Claude Opus 5.5 (Canary Checkpoint) vs Gemini 4 Argon
A direct, empirical evaluation of Claude Opus 5.5 (Canary Checkpoint) (Anthropic) against Gemini 4 Argon (Google DeepMind).
Claude Opus 5.5 (Canary Checkpoint)
Developed by Anthropic · Frontier Mixture-of-Experts Architecture parameters
Autonomous repository issue resolution (81.4% SWE-bench Verified), native 3D glTF/OBJ mesh synthesis, and sub-300ms time-to-first-token.
Gemini 4 Argon
Developed by Google DeepMind · Frontier Coding & Security Engine on TPU v6e Ironclad parameters
Automated GitHub issue resolution (78.4% SWE-bench Verified), cybersecurity exploit auditing (91.4% CyberSecBench), 2M token context buffer, and aggressive $1.20/$4.80 API pricing.
| Metric | Claude Opus 5.5 (Canary Checkpoint) | Gemini 4 Argon |
|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified | 81.4% | 78.4% |
| MMLU-Pro | 94.2% | 93.6% |
| MATH-500 | 97.9% | 97.6% |
| Context Window | 1,000,000 tokens | 2,000,000 tokens |
| Input Pricing (per 1M) | $5.00 | $1.20 |
| Output Pricing (per 1M) | $25.00 | $4.80 |