Model comparison

Claude Opus 5.5 vs Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024)

Claude Opus 5.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 68.6 to 33.2 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.

Claude Opus 5.5 Anthropic

68.6

Rank #3 Confirmed

Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) Google

33.2

Rank #246 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude Opus 5.5 scores higher in 10 categories and Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) in 0 categories; 10 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Claude Opus 5.5 leads 91.8 to 22.1.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 100% for Claude Opus 5.5 and 16.3% for Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024).

Side by side

Claude Opus 5.5 and Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) specifications
Claude Opus 5.5Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024)
ProviderAnthropicGoogle
Noometry Index68.633.2
Released2026-09-222024-05-14
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1M—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$4—
Output $ / M tokens$20—
Results tracked4442

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Category by category

Coding Claude Opus 5.5 leads

Claude Opus 5.5: 71.9 (#3), Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 34.4 (#236)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 5.5Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024)
LMArena Coding15471261
FrontierCode54.6%—
CursorBench57.8%—
LMArena WebDev1813—
FrontierSWE62.3%—
SciCode66.9%—
WeirdML—24.9%
BigCodeBench Instruct—43.5%
MirrorCode77.4%—
BigCodeBench Complete—55.1%
ALE-Bench2,147—
HumanEval+—75.6%
MBPP+—67.5%

Agentic & Tool Use Claude Opus 5.5 leads

Claude Opus 5.5: 45.3 (#15), Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 26.6 (#102)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 5.5Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024)
APEX-Agents73.5%—
BALROG—14.6%
GDP.pdf30.6%—
Vending-Bench 29,235—

Reasoning Claude Opus 5.5 leads

Claude Opus 5.5: 80.2 (#3), Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 21.7 (#215)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 5.5Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024)
LMArena Hard Prompts15351257
DTBench98.9%53.8%
Epoch Capabilities Index167.33129.36
ARC-AGI-293.3%—
NYT Connections (extended)88.5%—
ARC-AGI-198.5%—
CritPt31.7%—
EBR-Bench71.4%—
Mystery Game Puzzles71%—
LMCA68.2%—
ForecastBench—53.9
PIQA—87.5%

Math Claude Opus 5.5 leads

Claude Opus 5.5: 91.8 (#3), Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 22.1 (#281)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 5.5Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024)
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025100%16.3%
LMArena Math15061269
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)91.2%—
FrontierMath Tier 495%—
ProofBench100%—
Omni-MATH—30.4%
MATH Level 5—61.9%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—0%
FrontierMath Erdős2.9%—
GSM8K—82.4%

Knowledge Claude Opus 5.5 leads

Claude Opus 5.5: 66.4 (#10), Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 26.2 (#260)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 5.5Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024)
GPQA Diamond90.6%47.3%
LMArena Expert15471233
SimpleQA Verified72.2%—
MMLU-Pro—67.8%
GPQA (HELM)—43.7%
BoolQ—85.8%
MMLU—77.9%

Multimodal Claude Opus 5.5 leads

Claude Opus 5.5: 57.8 (#1), Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 36.0 (#81)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 5.5Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024)
LMArena Vision13211141
Video-MME—70.3%
GeoBench—76%
Blueprint-Bench 251.2%—
Furniture Assembly83.3%—

Multilingual Claude Opus 5.5 leads

Claude Opus 5.5: 59.1 (#2), Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 42.9 (#189)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 5.5Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024)
LMArena Non-English15071278
LMArena Chinese15881295
LMArena French15141258
LMArena Russian15201288
LMArena Spanish15071243
LMArena German—1262
LMArena Japanese—1252
LMArena Korean—1221

Instruction Following Claude Opus 5.5 leads

Claude Opus 5.5: 80.0 (#3), Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 66.8 (#205)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 5.5Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024)
LMArena Instruction Following15371258
IFEval—83.1%

Long Context Claude Opus 5.5 leads

Claude Opus 5.5: 47.1 (#19), Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 39.0 (#187)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 5.5Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024)
LMArena Longer Query15321284

Writing & Preference Claude Opus 5.5 leads

Claude Opus 5.5: 78.2 (#3), Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 48.7 (#196)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 5.5Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024)
LMArena Text15151287
LMArena Creative Writing15331285
LMArena Multi-Turn14991253
EQ-Bench Creative Writing2050—
WildBench—79.2%

Frequently asked questions

Is Claude Opus 5.5 better than Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024)?

Claude Opus 5.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 68.6 to 33.2 on the Noometry Index.

Is Claude Opus 5.5 or Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) better for coding?

Claude Opus 5.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 71.9 versus 34.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Claude Opus 5.5 and Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) share?

19 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude Opus 5.5 has 44 scored results on Noometry and Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) has 42.

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