Model comparison · updated 2026-07-28

Claude Opus 4.8vsGemini 3 Flash

Side-by-side pricing for1 million tokens

Price comparison

Claude Opus 4.8Gemini 3 FlashVerdict
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Input / 1M tokens$5$0.50Gemini 3 Flash is 10x cheaper
Output / 1M tokens$25$3Gemini 3 Flash is 8.3x cheaper
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What does $10 buy?

$10 of input

Claude Opus 4.8

2,000,000 tokens

Gemini 3 Flash

20,000,000 tokens

Gemini 3 Flash gives you 10x more input for the same budget.

$10 of output

Claude Opus 4.8

400,000 tokens

Gemini 3 Flash

3,333,333 tokens

Gemini 3 Flash gives you 8.3x more output for the same budget.

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