Claude Opus 5.5 (High, Default Fallback) vs Gemma 4 26B A4B (Reasoning)

Claude Opus 5.5 (High, Default Fallback) vs Gemma 4 26B A4B (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 26B A4B (Reasoning)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)53.616.7−68.8% Gemma 4 26B A4B (Reas… is 68.8% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$2,172.43Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)33.81s30.07s−11.1% Gemma 4 26B A4B (Reas… is 11.1% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$4.00 / $20.0$0.10 / $0.34
Input modalitiesText, ImageText, Image, Video
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