Claude Opus 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Medium Effort) vs Gemma 4 E4B (Reasoning)

Claude Opus 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Medium Effort) vs Gemma 4 E4B (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 (Adaptive Reasoning, Medium Effort)Gemma 4 E4B (Reasoning)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)45.18.9−80.3% Gemma 4 E4B (Reasonin… is 80.3% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$2,731.91Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)13.90s61.26s+340.7% Gemma 4 E4B (Reasonin… is 340.7% slower
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$5.00 / $25.0$0.02 / $0.10
Input modalitiesNot reportedNot reported
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