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Claude Opus 4.8 vs Gemini 3.7 Flash

Close to a tie overall. Gemini 3.7 Flash costs 85% less for the same work, and both read a 1M-token context.

Claude Opus 4.8

by Anthropic · #14 of 67 overall

Coming soon · price at launch
Context
1M
Input / 1M
$5.00
Output / 1M
$25.00

Gemini 3.7 Flash

by Google · #11 of 67 overall

Coming soon · price at launch
Context
1M
Input / 1M
$0.75
Output / 1M
$3.75

Better overall

About even

Grade 82.6 vs 83.5

Cheaper

Gemini 3.7 Flash

85% less, $1.50 vs $10.00 blended

Larger context

Same

1M vs 1M tokens

Terminal-Bench 2.1

Gemini 3.7 Flash

74.6% vs 85.8%

Head to head

Public benchmarks. Longer is better; each value links to its source.

LMArena TextElo-style rating · LMArena (CC BY 4.0) · Oct 15, 2026
Claude Opus 4.8Claude Opus 4.8: 1,482
Gemini 3.7 FlashGemini 3.7 Flash: 1,487
LMArena WebDevElo-style rating · LMArena (CC BY 4.0) · Oct 13, 2026
Claude Opus 4.8Claude Opus 4.8: 1,556
Gemini 3.7 FlashGemini 3.7 Flash: 1,590
LMArena CodingElo-style rating · LMArena (CC BY 4.0) · Oct 15, 2026
Claude Opus 4.8Claude Opus 4.8: 1,534
Gemini 3.7 FlashGemini 3.7 Flash: 1,516
SWE-bench Verified% of issues resolved · SWE-bench · May 28, 2026 · reference
Gemini 3.7 FlashGemini 3.7 Flash: —
SWE-Bench Pro% of tasks resolved · Scale AI SWE-Bench Pro · May 28, 2026 · reference
Gemini 3.7 FlashGemini 3.7 Flash: —
Terminal-Bench 3.0% of tasks passed · Terminal-Bench · Aug 13, 2026 · reference
Claude Opus 4.8Claude Opus 4.8: —
Gemini 3.7 FlashGemini 3.7 Flash: 14.9%v
Terminal-Bench 2.1% of tasks passed · Terminal-Bench · Aug 13, 2026 · reference

Claude Opus 4.8Gemini 3.7 Flashv = reported by the model’s maker. — = no public score yet. Arena bars span the range across every model we grade.

What it costs you

Drag to match your monthly usage.

Claude Opus 4.8$2,000 /month
Gemini 3.7 Flash$300 /month

Gemini 3.7 Flash saves you $1,700 a month at this usage, $20,400 a year.

At a glance

AttributeClaude Opus 4.8Gemini 3.7 Flash
Made byAnthropicGoogle
AvailabilityComing soonComing soon
Overall gradeExcellent · 82.6Excellent · 83.5
Overall rank#14 of 67#11 of 67
Input price$5.00 per 1M$0.75 per 1M
Output price$25.00 per 1M$3.75 per 1M
Context window1,000,000 tokens1,000,000 tokens
Reasoning levelsYesYes
Reads imagesYesYes
Model IDclaude-opus-4-8gemini-3.7-flash

Try both with one key

Same endpoint, same key, both hosted in the USA. Change one word to switch models, in Claude Code, Cursor, Cline or your own code.

Get your API key
# Ask either model the same thing
curl https://fullsendai.com/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FULLSEND_API_KEY" \
  -d '{"model": "claude-opus-4-8", "messages": [...]}'

# …then swap one word
  -d '{"model": "gemini-3.7-flash", "messages": [...]}'

Questions

Is Claude Opus 4.8 or Gemini 3.7 Flash better?

They grade within two points of each other (82.6 and 83.5), so pick on price and the benchmarks that match your work.

Which is cheaper, Claude Opus 4.8 or Gemini 3.7 Flash?

Gemini 3.7 Flash: $0.75 in and $3.75 out per million tokens, against $5.00 and $25.00 through FullsendAI.

Which has the larger context window?

Neither: both take 1,000,000 tokens.

Can I use both with one API key?

Yes, once they launch: both are coming soon, at the prices shown, and both will use the same FullsendAI key.

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Scores: LMArena (CC BY 4.0), SWE-bench, Scale AI SWE-Bench Pro, Terminal-Bench, and model makers’ published results where marked v. Prices are FullsendAI’s, per million tokens. Data as of Oct 28, 2026.