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Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8 vs Google: Gemma 4 31B

Try both on us. Starter credit covers your first requests, then one key routes Claude Opus 4.8 and Gemma 4 31B. Switch by changing the model name.

Compare routesProviders, price, context, and policy posture in one view.

Use auto when uptime mattersKeep a primary model and let fallback handle provider failures.

Same API shapeUse the OpenAI client and set the model you want.

Practical read

Monthly evidence

Claude Opus 4.8 has the larger context window. Google: Gemma 4 31B has the lower published input-plus-output rate and more Credits provider routes. There is not enough recent probe data to compare speed.

$31.65/1MAnthropic: Claude Opus 4.8 cheapest route

$0.45365/1MGoogle: Gemma 4 31B cheapest route

not enough dataAnthropic: Claude Opus 4.8 fastest measured p50 TTFT

not enough dataGoogle: Gemma 4 31B fastest measured p50 TTFT

The price comparison adds each route's rate for one million input tokens and one million output tokens; your cost depends on your input/output mix. Prices and live route measurements can change. Use the monthly reports when you need a stable evidence window, then run a small task-specific eval before choosing a production default.

Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8Google: Gemma 4 31B

Model idanthropic/claude-opus-4.8google/gemma-4-31b-it

Publisher Anthropic Google AI Studio

AI IQ IQ 129#16 IQ 101#116

Context1,000,000 tokens262,144 tokens

Credits provider routes116

Cheapest route$31.65/1M$0.45365/1M

Cached input$0.5275/1M$0.03798/1M to $0.26375/1M

Privacy postureprovider posture varieshas Confidential route (E2EE + ZDR)

Fastest measured p50 TTFTnot enough datanot enough data

Highest measured throughputnot enough datanot enough data

Recent route uptime rangenot enough datanot enough data

Modes chat messages chat

Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8 routes

Overview1 Credits routes
BenchmarksTrustedRouter and external sources

Google: Gemma 4 31B routes

Overview16 Credits routes
PricingInput, cached input, and output rates
ProvidersAll serving providers

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Production choice

Pick a default model. Keep fallback enabled.

TrustedRouter is useful when you know the model you want, but still need provider rollover, budget limits, usage records, and a prompt path you can verify.

OpenAI clientPython

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api-azure.trustedrouter.com/v1",
    api_key="sk-tr-v1-..."
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="anthropic/claude-opus-4.8",
    messages=messages,
)

Questions

Which should I use, Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8 or Google: Gemma 4 31B?

Is Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8 or Google: Gemma 4 31B cheaper?

The current cheapest TrustedRouter route is $31.65/1M for Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8 and $0.45365/1M for Google: Gemma 4 31B. The comparison uses current catalog prices and updates as provider pricing changes.

Is Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8 or Google: Gemma 4 31B faster?

Current measured p50 time to first token is not enough data for Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8 and not enough data for Google: Gemma 4 31B. These are routed probe measurements, not vendor-advertised speeds, and update as new samples arrive.

Can I test Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8 and Google: Gemma 4 31B with the same API?

Yes. Use the same OpenAI-compatible TrustedRouter base URL and API key, then change only the model id between anthropic/claude-opus-4.8 and google/gemma-4-31b-it. This makes side-by-side evals possible without maintaining two provider integrations.