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Claude Opus 4.8 vs Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite

Side-by-side comparison of pricing, task quality, and projected cost at higher scale.

Pricing

Side-by-side pricing

Claude Opus 4.8

Flagship

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite

Fast / Budget
Input $/MTok
$5.00
$0.25
Output $/MTok
$25.00
$1.50
Cache discount
90% off
75% off
Context
200K
1,000K

Quality

Task confidence comparison

Confidence score from zero to one hundred by task type, where higher is better.
Code Generation
95
vs
55
Code Review
94
vs
52
Summarization
88
vs
79
Q&A
85
vs
78
Extraction
82
vs
83
Reasoning
97
vs
50
Classification
80
vs
85
Creative Writing
93
vs
45
Claude Opus 4.8
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite

Guidance

When to use Claude Opus 4.8 vs Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite

Choose Claude Opus 4.8 when...

  • -You need strong reasoning (confidence 97 vs 50)
  • -You need strong code generation (confidence 95 vs 55)
  • -You need strong code review (confidence 94 vs 52)
  • -You need strong creative writing (confidence 93 vs 45)

Choose Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite when...

  • -You need strong classification (confidence 85 vs 80)
  • -You need strong extraction (confidence 83 vs 82)
  • -Cost matters: 95% cheaper on input tokens
  • -You need a larger context window (1,000K vs 200K)

At scale

Cost at scale

Estimated cost assuming a seventy percent input and thirty percent output token split.
Claude Opus 4.8
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
100K tokens
$1.10
$0.06Cheaper
1M tokens
$11.00
$0.63Cheaper
10M tokens
$110.00
$6.25Cheaper

FAQ

When should I use Claude Opus 4.8 instead of Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite?

Claude Opus 4.8 outperforms Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite for Reasoning, Code Generation, Code Review. It costs $5.00/$25.00 per million tokens (input/output).

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite cheaper than Claude Opus 4.8?

Yes. Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite input costs $0.25/MTok vs $5.00/MTok for Claude Opus 4.8, saving 95% on input.

What are the context window sizes for Claude Opus 4.8 and Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite?

Claude Opus 4.8 has a 200K token context window. Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite has a 1,000K token context window.

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