Gemini 4 Carbon vs GPT-5.5
Gemini 4 Carbon leads GPT-5.5 on coding, 86.6 to 67.9 on the Vibe Coding Index, and Gemini 4 Carbon costs 3.0x less per output token ($10.00 vs $30.00 per million). Updated November 14, 2026; 53 benchmarks have a result for both.
vs boards won of 53 shared
Gemini 4 Carbon or GPT-5.5: which to pick
Pick Gemini 4 Carbon for coding: it scores 86.6 on the Vibe Coding Index against 67.9 for GPT-5.5.
Pick GPT-5.5 for a larger context window (1.05M against 1.05M tokens) and work measured by Long context reasoning (AA-LCR), where it leads.
Model AGemini 4 CarbonGoogle86.6/1004 independent benchmarksNo cost per solved taskModel BGPT-5.5OpenAI67.9/1004 independent benchmarks$1.65 per solved task
- Shared results
- 53
- Gemini 4 Carbon only
- 20
- GPT-5.5 only
- 86
- Like-for-like categories
- 8 of 9
Only benchmarks that tested both models count toward a pick; a result only one model has is shown but not compared.
Which one for your work
Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, six public coding benchmarks
Gemini 4 Carbon
Gemini 4 Carbon scores 86.6 against 67.9.
4 benchmarks behind each score
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
No call
Only Gemini 4 Carbon has a AA Intelligence Index result, 60.0.
Directional only
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
No call
Only GPT-5.5 has a AA Agentic Index result, 36.4.
Directional only
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
No call
Only GPT-5.5 has a GPQA Diamond result, 93.2%.
Directional only
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
No call
Only GPT-5.5 has a MMLU Pro result, 88.1%.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
Gemini 4 Carbon
Gemini 4 Carbon leads, 1319 against 1248.
Same board, both measured
General
Vals Index
No call
Only Gemini 4 Carbon has a Vals Index result, 70.5%.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
GPT-5.5
GPT-5.5 takes 1.05M tokens against 1.05M.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Gemini 4 Carbon
Gemini 4 Carbon $0.0070, GPT-5.5 $0.020 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
No call
Only GPT-5.5 has the number, $1.65.
Directional only
At a glance
- Coding index
- Gemini 4 Carbon 86.6 from 4 benchmarks, GPT-5.5 67.9 from 4 benchmarks.
- Widest category
- Agentic work, 29.2 points apart on average over 5 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- EBR-bench: Gemini 4 Carbon 87.6% against GPT-5.5 34.3%, 53.3 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Gemini 4 Carbon $10.00 against GPT-5.5 $30.00 per million output tokens, 3.0x apart.
- Context window
- Gemini 4 Carbon takes 1.05M tokens, GPT-5.5 1.05M.
Benchmark by benchmark
First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.
| Category | Gemini 4 Carbon | Bars | GPT-5.5 | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 8 | 0 | ||
| Intelligence | 1 | 0 | ||
| Agentic work | 5 | 0 | ||
| Reasoning | 10 | 0 | ||
| Math | 5 | 0 | ||
| Knowledge | 5 | 0 | ||
| Web design | 5 | 0 | ||
| General | 13 | 1 | ||
| All shared boards | 52 | 1 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index80
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Carbon | GPT-5.5 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench coding | 91.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Carbon measured |
| LMArena WebDev | 1768 | 1512 | Gemini 4 Carbon |
| AA Coding Index | Not measured | 74.9 | Only GPT-5.5 measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 85.3% | Only GPT-5.5 measured |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | Not measured | 82.6% | Only GPT-5.5 measured |
| Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI) | 63.1% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Carbon measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | 89.1% | 69.8% | Gemini 4 Carbon |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | Not measured | 45.2% | Only GPT-5.5 measured |
| ProgramBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 0.5% | Only GPT-5.5 measured |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 76.4% | Only GPT-5.5 measured |
| SkillsBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 62.5% | Only GPT-5.5 measured |
| SciCode | Not measured | 56.1% | Only GPT-5.5 measured |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 60.6% | Only GPT-5.5 measured |
| Terminal-Bench 4.0 (Artificial Analysis run) | 65.2% | 14.6% | Gemini 4 Carbon |
| FrontierCode 2.0 | 40.6% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Carbon measured |
| Terminal-Bench | Not measured | 84.7% | Only GPT-5.5 measured |
| FrontierCode | Not measured | 43.0% | Only GPT-5.5 measured |
| FrontierSWE | 61.2% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Carbon measured |
| GSO-Bench | Not measured | 40.2% | Only GPT-5.5 measured |
| WeirdML | Not measured | 84.9% | Only GPT-5.5 measured |
