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

Claude Opus 5.5 (Medium, 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 (Medium, Default Fallback)Gemma 4 12B (Reasoning)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)51.214.2−72.3% Gemma 4 12B (Reasonin… is 72.3% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$1,626.81Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)21.83s24.02s+10.0% Gemma 4 12B (Reasonin… is 10.0% slower
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$4.00 / $20.0$0.10 / $0.30
Input modalitiesText, ImageText, Image, Speech, Video
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