Claude Opus 5.5 vs Gemini 3.5 Flash

rates, context and capabilities side by side on the impossibl api, and what the same workload costs on each.

the models at a glance: base rates, context window and modalities
specificationClaude Opus 5.5

anthropic/claude-opus-5-5

Gemini 3.5 Flash

google/gemini-3.5-flash

input · usd / 1m tok$4.00$1.50
output · usd / 1m tok$20.00$9.00
context window1mtokens1mtokens
modalities · in → out

takes text and image in, gives text out

takes text, image, audio and video in, gives text out

pricing

base api rates by model
base api rates · usd per 1m tokensClaude Opus 5.5

anthropic/claude-opus-5-5

Gemini 3.5 Flash

google/gemini-3.5-flash

input$4.00$1.50
output$20.00$9.00
cache read$0.20$0.15
cache write · default ttl$5.00not published
cache write · 1h ttl$8.00not published

the estimate below prices one workload at these rates on every model.

specifications

published specifications by model
as publishedClaude Opus 5.5

anthropic/claude-opus-5-5

Gemini 3.5 Flash

google/gemini-3.5-flash

creatorAnthropicGoogle
model typeText generationText generation
context window1,000,000tokens1,000,000tokens
input

takes text and image in, gives text out

takes text, image, audio and video in, gives text out

outputtexttext
tool callingnot verifiednot verified
releasedsep 22, 2026may 19, 2026
endpoint/v1/chat/completions/v1/chat/completions

unknown means the public catalog does not establish that fact. a model's documented capabilities can differ from what a particular api supports. see the model documentation for integration details.

benchmarks

benchmark scores by model, primary tested configuration
primary configurationClaude Opus 5.5

anthropic/claude-opus-5-5

no benchmarks yet

Gemini 3.5 Flash

google/gemini-3.5-flash

high

intelligence index · gateway ranknot measured33.0#31 of 90
coding indexnot measured70.1#23 of 60
agentic indexnot measured27.3#30 of 49
omnisciencenot measured21.2#15 of 86
gpqanot measured92.2%#22 of 88
humanity’s last examnot measured42.7%#17 of 89
terminal-bench v2.1not measured78.7%#23 of 57
tau2not measured95.3%
mmmu-pronot measured84.3%
harvey labnot measured82.1%
ifbenchnot measured76.3%
aa-lcrnot measured73.3%
scicodenot measured53.9%
apex-agentsnot measured47.1%
analystagentnot measured45.0%
automationbench partialnot measured42.1%
terminal-bench hardnot measured40.9%
itbenchnot measured40.3%
tau bankingnot measured32.2%
gdp.pdf all-passnot measured19.8%
multilingual lcrnot measured18.3%
critptnot measured13.1%
terminal-bench v4.0not measured6.6%

Gemini 3.5 Flash source ↗

each column describes the tested configuration named under the model; performance and costs can differ on impossibl. a score one model was not measured on is left blank rather than scored zero. indices are ranked against every model on the gateway with one. last checked 2026-09-11.

estimate your cost

one token workload, priced on every model at the published rates, in usd. change the numbers to match yours.

token workload

total input, including cached tokens

include billable reasoning tokens

the same token usage in each request

a subset of total input, never additional tokens

Claude Opus 5.5

anthropic/claude-opus-5-5

estimated usage cost

$14.00

1,000 requests × (1,000 uncached input × $4.00 + 500 output × $20.00) / 1,000,000 = $14.00

base rates; no context pricing tiers are published.

Gemini 3.5 Flash

google/gemini-3.5-flash

estimated usage cost

$6.00

1,000 requests × (1,000 uncached input × $1.50 + 500 output × $9.00) / 1,000,000 = $6.00

base rates; no context pricing tiers are published.

estimates use published impossibl api usage rates. configured billing adjustments, funding fees, taxes, and custom workspace rates are excluded and may change the final amount.

image and audio usage, cache creation, and additional tool charges are excluded. reasoning tokens count as billable output, even when they are not visible in the response.

summary

Claude Opus 5.5 and Gemini 3.5 Flash are available through the Impossibl API. they share the /v1/chat/completions endpoint; the model identifier selects the model for a request.

Claude Opus 5.5 is created by Anthropic. It has a 1,000,000-token context window. Base API pricing (USD): $4.00 per million input tokens; $20.00 per million output tokens.

Gemini 3.5 Flash is created by Google. It has a 1,000,000-token context window. Base API pricing (USD): $1.50 per million input tokens; $9.00 per million output tokens.

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