Claude Opus 5.5 (High, Default Fallback) vs Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite (Reasoning)

Claude Opus 5.5 (High, Default Fallback) vs Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite (Reasoning). A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

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 5.5 (High, Default Fallback)Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite (Reasoning)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)53.68.5−84.1% Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite… is 84.1% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$2,172.43Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)33.81s16.49s−51.2% Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite… is 51.2% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$4.00 / $20.0$0.10 / $0.40
Input modalitiesText, ImageText, Image, Speech, Video
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