Claude Opus 5.5 vs Gemini 4 Carbon

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  • Gemini 4 Carbon costs 50% less on blended price ($6.00 against $12.00 per 1M tokens, 3 input to 1 output).
  • Gemini 4 Carbon scores higher on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 60 against 59.1.
  • On the 18 benchmarks both have scores on, Claude Opus 5.5 leads on 3 and Gemini 4 Carbon on 14, with 1 tied.
  • Gemini 4 Carbon reads more context: 1M tokens against 1M.
  • Gemini 4 Carbon is newer: listed Nov 10, 2026, against Sep 22, 2026.

Side by side

Claude Opus 5.5Gemini 4 Carbon
LabAnthropicGoogle
ListedSep 22, 2026Nov 10, 2026
Input per 1M tokens$6.00$3.00
Output per 1M tokens$30.00$15.00
Cached input per 1M$0.30$0.15
Blended (3:1) per 1M$12.00$6.00
Context window1M1M
Max output128K944K
Knowledge cutoff--
Intelligence index59.160
Coding index--
ReasoningYesYes
Reads imagesYesYes
Tool useYesYes
Structured outputYesYes

Every benchmark both are scored on

Each model's best score per benchmark, with its source. Scores from different sources or settings are not always comparable; each links to where it was published.

In our tests and guides

Where Claude Opus 5.5 or Gemini 4 Carbon ran on a real brief, or shows in a live table.

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Where these figures come from

Prices are GenMagic's own, what the studio and the API charge, recomputed from each provider's price list every few minutes. The indices are the Artificial Analysis indices, and every benchmark score links to its source, re-read daily. Measured speed is GenMagic's own generation records, in aggregate. See Anthropic models, Google models, every LLM's price and our sources.