| MirrorCode | Not measured | 23.3% | Only GPT-5.5 measured |
| ALE-Bench | 2374.7 | 1943.0 | Gemini 4 Carbon |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1564 | 1494 | Gemini 4 Carbon |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1552 | 1492 | Gemini 4 Carbon |
| LMArena WebDev: React | 1792 | 1505 | Gemini 4 Carbon |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | 1770 | 1543 | Gemini 4 Carbon |
| LMArena WebDev: from an image | Not measured | 1531 | Only GPT-5.5 measured |
| SWE Atlas: Codebase QnA | Not measured | 45.4% | Only GPT-5.5 measured |
| SWE Atlas: Refactoring | Not measured | 44.8% | Only GPT-5.5 measured |
| SWE Atlas: Test Writing | Not measured | 42.6% | Only GPT-5.5 measured |
| GameBench 2 | Not measured | 59.9 | Only GPT-5.5 measured |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Not measured | 84.7% | Only GPT-5.5 measured |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Not measured | 83.2% | Only GPT-5.5 measured |
| CursorBench 4.0 | 60.4% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Carbon measured |
| ProgramBench | Not measured | 0.5% | Only GPT-5.5 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 17 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Carbon | GPT-5.5 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 60.0 | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Carbon measured |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 169.8 | 160.1 | Gemini 4 Carbon |
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index50
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Carbon | GPT-5.5 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | Not measured | 36.4 | Only GPT-5.5 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building web apps | Not measured | 1093 | Only GPT-5.5 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building full-stack apps | Not measured | 1064 | Only GPT-5.5 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building mobile apps | 1284 | 1134 | Gemini 4 Carbon |
| Design Arena: agents building Android apps | Not measured | 1154 | Only GPT-5.5 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building Godot games | Not measured | 1152 | Only GPT-5.5 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building games | Not measured | 1122 | Only GPT-5.5 measured |
| Design Arena: HTML slides | Not measured | 962 | Only GPT-5.5 measured |
| Design Arena: PowerPoint slides | Not measured | 1077 | Only GPT-5.5 measured |
| Design Arena: spreadsheets | 1224 | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Carbon measured |
| LiveBench research | 92.5% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Carbon measured |
| LiveBench browser | 80.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Carbon measured |
| LiveBench long agentic | 72.7% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Carbon measured |
| SREBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 3.8% | Only GPT-5.5 measured |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | Not measured | 51.8% | Only GPT-5.5 measured |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | 51.8% | 21.8% | Gemini 4 Carbon |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | 55.8% | 40.4% | Gemini 4 Carbon |
| Harvey's Legal Agent Benchmark (Vals AI) | 17.5% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Carbon measured |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | Not measured | 64.5% | Only GPT-5.5 measured |
| Time Horizon Index (Vals AI) | Not measured | 8.3% | Only GPT-5.5 measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | Not measured | 93.9% | Only GPT-5.5 measured |
| APEX-Agents | 84.2% | 55.1% | Gemini 4 Carbon |
| Remote Labor Index | Not measured | 6.3% | Only GPT-5.5 measured |
| OSWorld 2.0 | Not measured | 13.0% | Only GPT-5.5 measured |
| DeepResearch Bench | Not measured | 54.0% | Only GPT-5.5 measured |
| PostTrainBench | Not measured | 23.9% | Only GPT-5.5 measured |
| Vending-Bench 2 | $16,484 | $7,524 | Gemini 4 Carbon |
| LMArena Search | Not measured | 1246 | Only GPT-5.5 measured |
| MCP Atlas | Not measured | 75.3% | Only GPT-5.5 measured |
| Toolathlon-Verified | Not measured | 73.5% | Only GPT-5.5 measured |
| τ³-Banking | Not measured | 44.6% | Only GPT-5.5 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 13 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index100
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Carbon | GPT-5.5 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | Not measured | 93.2% | Only GPT-5.5 measured |
| LiveBench reasoning | 90.6% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Carbon measured |
| MMMU Pro (Vals AI) | Not measured | 88.3% | Only GPT-5.5 measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 93.5% | Only GPT-5.5 measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 45.8% | Only GPT-5.5 measured |
