Gemini 2.5 Pro vs Claude Opus 4.1 vs o3
Gemini 2.5 Pro comes out ahead, 63 to 58 and 49 on our weighted score, and it is the cheaper option too.
- Our pick
GoogleGemini 2.5 Pro
63/100- ECI145.3
- Price$1.25 / $10.00
- Context1.05M
AnthropicClaude Opus 4.1
49/100- ECI144.1
- Price$15.00 / $75.00
- Context200K
OpenAIo3
58/100- ECI146.9
- Price$2.00 / $8.00
- Context200K
Gemini 2.5 Pro is our pick
Gemini 2.5 Pro is the better all-round choice, scoring 63/100 against o3 (58) and Claude Opus 4.1 (49). It leads on inputs & features and context window. o3 wins on capability. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.
- Capabilityo3Capabilities Index (ECI): o3 146.9 · Gemini 2.5 Pro 145.3 · Claude Opus 4.1 144.1
- Lowest priceGemini 2.5 ProGemini 2.5 Pro $3.44 · o3 $3.50 · Claude Opus 4.1 $30.00 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
- Longest contextGemini 2.5 ProGemini 2.5 Pro 1,048,576 · Claude Opus 4.1 200,000 · o3 200,000 tokens
- Widest inputsGemini 2.5 ProGemini 2.5 Pro: Text, Images, PDFs, Audio, Video · Claude Opus 4.1: Text, Images, PDFs · o3: Text, Images, PDFs
- Self-hostingNo open weightsAll three are available only through APIs
| Measure | Weight | Gemini 2.5 Pro | Claude Opus 4.1 | o3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CapabilityCapabilities Index (ECI) | 50% | 72 | 71 | 74 |
| Price | 25% | 24 | 0 | 24 |
| Inputs & features | 15% | 100 | 70 | 80 |
| Context window | 10% | 61 | 32 | 32 |
| Overall | 100% | 63/100 | 49/100 | 58/100 |
Every spec in one table
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| Specification | Gemini 2.5 ProGoogle | Claude Opus 4.1Anthropic | o3OpenAI |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capability | |||
| Capabilities Index (ECI) | 145.3 | 144.1 | 146.9 (best) |
| ECI rank | #78 of 148 | #81 of 148 | #63 of 148 (best) |
| GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions | 85.3% (best) | 77.3% | 81.8% |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1–3Research-level mathematics | 24.6% | 12.6% | 33.3% (best) |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics | 84.7% (best) | 68.9% | 84.4% |
| SWE-bench VerifiedFixing real GitHub issues | 57.6% | 73.4% (best) | 62.3% |
| SimpleQA VerifiedShort factual questions | — | — | 49.4% |
| Price per million tokens | |||
| Input | $1.25 (best) | $15.00 | $2.00 |
| Output | $10.00 | $75.00 | $8.00 (best) |
| Cached input | $0.125 (best) | — | $0.50 |
| Blended (3:1) | $3.44 (best) | $30.00 | $3.50 |
| Long-context rate | Over 200K: $2.50 / $15.00 | Same rate | Same rate |
| Price source | Official Google API | Median of 14 providers | Official OpenAI API |
| Limits | |||
| Context window | 1,048,576 tokens (best) | 200,000 tokens | 200,000 tokens |
| Max output | 65,536 tokens | 32,000 tokens | 100,000 tokens (best) |
| Inputs and features | |||
| Text | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Images | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| PDFs | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Audio | Yes | No | No |
| Video | Yes | No | No |
| Reasoning | Yes | Yes | Yeslow · medium · high |
| Tool calling | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Structured output | Yes | No | Yes |
| Availability | |||
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| API model ID | gemini-2.5-pro | — | o3 |
| API providers | 22 (best) | 14 | 18 |
| Released | Jun 17, 2025 | Aug 5, 2025 | Apr 16, 2025 |
| Knowledge cutoff | Jan 2025 | Mar 31, 2025 | May 2024 |
What would a month cost?
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- Gemini 2.5 Pro$32.50
- Claude Opus 4.1$300.00
- o3$36.00
Which should you choose?
Which is better: Gemini 2.5 Pro, Claude Opus 4.1 or o3?
Gemini 2.5 Pro is the better all-round choice, scoring 63/100 against o3 (58) and Claude Opus 4.1 (49). It leads on inputs & features and context window. o3 wins on capability. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.
Which is cheaper, Gemini 2.5 Pro, Claude Opus 4.1 or o3?
Gemini 2.5 Pro is cheaper at $1.25 input / $10.00 output per million tokens (official Google API price). o3 costs $2.00 input / $8.00 output per million tokens (official OpenAI API price); Claude Opus 4.1 costs $15.00 input / $75.00 output per million tokens (median across 14 API providers). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $3.44 per million tokens for Gemini 2.5 Pro versus $3.50 for o3 (1× as much) and $30.00 for Claude Opus 4.1 (8.7× as much).
Which scores higher on benchmarks?
o3 scores higher on the Capabilities Index (ECI): o3 146.9 (#63 of 148), Gemini 2.5 Pro 145.3 (#78 of 148) and Claude Opus 4.1 144.1 (#81 of 148). The confidence ranges of the top two overlap (144.9–148.6 vs 143.6–146.9), so treat the gap as small. On individual benchmarks: GPQA Diamond — Gemini 2.5 Pro 85.3%, o3 81.8%, Claude Opus 4.1 77.3%; FrontierMath Tiers 1–3 — o3 33.3%, Gemini 2.5 Pro 24.6%, Claude Opus 4.1 12.6%; OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025 — Gemini 2.5 Pro 84.7%, o3 84.4%, Claude Opus 4.1 68.9%; SWE-bench Verified — Claude Opus 4.1 73.4%, o3 62.3%, Gemini 2.5 Pro 57.6%.
Which is better for coding?
Claude Opus 4.1 resolves more real GitHub issues on SWE-bench Verified: Claude Opus 4.1 73.4%, o3 62.3% and Gemini 2.5 Pro 57.6%. All three support tool calling for agent workflows.
Which has the bigger context window?
Gemini 2.5 Pro has the largest context window at 1,048,576 tokens, against 200,000 for Claude Opus 4.1 and 200,000 for o3. Maximum output per response: Gemini 2.5 Pro up to 65,536, Claude Opus 4.1 up to 32,000, o3 up to 100,000 tokens.
Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?
Gemini 2.5 Pro accepts text, images, PDFs, audio and video; Claude Opus 4.1 accepts text, images and PDFs; o3 accepts text, images and PDFs. Gemini 2.5 Pro handles the widest range of inputs.
Are any of these open source?
No. Gemini 2.5 Pro, Claude Opus 4.1 and o3 are proprietary and only available through APIs and apps.
Which is newer?
Claude Opus 4.1 is the newest, released Aug 5, 2025. Gemini 2.5 Pro came out Jun 17, 2025; o3 came out Apr 16, 2025. Knowledge cutoff: Gemini 2.5 Pro Jan 2025, Claude Opus 4.1 Mar 31, 2025, o3 May 2024.
How do you decide the winner?
Each model gets a 0–100 score on capability (50%, independent benchmark results); price (25%, blended price per million tokens (3 input : 1 output), log scale); inputs & features (15%, image, PDF, audio and video input, tool calling, structured output and reasoning); context window (10%, maximum tokens per request, log scale). Dimensions missing for any model are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so every model is judged on the same evidence. Specs and prices come from public model listings and the labs’ own API pages; capability scores come from independent benchmark runs. Data updated Oct 4, 2026.
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