Claude Opus 4.7 vs Gemini 3.8 Flash
Side-by-side specs, pricing and capabilities. Both models run on Clade under one subscription, so you can switch between them in the same conversation.
Claude Opus 4.7 comes from Anthropic and Gemini 3.8 Flash from Google. The practical difference for most people is context, price, and which input types each one accepts.
Gemini 3.8 Flash holds more in a single conversation — 1.0M tokens against 1M — which matters for long documents and large codebases.
Gemini 3.8 Flash is the cheaper of the two on input tokens at $0.75 / 1M tokens.
| Specification | Claude Opus 4.7 | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | |
| Model ID | claude-opus-4-7 | gemini-3.8-flash |
| Context window | 1M | 1.0M |
| Max output | 128K | 66K |
| Input price | $5.00 / 1M tokens | $0.75 / 1M tokens |
| Output price | $25.00 / 1M tokens | $3.75 / 1M tokens |
| Knowledge cutoff | — | — |
| Input types | text, image, file | text, image, file, audio, video |
| Output types | text | text |
| Plan | All paid plans | All paid plans |
Which should you use?
Pick Claude Opus 4.7 when…
- You want longer single responses — up to 128K output tokens.
Pick Gemini 3.8 Flash when…
- You need the larger context window — 1.0M against 1M.
- Cost matters: input runs at $0.75 / 1M tokens versus $5.00 / 1M tokens.
- You need audio and video input, which the other model does not accept.
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Try both on Clade
You do not have to choose. One Clade subscription gives you Claude Opus 4.7, Gemini 3.8 Flash, and every other model on the platform.