Gemini 4 Argon (High) vs GPT-5.5 (High)
Which is better for the money: Gemini 4 Argon (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 2026-10-24.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick Gemini 4 Argon (High)
GPT-5.5 (High) vs Gemini 4 Argon (High): 29.7% less intelligence, 41.7% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 69.9% faster end-to-end.
| Metric | Gemini 4 Argon (High) | GPT-5.5 (High) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 52.6 | 37.0 | −29.7% GPT-5.5 (High) is 29.7% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $2,407.24 | $3,410.76 | +41.7% GPT-5.5 (High) is 41.7% more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 65.70s | 19.79s | −69.9% GPT-5.5 (High) is 69.9% faster |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $2.00 / $10.0 | $5.00 / $30.0 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text, Image |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Gemini 4 Argon (High) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, Claude Opus 5.5 (High, Default Fallback) scores 53.60 for $2172.
- 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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