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Claude Opus 5.5 (medium) vs Gemini 3.5 Flash (medium)

The average score is effectively tied at 9.0 vs 9.0. Gemini 3.5 Flash (medium) has the lower benchmark cost at $0.665 vs $1.080. Gemini 3.5 Flash (medium) is faster at 8.48s vs 24.18s, with pass rates of 89.4% vs 83.3%.

Last updated at: 2026-09-23

Compared models

Rank
#30
Total Output Tokens
27,194
Response Time (avg)
24.18s
Total Cost
$1.080
Rank
#32
Total Output Tokens
62,173
Response Time (avg)
8.48s
Total Cost
$0.665
Recommended model Gemini 3.5 Flash (medium)

It has the best score here (9.0), while costing about 1.6x less than Claude Opus 5.5 (medium).

Detailed comparison

Metric Claude Opus 5.5 Claude Opus 5.5 medium Release: 2026-09-23 Gemini 3.5 Flash Gemini 3.5 Flash medium Release: 2026-05-19
Score 9.0 9.0
Rank #30 #32
Reliability 10.0 10.0
Consistency 9.6 9.7
Attempts 66/66 66/66
Tests Correct
Attempt pass rate 89.4% 83.3%
Flaky tests 1 1
Total Runs 66 66
Cost per result 5.683 3.690
Total Cost $1.080 $0.665
Input Price $4.000 / 1M $1.500 / 1M
Output Price $20.000 / 1M $9.000 / 1M
Total Input Tokens 133,954 69,756
Output Tokens 7,292 2,166
Reasoning Tokens 19,902 60,007
Response Time (avg) 24.18s 8.48s
Response Time (max) 90.20s 76.68s
Response Time (total) 532.04s 186.57s
Parameters ~5T total (~500B active) ~500B total (~20B active)
Availability Closed Closed

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#30 Claude Opus 5.5

medium
Cost
$0.053
Time
25.6s
Tokens
2,781 tok

#32 Gemini 3.5 Flash

medium
Cost
$0.201
Time
112.9s
Tokens
22,371 tok

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Category Breakdown

Coding Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Opus 5.5 8.4 7.4 88.9% 1 13.50s 10,608 636 4,341
Gemini 3.5 Flash 7.9 7.5 77.8% 1 12.63s 8,118 461 24,939

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