Claude vs Gemini
Thoughtful reasoning with a 1M-token memory vs google's multimodal powerhouse
Claude vs Gemini at a glance
| Claude | Gemini | |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | Anthropic | Google DeepMind |
| Latest version | Claude Opus 4.8 | Gemini 3.1 Pro |
| Known for | Thoughtful | Multimodal |
| Context window | Up to 1 million tokens (Opus & Sonnet) | Up to 2 million tokens (Pro tier) |
| Multimodal support | Text and images | Text, images, audio, and video |
| Open source | No | No |
| Official pricing | Free tier available; Pro is $20/mo, Max is $100/mo | Free tier available (Flash); Pro tier is paid-only |
Claude benchmark highlight
Scores 88.6% on SWE-bench Verified and 93.6% on GPQA Diamond
Gemini benchmark highlight
Scores 77.1% on ARC-AGI-2 and 94.3% on GPQA Diamond, leading 13 of 16 benchmarks
Which one should you use?
Choose Claude if you want:
- Long documents & codebases
- Careful, nuanced writing
- Agentic coding tasks
- Multi-step research
Choose Gemini if you want:
- Multimodal tasks (image, audio, video)
- Research with huge documents
- Google Workspace users
- Fast, low-cost everyday queries
Standout strengths
Claude
1M-token context window
Process entire codebases, legal documents, or book-length content in a single prompt.
Adaptive reasoning
Evaluates how complex a problem is and decides how much to reason before answering.
Persistent memory
Remembers your name, communication style, and ongoing project context across conversations.
Gemini
True multimodality
Understands and reasons across text, images, audio, and video together, not as separate add-ons.
Massive context window
The Pro tier supports up to 2 million tokens, among the largest context windows of any mainstream model.
Fast, affordable tier
The Flash tier delivers most of the flagship quality at a fraction of the speed and cost.
Frequently asked questions
Try Claude and Gemini for free
No credit card, no account required — pick Claude for long documents & codebases, or Gemini for multimodal tasks (image, audio, video).