Claude Opus 5.5 vs Gemini 3.1 Pro

Anthropic's Claude Opus 5.5 and Google's Gemini 3.1 Pro, compared on the figures Alevr runs on: list prices, context window, speed and intelligence grades, and the plan that includes each.

Anthropic

Claude Opus 5.5

Anthropic's newest Opus: long-running agentic coding and knowledge work, always thinking.

Input / output per M
$4.00 / $20.00
Context
1M
In Alevr from
Pro

Google

Gemini 3.1 Pro

Deep-reasoning Pro tier (preview): 3.5 Flash now edges it on most benchmarks.

Input / output per M
$2.00 / $12.00
Context
1.05M
In Alevr from
Pro

Side by side.

Claude Opus 5.5 vs Gemini 3.1 Pro, figure by figure
Claude Opus 5.5Gemini 3.1 Pro
LabAnthropicGoogle
ReleasedSep 2026Feb 2026
Context window1,000,000 tokens1,048,576 tokens
Input, per M tokens$4.00$2.00
Cached input, per M tokens$0.20$0.20
Output, per M tokens$20.00$12.00
Intelligence grade9 / 10Catalog estimate7 / 10Catalog estimate
Speed grade4 / 10Catalog estimate7 / 10Catalog estimate
Adjustable thinkingYesYes
Reads imagesYesYes
Searches the web in AlevrYesYes
Drives agents and CodeYesYes
Included in Alevr fromPro€24 a month incl. VATPro€24 a month incl. VAT

Which to pick.

Each answer below is a comparison of the figures above, nothing more. Costs use a chat turn of 800 input and 500 output tokens.

For the lowest cost per messageGemini 3.1 Pro
At list prices, 1,000 requests of a chat turn of 800 input and 500 output tokens cost $13.20 on Claude Opus 5.5 and $7.60 on Gemini 3.1 Pro. Gemini 3.1 Pro is about 1.7× cheaper for this workload.
For the hardest reasoningClaude Opus 5.5
Claude Opus 5.5 has the higher intelligence grade, 9 against 7 out of 10. Neither model has an Artificial Analysis measurement in Alevr's latest benchmark sync yet, so both grades are the catalog's estimates and may move when one lands.
For quick back-and-forthGemini 3.1 Pro
Gemini 3.1 Pro has the higher speed grade, 7 against 4 out of 10.
For long documentsNo clear difference
The context windows are close: 1M and 1.05M tokens.
On a smaller Alevr planNo clear difference
Both are included from Pro, €24 a month incl. VAT.

Pick Claude Opus 5.5

  • for the hardest reasoning

Pick Gemini 3.1 Pro

  • for the lowest cost per message
  • for quick back-and-forth

Use both in Alevr.

Alevr puts Claude, GPT, Gemini and 150+ models in one subscription, hosted in France. Both of these are included from Pro, €24 a month incl. VAT. Plans start at €10.80.

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Where these figures come from

Prices are each lab's API list price in US dollars per million tokens, as recorded in the model catalog Alevr bills from. Cached input is the rate a prompt-cache hit is billed at. Alevr subscribers do not pay per token: each plan includes a monthly usage budget.

Intelligence and speed are Alevr's 1 to 10 grades. Where Artificial Analysis has measured a model, the grade is computed from its Intelligence Index and median output speed. A model it has not measured yet carries an estimate from the lab's positioning, and the page says so. The benchmark sync last ran on 22 September 2026.

The figures change when labs change their prices. These pages are rebuilt from the same catalog each time Alevr ships, so they match what the app shows.

OpenRouter, a reseller, lists Gemini 3.1 Pro (google/gemini-3.1-pro-preview) at $2.00 input and $12.00 output per million tokens. Resale rates can differ from the lab's own.