| HLE-Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 69.1% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Carbon measured |
| CritPt v2, hard subset (Artificial Analysis run) | 69.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Carbon measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 96.5% | 90.7% | Gemini 4 Carbon |
| ARC-AGI | 98.5% | 95.0% | Gemini 4 Carbon |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 94.2% | 85.0% | Gemini 4 Carbon |
| SimpleBench | 92.6% | 69.0% | Gemini 4 Carbon |
| Chess puzzles | 78.0% | 63.0% | Gemini 4 Carbon |
| Mystery game puzzles | 73.0% | 56.0% | Gemini 4 Carbon |
| EBR-bench | 87.6% | 34.3% | Gemini 4 Carbon |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1551 | 1488 | Gemini 4 Carbon |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1582 | 1506 | Gemini 4 Carbon |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1545 | 1483 | Gemini 4 Carbon |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | Not measured | 1323 | Only GPT-5.5 measured |
| LMArena Vision: homework | Not measured | 1331 | Only GPT-5.5 measured |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | Not measured | 88.8% | Only GPT-5.5 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index50
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Carbon | GPT-5.5 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME | 100.0% | 84.4% | Gemini 4 Carbon |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | 90.5% | 85.3% | Gemini 4 Carbon |
| FrontierMath, tier 4 | 95.1% | 72.5% | Gemini 4 Carbon |
| ProofBench | Not measured | 50.0% | Only GPT-5.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: math | Not measured | 1487 | Only GPT-5.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1538 | 1494 | Gemini 4 Carbon |
| MathArena | 85.4% | 54.5% | Gemini 4 Carbon |
| Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index50
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Carbon | GPT-5.5 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | Not measured | 88.1% | Only GPT-5.5 measured |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 86.5% | Only GPT-5.5 measured |
| CaseLaw (Vals AI) | Not measured | 66.2% | Only GPT-5.5 measured |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | Not measured | 68.4% | Only GPT-5.5 measured |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | Not measured | 75.0% | Only GPT-5.5 measured |
| MortgageTax (Vals AI) | Not measured | 68.8% | Only GPT-5.5 measured |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | Not measured | 49.1% | Only GPT-5.5 measured |
| AA-Omniscience | 53.5 | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Carbon measured |
| SimpleQA Verified | 77.7% | 63.0% | Gemini 4 Carbon |
| LMArena Text: science | 1535 | 1485 | Gemini 4 Carbon |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1525 | 1465 | Gemini 4 Carbon |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1542 | 1492 | Gemini 4 Carbon |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1520 | 1478 | Gemini 4 Carbon |
| FACTS Benchmark Suite | 78.4% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Carbon measured |
| PRBench Legal | 53.3% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Carbon measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here | |||
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index50
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Carbon | GPT-5.5 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1319 | 1248 | Gemini 4 Carbon |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1357 | 1250 | Gemini 4 Carbon |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1326 | 1282 | Gemini 4 Carbon |
| Design Arena: data viz | Not measured | 1259 | Only GPT-5.5 measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1434 | 1175 | Gemini 4 Carbon |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1348 | 1249 | Gemini 4 Carbon |
| Design Arena: SVG | Not measured | 1226 | Only GPT-5.5 measured |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | Not measured | 1247 | Only GPT-5.5 measured |
| LiveBench design | 80.2% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Carbon measured |
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index131
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Carbon | GPT-5.5 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vals Index | 70.5% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Carbon measured |
| LiveBench data analysis | 86.5% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Carbon measured |
| Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 60.9% | Only GPT-5.5 measured |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | Not measured | 86.9% | Only GPT-5.5 measured |
| Vals Multimodal Index | Not measured | 68.1% | Only GPT-5.5 measured |
