.
2. Large multimodal context with substantial output room
- Supports a 1,048,576 token input context window for large repositories, long documents, and multi-source workflows.
- Allows up to 65,536 output tokens for longer answers, plans, and code generations.
3. More efficient thinking with expanded controls
- Improves token efficiency and reasoning performance across use cases.
- Adds the
MEDIUMthinking_leveloption to better balance cost, speed, and quality.
4. Strong support for production agents
- Supports grounding with Google Search, code execution, function calling, structured outputs, context caching, RAG, and chat completions.
- Also offers a custom-tools endpoint tuned for agentic workflows that mix bash-like tools with custom code tools.
Claude 4.6 Opus
1. Anthropic's top model for coding and agents
- Anthropic positions Opus 4.6 as its most intelligent model for building agents and coding.
- It builds on Opus 4.5 with higher reliability and precision for professional software engineering, complex agentic workflows, and high-stakes enterprise tasks.
2. Strong frontier performance on real agent benchmarks
- Anthropic reports state-of-the-art results across coding and agentic evaluations.
- Public benchmark highlights include 65.4% on Terminal-Bench 2.0, 72.7% on OSWorld, and 90.2% on BigLaw Bench.
3. Best fit for long-horizon, high-context work
- Supports up to a 1M token context window in beta and up to 128K output tokens.
- Designed for long-running tasks that need sustained planning, careful debugging, code review, and strong context retention.
4. Advanced reasoning controls and workflow support
- Supports adaptive thinking and the
effortparameter, including the newmaxeffort level. - Anthropic also introduced fast mode, compaction, and dynamic filtering with web search and web fetch for Opus 4.6-era agent workflows.
Use Gemini 3.1 Pro or Claude 4.6 Opus - or both
Appaca is the AI workspace for operators. Build internal tools and AI co-workers powered by Gemini 3.1 Pro or Claude 4.6 Opus - connected to your real data and ready for your whole team. No code, no deployment.
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FAQs
Gemini 3.1 Pro is generally cheaper: $4 input / $18 output per million tokens, versus $5 / $25 for Claude 4.6 Opus. Actual cost depends on how many tokens your workload reads and writes.
Gemini 3.1 Pro has the larger context window at 1.05M tokens, compared to 1M tokens for Claude 4.6 Opus. A larger window means the model can consider more text at once - useful for long contracts, codebases, or months of records.
It depends on the job. Compare the pricing, context window, and strengths above against your workload - and remember the choice isn't permanent. In Appaca you can build a tool on Gemini 3.1 Pro, test the same tool on Claude 4.6 Opus, and switch at any time without rebuilding anything.
Yes. Appaca is a no-code AI workspace: describe the internal tool your team needs and the Appaca agent builds it as a working app powered by Gemini 3.1 Pro, Claude 4.6 Opus, or any other model in the directory - with a built-in database, team access, and integrations. No API keys to wire up and nothing to deploy.
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