Claude Opus 4.7 (2026-04-16) vs Gemini 3.1 Pro preview
Claude Opus 4.7 (2026-04-16) vs Gemini 3.1 Pro preview: Gemini 3.1 Pro preview is cheaper by 53%. Claude Opus 4.7 (2026-04-16) from Anthropic (1,000,000-token context) vs. Gemini 3.1 Pro preview from Google Vertex AI (1,048,576-token context). 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
0128,000
5,000
01,000,000
At this workload, Gemini 3.1 Pro preview is 57% cheaper than Claude Opus 4.7 (2026-04-16) — a savings of $2,161/month ($25,933/year).
Production recipe — Agent Command Center
strategy: cost-optimized
primary:
model: gemini-3-1-pro-preview
provider: vertex-ai
fallback:
model: claude-opus-4-7-20260416
provider: anthropic
shadow: { sample_rate: 0.05 } # mirror 5% of traffic to compare quality live| Claude Opus 4.7 (2026-04-16) | Gemini 3.1 Pro preview | |
|---|---|---|
| Input price | $5.00/M | $2.00/M |
| Output price | $25.00/M | $12.00/M |
| Context window | 1,000,000 | 1,048,576 |
| Max output | 128,000 | 65,536 |
| Function calling | ✓ | ✓ |
| Vision | ✓ | ✓ |
| Audio input | — | ✓ |
| Reasoning | ✓ | ✓ |
| Prompt caching | ✓ | ✓ |
| Structured output | ✓ | ✓ |
| Pricing verified | May 16, 2026 | May 16, 2026 |
Benchmark comparison
Side-by-side public benchmark scores. Greener bar = winner.
Chatbot Arena ELOgeneral
Claude Opus 4.7 (2026-04-16)
—
Gemini 3.1 Pro preview
1,492
GPQA Diamondreasoning
Claude Opus 4.7 (2026-04-16)
—
Gemini 3.1 Pro preview
94.3%
τ-bench (retail)agent
Claude Opus 4.7 (2026-04-16)
—
Gemini 3.1 Pro preview
90.8%
SWE-bench Verifiedagent
Claude Opus 4.7 (2026-04-16)
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Gemini 3.1 Pro preview
80.6%
ARC-AGI-2reasoning
Claude Opus 4.7 (2026-04-16)
—
Gemini 3.1 Pro preview
77.1%
Humanity's Last Examreasoning
Claude Opus 4.7 (2026-04-16)
—
Gemini 3.1 Pro preview
44.4%