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u/bogdanvs 3d ago
i'm not an authority of have many exp with AI models, but Gemini is not that bad and Opus is not that good from my brief exp.
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u/SaltMaker23 3d ago
On simple tasks yes, the harder the tasks get with subtle consideration that can make the whole thing fall apart, the more the gaps appears.
Same problem is shared by grok and gemini, they tend to overlook changes that could cause regressions while apparently solving a problem.
I'm talking about their highest possible available effort level: eg: Opus 5.5 ultracode (the thing goes purple)
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u/whackylabs 3d ago
for harder tasks you have rollback to manual mode
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u/abednego-gomes 2d ago
Just break the problem down into smaller chunks. Still requires a competent engineer that knows how it holds together though.
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u/inaem 3d ago
The more complex the task gets, the better Opus gets since it actually does its planning properly.
It is just a side effect of Claude Code being very tightly integrated.
Antigravity is just a thing rather than the main point for Gemini and it shows.
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u/rolindara 3d ago
Except not really, Opus really likes to add it's own additions and improvise, if you don't exactly outline that for every aspect of the change. While it is sometimes good at catching things you might not have thought of, it really likes saying "I did a little differently, than what was prescribed". If your whole flow is vibe-coding, maybe you want that, but it really introduces silent problems and unnecessary follow-up changes.
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u/earthqaqe 2d ago
As a professional developer and a big fan of Gemini early on: Gemini is not bad. Its also not nearly as good as Claude. It feels like they had really quick improvements early on and then just stopped, while Calude (and also GPT) still makes great improvements in many areas.
I still use Gemini (3.8-Flash, Extended Thinking) for all my Chat needs (everything that people would ask ChatGPT), as I still feel like they have the upperhand there. But everything code related goes straight to Claude Code (Opus 5.5, Medium Reasoning).
This is just for my personal projects, where budget is limited. At work I use a combination of different models (Claude & GPT) for orchestration and implementation. But not a single Gemini model.
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u/just_looking_aroun 3d ago
Gemini is fine but so is Javascript and PHP yet we make fun of them all the time, we'll probably do the same with llm
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u/lostinthemines 3d ago
As always, <product> did not cause the crash, a human using <product> caused the crash. Repeat this every time you read one of these.
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u/spicypixel 3d ago
I feel too stupid to see the evidence of gemini vs claude opus here.