| IFBench | Not measured | 75.9% | Only GPT-5.5 measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 79.3% | 84.3% | GPT-5.5 |
| GDPval-AA | 1733 | 1357 | Gemini 4 Carbon |
| DTBench | Not measured | 96.0% | Only GPT-5.5 measured |
| LMCA | Not measured | 54.3% | Only GPT-5.5 measured |
| Surface Evolver Bench | Not measured | 88.1% | Only GPT-5.5 measured |
| Furniture assembly | 77.5% | 44.2% | Gemini 4 Carbon |
| ExploitBench | Not measured | 47.4% | Only GPT-5.5 measured |
| CL-bench Life | Not measured | 22.2% | Only GPT-5.5 measured |
| LMArena Text | 1538 | 1471 | Gemini 4 Carbon |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1539 | 1478 | Gemini 4 Carbon |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1533 | 1454 | Gemini 4 Carbon |
| LMArena Vision | Not measured | 1296 | Only GPT-5.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: English | 1530 | 1470 | Gemini 4 Carbon |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1534 | 1466 | Gemini 4 Carbon |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1613 | 1534 | Gemini 4 Carbon |
| LMArena Text: German | Not measured | 1481 | Only GPT-5.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | Not measured | 1500 | Only GPT-5.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | Not measured | 1452 | Only GPT-5.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: French | Not measured | 1485 | Only GPT-5.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | Not measured | 1468 | Only GPT-5.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1560 | 1473 | Gemini 4 Carbon |
| LMArena Text: Polish | Not measured | 1465 | Only GPT-5.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1569 | 1477 | Gemini 4 Carbon |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1549 | 1483 | Gemini 4 Carbon |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1542 | 1466 | Gemini 4 Carbon |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1527 | 1448 | Gemini 4 Carbon |
| LMArena Vision: English | Not measured | 1293 | Only GPT-5.5 measured |
| LMArena Vision: Chinese | Not measured | 1359 | Only GPT-5.5 measured |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | Not measured | 1305 | Only GPT-5.5 measured |
| LMArena Vision: humor | Not measured | 1294 | Only GPT-5.5 measured |
| LMArena Vision: recognizing things | Not measured | 1229 | Only GPT-5.5 measured |
| LMArena Vision: creative writing | Not measured | 1305 | Only GPT-5.5 measured |
| LMArena Document | Not measured | 1484 | Only GPT-5.5 measured |
| EQ-Bench 4 | Not measured | 1295 | Only GPT-5.5 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 9 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Carbon | GPT-5.5 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neither model has a result on 5 boards here | |||
What each workload costs
Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.
Chat turn
1K input + 500 output tokens
Gemini 4 Carbon$0.0070Fits in one request
GPT-5.5$0.020Fits in one request
Gemini 4 Carbon costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Gemini 4 Carbon$0.130Fits in one request
GPT-5.5$0.340Fits in one request
Gemini 4 Carbon costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Gemini 4 Carbon$0.500Fits in one request
GPT-5.5$1.30Fits in one request
Gemini 4 Carbon costs less
Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.
Specification differences
The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.
| Specification | Google Gemini 4 Carbon | OpenAI GPT-5.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | OpenAI | |
| Weights | No public weights listed | No public weights listed |
| Released | November 10, 2026 | April 24, 2026 |
| Context window | 1.05M | 1.05M |
| Input $/Mtok | $2.00 | $5.00 |
| Output $/Mtok | $10.00 | $30.00 |
| Coding index | 86.6 | 67.9 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 4 | 4 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | $1.65 |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Gemini 4 Carbon better than GPT-5.5 for coding?
Pick Gemini 4 Carbon for coding: it scores 86.6 on the Vibe Coding Index against 67.9 for GPT-5.5. Pick GPT-5.5 for a larger context window (1.05M against 1.05M tokens) and work measured by Long context reasoning (AA-LCR), where it leads.
Which is cheaper, Gemini 4 Carbon or GPT-5.5?
Gemini 4 Carbon costs $2.00 per million input tokens and $10.00 per million output tokens; GPT-5.5 costs $5.00 and $30.00. Cost per solved task is known for GPT-5.5 only.
Which has the bigger context window, Gemini 4 Carbon or GPT-5.5?
GPT-5.5, with 1.05M tokens against 1.05M.
How many benchmarks is the Gemini 4 Carbon vs GPT-5.5 comparison based on?
53 benchmarks have a result for both models as of November 14, 2026. Gemini 4 Carbon's coding index rests on 4 independent benchmarks and GPT-5.5's on 4. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.