Claude Opus 5.5 vs Gemma 4 12B: Release Comparison
Comparison of the Claude Opus 5.5 and Gemma 4 12B releases: 5 and 2 models respectively, each with different intelligence, performance, and pricing characteristics. Below is a comparison of the key metrics across all 7 models.
- For intelligence, Claude Opus 5.5 scores highest: Claude Opus 5.5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort, Default Fallback) at 58, against Gemma 4 12B (Reasoning) at 14 for Gemma 4 12B.
Releases compared
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Intelligence Index vs. Cost per Intelligence Index Task
Cost per Task (USD, Log Scale)
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Capability Indexes
Incorporates 7 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, Humanity's Last Exam, AutomationBench-AA, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf · Higher is better
Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, AutomationBench-AA, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf · Higher is better
Incorporates 7 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, Humanity's Last Exam, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf, AutomationBench-AA · Higher is better
Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, MLCR-AA, Humanity's Last Exam, AutomationBench-AA · Higher is better
Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, Humanity's Last Exam, CritPt, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, Terminal-Bench 4.0 · Higher is better
Incorporates 5 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, Humanity's Last Exam, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, AA-LCR v1.1 · Higher is better
Further details
Input modality | Output modality | Weights | Provider Benchmarks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Claude Opus 5.5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort, Default Fallback) |  Anthropic | 58 | 61 | 64 | 63 | - | 60 | 66 | $5.98 | $2.9 | $4.00 | $20.00 | $0.20 | $8,708 | 119k | 84k | 260M | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1M | Sep 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text and image | Supports: text | Not available | - | | |
| Claude Opus 5.5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Xhigh Effort, Default Fallback) | Anthropic | 56 | 58 | 62 | 61 | - | 59 | 63 | $3.46 | $2.9 | $4.00 | $20.00 | $0.20 | $4,057 | 66k | 40k | 100M | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1M | Sep 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text and image | Supports: text | Not available | - | | |
| Claude Opus 5.5 (Adaptive Reasoning, High Effort, Default Fallback) | Anthropic | 54 | 56 | 59 | 59 | - | 56 | 61 | $1.82 | $2.9 | $4.00 | $20.00 | $0.20 | $2,172 | 36k | 18k | 53M | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1M | Sep 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text and image | Supports: text | Not available | - | | |
| Claude Opus 5.5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Medium Effort, Default Fallback) | Anthropic | 51 | 54 | 57 | 57 | - | 54 | 60 | $1.34 | $2.9 | $4.00 | $20.00 | $0.20 | $1,627 | 26k | 12k | 38M | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1M | Sep 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text and image | Supports: text | Not available | - | | |
| Claude Opus 5.5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Low Effort, Default Fallback) | Anthropic | 42 | 46 | 48 | 52 | - | 45 | 53 | $0.55 | $2.9 | $4.00 | $20.00 | $0.20 | $860 | 10k | 3k | 20M | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1M | Sep 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text and image | Supports: text | Not available | - | | |
| Gemma 4 12B (Reasoning) |  Google | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $0.1 | $0.10 | $0.30 | - | - | - | - | - | 112 | 2.37s | 20.28s | 24.76s | - | 12B | 256k | Jun 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text, image, speech, and video | Supports: text |  | |||
| Gemma 4 12B (Non-reasoning) | Google | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $0.1 | $0.10 | $0.30 | - | - | - | - | - | 110 | 2.34s | 2.34s | 6.89s | - | 12B | 262k | Jun 2026 | - | No | Supports: text, image, speech, and video | Supports: text | | |||