Coding work
Code generation, repair, and software-engineering tasks
GPT-5.5
GPT-5.5 leads on the public coding lane, 64.1 to 60.3, with Supported evidence for both models, although the 90% intervals overlap.
Updated September 27, 2026. Rank says GPT-5.5 is ahead. Price, access, and your workload can each overturn that. Public scores include evidence status and uncertainty.
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GPT-5.5 has the higher public score estimate, 69.13 versus 67.66, but the 90% score intervals overlap. Treat that as a lead, not a settled winner. 10 results are shared. Category rows resting on Estimated evidence or different benchmark sets are marked directional and do not name a winner.
Recommendations appear only when a shared evidence basis or an explicit operating constraint supports the call. Secondary and unsupported use cases stay disclosed below the initial list.
Code generation, repair, and software-engineering tasks
GPT-5.5
GPT-5.5 leads on the public coding lane, 64.1 to 60.3, with Supported evidence for both models, although the 90% intervals overlap.
Tool use, computer use, and multi-step task completion
GPT-5.5
GPT-5.5 leads on the public agentic lane, 60.1 to 58.6, with Supported evidence for both models, although the 90% intervals overlap.
1K fresh input + 500 output tokens
Gemini 3.7 Flash
Gemini 3.7 Flash has the lower estimated token cost for this stated workload. Costs use the listed standard API rates.
200K cached + 20K fresh input + 10K output tokens
Gemini 3.7 Flash
Gemini 3.7 Flash has the lower estimated token cost for this stated workload. Costs use the listed standard API rates.
50K fresh input + 3K output tokens
Gemini 3.7 Flash
Gemini 3.7 Flash has the lower estimated token cost for this stated workload. Costs use the listed standard API rates.
Prompts that approach the documented context limit
No clear pick
The documented context windows are equal.
Choose a job from the LLM Selector's task catalog to see the category row it rests on, under the same basis rules as the table below. A directional row stays directional; choosing a job never creates a winner.
The same task catalog as the LLM Selector. Each job names the evidence surface it rests on; nothing here adds a new score.
Like-for-like · BenchAlign v5.7
GPT-5.5 leads the like-for-like coding row, although the 90% intervals overlap.
Coding scores combine specific tasks and setups. Match the editor, harness, and effort to your workflow.
Shared results can support a head-to-head reading. Results present for only one model describe coverage, not superiority.
1 category rests on Estimated evidence or different evidence sets. Those rows remain visible for coverage context but do not name a winner.
Only shared public evidence is shown. Sparse evidence stays a ruled list rather than being closed into a radar shape.
Too few matched category axes support a radar. The ruled list below shows only shared benchmark results; positions use each benchmark’s normalized display scale when available.
OSWorld 2.0Agentic
Normalized gap 34.9LiveCodeBench (Vals)Coding
Normalized gap 3.4MMLU-Pro (Vals)Knowledge
Normalized gap 2.0ARC-AGI-2Reasoning
Normalized gap 0.4Each row shows the public-lane category score for both models: the BenchAlign v5.7 lane for agentic, coding, and knowledge, and the weighted public rows elsewhere, with the same rank each model page reports. A row is like-for-like only when both scores rest on Supported evidence or the same weighted set. Directional and not-comparable rows remain visible, but they never receive a winner.
| Category | Gemini 3.7 Flash | GPT-5.5 | Basis | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agentic | 58.6Supported · #20/105 | 60.1Supported · #15/105 | Like-for-likeBenchAlign v5.7 lane · 7 vs 14 public rows | GPT-5.5 leads · intervals overlap |
| Coding | 60.3Supported · #17/135 | 64.1Supported · #11/135 | Like-for-likeBenchAlign v5.7 lane · 6 vs 9 public rows | GPT-5.5 leads · intervals overlap |
| Knowledge | 71.1Supported · #10/158 | 70.0Supported · #12/158 | Like-for-likeBenchAlign v5.7 lane · 6 vs 6 public rows | Gemini 3.7 Flash leads · intervals overlap |
| Multimodal | 82.6#10/50 | 71.4#20/50 | Directional onlyProvisional lane · 1 vs 2 weighted rows | Directional only |
| Reasoning | 77.8Unranked · 5 rankable rows | 65.9#10/19 | Not comparableProvisional lane · 1 vs 2 weighted rows | Not comparable |
| Multilingual | Not ranked | Not ranked | Not comparableProvisional lane · 0 vs 0 weighted rows | Not comparable |
| Instruction following | Not ranked | 91.9#7/124 | Not comparableProvisional lane · 0 vs 0 weighted rows | Not comparable |
| Math | Not ranked | 69.4Unranked · 3 rankable rows | Not comparableProvisional lane · 0 vs 2 weighted rows | Not comparable |
Ranks count the models scored in each category’s lane, so the agentic, coding, and knowledge denominators (BenchAlign v5.7) differ from the provisional-lane categories. Unranked scores sit on the provisional lane’s scale but never name a winner. Like-for-like rows within 0.5 points read as a practical tie.
Three fixed token mixes turn per-token rates into comparable decisions. Each scenario states context fit and whether cached input had to fall back to the published list-input rate.
