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Start with Claude Opus 5.5 and Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite, or choose any two current ranked language models. Compare capability evidence, price, context, provider availability, and weight access without pretending one field decides every use case.
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Claude Opus 5.5 vs Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
Live dataset updated 9/28/2026, 2:54:15 AM UTC
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|---|---|---|
| ModelCap position | #1 | #28 |
| Index score | 88.4 | 71.5 |
| Evidence | Measured4 public benchmark observations across 4 boards | Measured4 public benchmark observations across 4 boards |
| Input / 1M | $4.00 | $0.30 |
| Output / 1M | $20.00 | $2.50 |
| Pricing status | fresh | fresh |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Providers | 5 | 2 |
| Weight access | API only | API only |
Decision facts
- Claude Opus 5.5 is #1; Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite is #28 on the same current language board.
- Index scores are 88.4 for Claude Opus 5.5 and 71.5 for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite. Their published uncertainty intervals do not overlap, but the aggregate Index does not predict performance on every task; compare the relevant benchmark configurations before choosing.
- Both positions use Measured evidence.
- Listed output price per 1M tokens is $20.00 for Claude Opus 5.5 and $2.50 for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite. For 1,000 requests with 2,000 input and 500 output tokens each (2M input + 0.5M output), the listed-rate estimate is $18.00 for Claude Opus 5.5 versus $1.85 for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite. Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite costs 89.7% less in this scenario. This excludes caching, batch discounts, prompt-length tiers, tool charges and retries; verify the selected endpoint before budgeting.
- Published context is 1,000,000 tokens for Claude Opus 5.5 and 1,048,576 for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite.
- ModelCap currently lists 5 providers for Claude Opus 5.5 and 2 for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite.
These are separate published fields, not a synthetic winner. ModelCap does not collapse price, access, context, and capability evidence into a hidden recommendation score.
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