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Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.1 vs Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite

Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite wins on 3 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.

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CapabilityAnthropic: Claude Opus 4.1Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash LiteWinner
Context window
Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request.
200K1.0M🏆 Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite
Input price (per 1M)
Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider.
$15.00$0.10🏆 Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite
Output price (per 1M)
Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider.
$75.00$0.40🏆 Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite
Tool / function calling
First-class support for emitting structured tool calls.
YesYesTie
Vision input
Accepts image inputs alongside text.
YesYesTie
Reasoning mode
Internal chain-of-thought / extended-thinking support.
YesYesTie

Frequently asked questions

Is Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.1 better than Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite?

Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite wins on 3 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.

What's the price difference between Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.1 and Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite?

Input: $15.00 vs $0.10 per 1M tokens. Output: $75.00 vs $0.40 per 1M tokens.

What context windows do Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.1 and Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite support?

Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.1 supports up to 200K tokens. Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite supports up to 1.0M tokens.

Do both Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.1 and Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite support tool calling?

Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.1: yes. Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite: yes.

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