Claude Opus 5.5 (Medium, Default Fallback) vs Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite (Non-reasoning)

Claude Opus 5.5 (Medium, Default Fallback) vs Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite (Non-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 (Medium, Default Fallback)Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite (Non-reasoning)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)51.26.7−86.9% Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite… is 86.9% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$1,626.81Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)20.68s2.07s−90.0% Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite… is 90.0% 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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