Gemini 3.8 Flash (High) vs GPT-5.5 (High)
Which is better for the money: Gemini 3.8 Flash (High) by Google or GPT-5.5 (High) by OpenAI? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-25.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick Gemini 3.8 Flash (High)
GPT-5.5 (High) vs Gemini 3.8 Flash (High): 9.5% less intelligence, 110.2% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 39.2% faster end-to-end.
| Metric | Gemini 3.8 Flash (High) | GPT-5.5 (High) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 40.9 | 37.0 | −9.5% GPT-5.5 (High) is 9.5% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $1,622.73 | $3,410.76 | +110.2% GPT-5.5 (High) is 2.1× more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 32.17s | 19.56s | −39.2% GPT-5.5 (High) is 39.2% faster |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $0.75 / $3.75 | $5.00 / $30.0 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image, Speech, Video | Text, Image |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Gemini 3.8 Flash (High) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) scores 51.80 for $1082.
- GPT-5.5 (High) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, Kimi K3.1 Pro scores 55.10 for $3117.
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