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Real data comparison

Anthropic: Claude Opus 5.5 (batch) vs Google: Gemini 4 Argon (batch)

On quality, Anthropic: Claude Opus 5.5 (batch) leads (57.6 vs 52.6). On price, Google: Gemini 4 Argon (batch) is cheaper ($4.00 vs $8.00 per 1M). In real production usage, Anthropic: Claude Opus 5.5 (batch) is used more (rank #20 vs #377 of 380).

  • Anthropic: Claude Opus 5.5 (batch)
  • Google: Gemini 4 Argon (batch)
Quality (Intelligence Index)57.6 / 52.6
Price ($/1M blended)$8.00 / $4.00
Average usage share2.02% / 0.00%
Context window1,000,000 / 1,048,576
Quality per dollar7.2 pts/$ / 13.1 pts/$

Usage share over time

3.84%2.88%1.92%0.96%0.00%Share of usageSep 23Oct 3Oct 13

Frequently asked questions

Anthropic: Claude Opus 5.5 (batch) vs Google: Gemini 4 Argon (batch): which is better quality?

Anthropic: Claude Opus 5.5 (batch) scores higher on Artificial Analysis's Intelligence Index (57.6 vs 52.6).

Anthropic: Claude Opus 5.5 (batch) vs Google: Gemini 4 Argon (batch): which is cheaper?

Google: Gemini 4 Argon (batch) is cheaper at $4.00/1M vs $8.00/1M.

Anthropic: Claude Opus 5.5 (batch) vs Google: Gemini 4 Argon (batch): which is used more?

Anthropic: Claude Opus 5.5 (batch) has higher real OpenRouter usage share (rank #20 vs #377 of 380).

Source: OpenRouter (openrouter.ai/rankings), as of October 14, 2026.

Benchmark scores: Artificial Analysis (artificialanalysis.ai) via OpenRouter (openrouter.ai/rankings).

Methodology: www.smophy.ai/benchmark/methodology

Token counts originate from each provider's own tokenizer and are not directly comparable across providers.