Claude Opus 5.5 (High, Default Fallback) vs Gemma 4 12B (Reasoning)

Claude Opus 5.5 (High, Default Fallback) vs Gemma 4 12B (Reasoning). A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

Verdict

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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)Gemma 4 12B (Reasoning)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)53.614.2−73.5% Gemma 4 12B (Reasonin… is 73.5% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$2,172.43Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)36.61s24.28s−33.7% Gemma 4 12B (Reasonin… is 33.7% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$4.00 / $20.0$0.10 / $0.30
Input modalitiesText, ImageText, Image, Speech, Video
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