Model comparison

Claude Opus 5.5 vs Gemini 2.0 Pro

Claude Opus 5.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 68.6 to 39.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.

Claude Opus 5.5 Anthropic

68.6

Rank #3 Confirmed

Gemini 2.0 Pro Google

39.1

Rank #173 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude Opus 5.5 scores higher in 7 categories and Gemini 2.0 Pro in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Claude Opus 5.5 leads 80.2 to 22.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 90.6% for Claude Opus 5.5 and 65.7% for Gemini 2.0 Pro.

Side by side

Claude Opus 5.5 and Gemini 2.0 Pro specifications
Claude Opus 5.5Gemini 2.0 Pro
ProviderAnthropicGoogle
Noometry Index68.639.1
Released2026-09-222025-02-05
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1M—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$4—
Output $ / M tokens$20—
Results tracked4414

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Category by category

Coding Claude Opus 5.5 leads

Claude Opus 5.5: 71.9 (#3), Gemini 2.0 Pro: 37.8 (#187)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 5.5Gemini 2.0 Pro
FrontierCode54.6%—
Aider Polyglot—35.6%
CursorBench57.8%—
LMArena WebDev1813—
FrontierSWE62.3%—
SciCode66.9%—
LiveBench Coding—63.5%
LMArena Coding1547—
MirrorCode77.4%—
ALE-Bench2,147—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Claude Opus 5.5: 45.3 (#15), Gemini 2.0 Pro: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 5.5Gemini 2.0 Pro
APEX-Agents73.5%—
GDP.pdf30.6%—
Vending-Bench 29,235—

Reasoning Claude Opus 5.5 leads

Claude Opus 5.5: 80.2 (#3), Gemini 2.0 Pro: 22.3 (#198)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 5.5Gemini 2.0 Pro
Epoch Capabilities Index167.33135.06
ARC-AGI-293.3%—
NYT Connections (extended)88.5%—
ARC-AGI-198.5%—
CritPt31.7%—
EnigmaEval—0.7%
EBR-Bench71.4%—
LiveBench Reasoning—60.1%
LMArena Hard Prompts1535—
Mystery Game Puzzles71%—
DTBench98.9%—
LiveBench Data Analysis—68%
LMCA68.2%—
LiveBench—65.1%

Math Claude Opus 5.5 leads

Claude Opus 5.5: 91.8 (#3), Gemini 2.0 Pro: 39.7 (#100)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 5.5Gemini 2.0 Pro
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)91.2%—
FrontierMath Tier 495%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025100%—
ProofBench100%—
LiveBench Math—71%
LMArena Math1506—
MATH Level 5—83.5%
FrontierMath Erdős2.9%—

Knowledge Claude Opus 5.5 leads

Claude Opus 5.5: 66.4 (#10), Gemini 2.0 Pro: 36.5 (#167)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 5.5Gemini 2.0 Pro
GPQA Diamond90.6%65.7%
SimpleQA Verified72.2%—
Confabulations—18.4%
LMArena Expert1547—

Multimodal Not comparable

Claude Opus 5.5: 57.8 (#1), Gemini 2.0 Pro: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 5.5Gemini 2.0 Pro
LMArena Vision1321—
Blueprint-Bench 251.2%—
Furniture Assembly83.3%—

Multilingual Not comparable

Claude Opus 5.5: 59.1 (#2), Gemini 2.0 Pro: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 5.5Gemini 2.0 Pro
LMArena Non-English1507—
LMArena Chinese1588—
LMArena French1514—
LMArena Russian1520—
LMArena Spanish1507—

Instruction Following Claude Opus 5.5 leads

Claude Opus 5.5: 80.0 (#3), Gemini 2.0 Pro: 75.5 (#59)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 5.5Gemini 2.0 Pro
LiveBench Instruction Following—83.4%
LMArena Instruction Following1537—

Long Context Claude Opus 5.5 leads

Claude Opus 5.5: 47.1 (#19), Gemini 2.0 Pro: 29.2 (#292)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 5.5Gemini 2.0 Pro
Fiction.LiveBench—41.7%
LMArena Longer Query1532—

Writing & Preference Claude Opus 5.5 leads

Claude Opus 5.5: 78.2 (#3), Gemini 2.0 Pro: 52.7 (#165)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 5.5Gemini 2.0 Pro
LMArena Text1515—
LMArena Creative Writing1533—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing2050—
LMArena Multi-Turn1499—
LiveBench Language—44.9%

Frequently asked questions

Is Claude Opus 5.5 better than Gemini 2.0 Pro?

Claude Opus 5.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 68.6 to 39.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is Claude Opus 5.5 or Gemini 2.0 Pro better for coding?

Claude Opus 5.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 71.9 versus 37.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Claude Opus 5.5 and Gemini 2.0 Pro share?

2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude Opus 5.5 has 44 scored results on Noometry and Gemini 2.0 Pro has 14.

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