Claude Opus 4.1 vs Gemini 3 Pro Preview
Claude Opus 4.1 vs Gemini 3 Pro Preview: Gemini 3 Pro Preview is cheaper by 87% on average. Claude Opus 4.1 from Azure AI Foundry (200,000-token context, reasoning, tool calls) vs. Gemini 3 Pro Preview from Google Vertex AI (1,048,576-token context, reasoning, tool calls). Use Agent Command Center to A/B both in shadow mode and pick the winner per workload.
Side-by-side cost
Live workload comparison
Same workload run through both models. The cheaper one is highlighted.
3,000
01,048,576
400
065,535
5,000
01,000,000
At this workload, Gemini 3 Pro Preview is 86% cheaper than Claude Opus 4.1 — a savings of $9,770/month ($117,245/year).
Production recipe — Agent Command Center
strategy: cost-optimized
primary:
model: gemini-3-pro-preview
provider: vertex-ai
fallback:
model: claude-opus-4-1
provider: azure-ai-foundry
shadow: { sample_rate: 0.05 } # mirror 5% of traffic to compare quality live| Claude Opus 4.1 | Gemini 3 Pro Preview | |
|---|---|---|
| Input price | $15.00/M | $2.00/M |
| Output price | $75.00/M | $12.00/M |
| Context window | 200,000 | 1,048,576 |
| Max output | 32,000 | 65,535 |
| Function calling | ✓ | ✓ |
| Vision | ✓ | ✓ |
| Audio input | — | ✓ |
| Reasoning | ✓ | ✓ |
| Prompt caching | ✓ | ✓ |
| Structured output | ✓ | ✓ |
| Pricing verified | May 12, 2026 | May 12, 2026 |
Benchmark comparison
Side-by-side public benchmark scores. Greener bar = winner.
Chatbot Arena ELOgeneral
Claude Opus 4.1
1,447
Gemini 3 Pro Preview
1,486