1K fresh input + 500 output tokens
Gemini 3.7 Flash has the lower modeled cost
Costs use the listed standard API rates.
50K fresh input + 3K output tokens
Gemini 3.7 Flash has the lower modeled cost
Costs use the listed standard API rates.
200K cached + 20K fresh input + 10K output tokens
Gemini 3.7 Flash has the lower modeled cost
Costs use the listed standard API rates.
Sourced differences are shown directly. Missing facts stay explicit instead of being inferred from a model name or family.
Maximum documented context; output-token limits may be lower.
Gemini 3.7 Flash
GPT-5.5
Gemini 3.7 Flash
gemini-3.7-flash
Google Gemini 3.7 Flash API documentationGPT-5.5
gpt-5.5
OpenAI pricingA missing cached-input rate falls back to the listed input rate only in the stated workload estimate.
Gemini 3.7 Flash
$0.075 per 1M cached input tokens
Google Gemini API pricingGPT-5.5
$0.5 per 1M cached input tokens
OpenAI pricingGemini 3.7 Flash
text, image, video, audio, pdf
Google Gemini 3.7 Flash API documentationGPT-5.5
Not sourced
Gemini 3.7 Flash
GPT-5.5
Not sourced
Gemini 3.7 Flash
Generally Available · Gemini API, Google AI Studio, Gemini App - Spark, Gemini Enterprise App, Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform, Google Antigravity
Google DeepMind Gemini 3.7 Flash model cardGPT-5.5
Not sourced
Gemini 3.7 Flash
Reasoning
GPT-5.5
Reasoning
Gemini 3.7 Flash
Proprietary
GPT-5.5
Proprietary
Gemini 3.7 Flash
Proprietary
GPT-5.5
Proprietary
Gemini 3.7 Flash
2026-08-13
GPT-5.5
2026-04-23
GPT-5.5 has the higher public score estimate, 69.13 versus 67.66, but the 90% score intervals overlap. The higher estimate is not a decisive winner because the uncertainty ranges overlap.
GPT-5.5 leads the public coding lane, 64.1 to 60.3, with Supported evidence for both models, although the 90% intervals overlap.
GPT-5.5 leads the public agentic tasks lane, 60.1 to 58.6, with Supported evidence for both models, although the 90% intervals overlap.
For the stated presets, chat costs $0.00263 on Gemini 3.7 Flash and $0.02 on GPT-5.5; repository review costs $0.04875 and $0.34; the cache-heavy agent loop costs $0.0675 and $0.5. Costs use the listed standard API rates.
Both models list the same context window, 1M.
The full public result ledger is available for audit without forcing a wide desktop table onto a phone.
Terminal-Bench 2.1
Not directly comparable
Terminal-Bench 3.0
Not directly comparable
AutomationBench
Not directly comparable
OSWorld 2.0
Gemini 3.7 Flash leads this result
Agents' Last Exam
Not directly comparable
Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals)
Gemini 3.7 Flash leads this result
ApprenticeBench
Shared sourceGPT-5.5 leads this result
Terminal-Bench 2.0
Not directly comparable
CyberGym
Not directly comparable
BrowseComp
Not directly comparable
OSWorld-Verified
Not directly comparable
MCP Atlas
Not directly comparable
Toolathlon
Not directly comparable
τ²-bench results
Not directly comparable
Gert Labs
Not directly comparable
ResearchClawBench
Not directly comparable
JobBench
Not directly comparable
ExploitGym
Not directly comparable
FrontierCode 1.1 Main
Gemini 3.7 Flash leads this result
DeepSWE
Not directly comparable
Terminal-Bench 2.1
Not directly comparable
FrontierSWE v2
Not directly comparable
LiveCodeBench (Vals)
Gemini 3.7 Flash leads this result
SWE-bench (Vals)
GPT-5.5 leads this result
SWE-bench Pro
Not directly comparable
Terminal-Bench 2.0
Not directly comparable
Vibe Code Bench
Not directly comparable
React Native Evals
Not directly comparable
cursorBench31
Not directly comparable
cursorBench32
Not directly comparable
MRCR v2 64K-128K
Gemini 3.7 Flash leads this result
ARC-AGI-1
Not directly comparable
ARC-AGI-2
GPT-5.5 leads this result
MRCR v2 128K-256K
Not directly comparable
ARC-AGI-3
Not directly comparable
CharXiv w/o tools
Not directly comparable
CharXiv
Not directly comparable
LVBench
Not directly comparable
MMMU-Pro
Not directly comparable
MMMU-Pro w/ Python
Not directly comparable
OfficeQA Pro
Not directly comparable
HLE-Verified
Not directly comparable
LABBench2
Not directly comparable
BioMysteryBench (human-solvable)
Not directly comparable
BioMysteryBench (human-difficult)
Not directly comparable
GPQA Diamond (Vals)
Gemini 3.7 Flash leads this result
MMLU-Pro (Vals)
Gemini 3.7 Flash leads this result
GPQA
Not directly comparable
GPQA-D
Not directly comparable
HLE
Not directly comparable
HLE w/o tools
Not directly comparable
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Last updated September 27, 2026