Claude Opus 4.8 (Max) vs Gemma 4 31B (Non-reasoning)

Claude Opus 4.8 (Max) vs Gemma 4 31B (Non-reasoning). A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

AnthropicClaude Opus 4.8 (Max)Off the frontier
Intelligence
41.80
Total cost
$6874
GoogleGemma 4 31B (Non-reasoning)Not ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
13.90
Total cost
-
Verdict

Comparison incomplete

A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

MetricClaude Opus 4.8 (Max)Gemma 4 31B (Non-reasoning)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)41.813.9−66.7% Gemma 4 31B (Non-reas… is 66.7% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$6,873.86Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)36.92s11.10s−69.9% Gemma 4 31B (Non-reas… is 69.9% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$5.00 / $25.0$0.17 / $0.40
Input modalitiesText, ImageText, Image, Video
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