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  5. Claude Opus 5.5vsGemini 1.5 Pro
Updated Sep 2026

Claude Opus 5.5vsGemini 1.5 Pro

Gemini 1.5 Pro is cheaper than Claude Opus 5.5 at $3.5/M vs $4/M input tokens.

Claude Opus 5.5 and Gemini 1.5 Pro compared across 1 shared prompts
SpecClaude Opus 5.5Gemini 1.5 Pro
Input price$4/M tokens$3.5/M tokens
Output price$20/M tokens$10.5/M tokens
Context window1.0M tokens1.0M tokens
WeightsClosed—
Free API (OpenRouter)NoNo
ReleasedSep 2026Feb 2024
Our Verdict
Claude Opus 5.5
Claude Opus 5.5
Gemini 1.5 Pro
Gemini 1.5 Pro

Not enough votes to call it. On the specs, nothing separates them.

Too close to call
API pricing

Cost per 1M tokens

Claude Opus 5.5
Input
$4.00
Output
$20.00
Gemini 1.5 Pro
Input
$3.50
1.1× cheaper
Output
$10.50
1.9× cheaper

Gemini 1.5 Pro is cheaper on both: 1.1× input, 1.9× output.

Where to run it

4 hosts

Claude Opus 5.54 hosts
HostInOutContextUptime
Amazon Bedrock$4.00 in·$20.00 out·1M·99.8% upAzure AI Foundry$4.00 in·$20.00 out·1M·100% upAnthropic$4.00 in·$20.00 out·1M·100% upGoogle Vertex AI$4.00 in·$20.00 out·1M·100% up
Gemini 1.5 Pro

No hosts listed on OpenRouter.

Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 25 Sep 2026.

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Claude Opus 5.5 is developed by Anthropic while Gemini 1.5 Pro is developed by Google AI. Claude Opus 5.5 has a 1.0M token context window vs Gemini 1.5 Pro's 1.0M. You can compare their actual outputs across 1 challenges on Rival to see how they differ in practice.

It depends on your use case. Claude Opus 5.5 and Gemini 1.5 Pro each have strengths in different areas. Rival lets you compare their real outputs side-by-side across 1 challenges so you can judge which fits your needs best.

Claude Opus 5.5 costs $4/M input tokens and Gemini 1.5 Pro costs $3.5/M input tokens. Gemini 1.5 Pro is $0.50/M cheaper per input. Check their side-by-side outputs on Rival to see if the price difference is justified by quality.

This page shows a side-by-side comparison of Claude Opus 5.5 and Gemini 1.5 Pro across shared challenges. You can vote on which model produced the better output in a blind duel. Browsing and voting are free. No account is needed to look; signing in only saves your votes and likes.

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