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GPT-5.5 vs Gemini 1.5 Pro

Compare pricing, context windows, and strengths for GPT-5.5 by OpenAI and Gemini 1.5 Pro by Google - and see how to put either to work in Appaca.

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GPT-5.5

OpenAI's smartest and most capable model yet for agentic coding, knowledge work, and computer use, delivering a new class of intelligence at GPT-5.4 latency.

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Gemini 1.5 Pro

A next-generation multimodal model with breakthrough long-context capability up to 1M tokens and strong reasoning across text, code, audio, video, and images.

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GPT-5.5 vs Gemini 1.5 Pro at a glance

Specs and pricing side by side, from the Appaca AI models directory.

Spec GPT-5.5 Gemini 1.5 Pro
Provider OpenAI Google
Model type Text Text
Context window 1M tokens 1M tokens
Input price $5 / 1M tokens $3.5 / 1M tokens
Output price $30 / 1M tokens $7 / 1M tokens
Status Current Current
Key differences

How GPT-5.5 and Gemini 1.5 Pro differ

What the numbers mean in practice when choosing between GPT-5.5 and Gemini 1.5 Pro.

  • Gemini 1.5 Pro is 30% cheaper on input tokens ($3.5 vs $5 per million), which adds up quickly in document-heavy workloads.

  • Gemini 1.5 Pro is 77% cheaper on output tokens ($7 vs $30 per million) - the bigger factor for tools that generate long documents.

  • Both models offer the same 1M tokens context window.

Strengths side by side

Where each model shines, according to benchmarks and provider positioning.

GPT-5.5

1. Strongest Agentic Coding Model

  • State-of-the-art on Terminal-Bench 2.0 (82.7%), Expert-SWE (73.1%), and SWE-Bench Pro (58.6%), outperforming GPT-5.4 on complex coding tasks.
  • Holds context across large systems, reasons through ambiguous failures, and carries changes through surrounding codebases with fewer tokens.

2. Higher Intelligence at GPT-5.4 Latency

  • Co-designed, trained, and served on NVIDIA GB200/GB300 NVL72 systems to match GPT-5.4 per-token latency while performing at a significantly higher level.
  • Uses fewer tokens to complete the same tasks, making it more efficient as well as more capable.

3. Powerful for Knowledge Work & Computer Use

  • Scores 84.9% on GDPval (44 occupations) and 78.7% on OSWorld-Verified for autonomous computer operation.
  • Excels at generating documents, spreadsheets, and reports; naturally moves across finding information, using tools, and checking output.

4. Scientific Research Co-Scientist

  • Leading performance on GeneBench, BixBench, and FrontierMath; helped discover a new proof about Ramsey numbers verified in Lean.
  • Strong enough to meaningfully accelerate progress at the frontiers of biomedical and mathematical research.

Gemini 1.5 Pro

1. Breakthrough long-context window up to 1,000,000 tokens

  • Can process 1 hour of video, 11 hours of audio, 700k+ words, or 100k+ lines of code in a single prompt.
  • Supports advanced retrieval, reasoning, summarization, and cross-document tasks.
  • Achieves 99% retrieval accuracy on 1M-token Needle-In-A-Haystack tests.

2. Strong multimodal reasoning across video, audio, images, and text

  • Can analyze long videos (e.g., full silent films), track events, infer causality, and identify small details.
  • Handles large complex documents like manuals, transcripts, and books.

3. High-performance reasoning and problem solving

  • Comparable to Gemini 1.0 Ultra across many benchmarks.
  • Excels at code reasoning, multi-step explanations, and large-scale codebase analysis.

4. Advanced code understanding and generation

  • Performs problem-solving on codebases exceeding 100,000 lines.
  • Capable of cross-file reasoning, debugging guidance, API comprehension, and generating structured code improvements.

5. Efficient Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) architecture

  • Activates only relevant expert pathways per input.
  • Enables faster training, lower latency, and more efficient serving.
  • Dramatically improves scalability and inference speed.

6. Exceptional in-context learning capabilities

  • Learns new tasks directly from long prompts without fine-tuning.
  • Demonstrated by learning to translate a low-resource language (Kalamang) from a grammar manual.

7. High-fidelity multimodal understanding

  • Reads, analyzes, and reasons about long PDFs, code repositories, images, and videos together.
  • Enables new classes of applications: legal analysis, scientific review, codebase audits, long-form content generation, etc.

8. Safety and reliability first

  • Undergoes extensive ethics, safety testing, and red-teaming.
  • Improved representational safety and reduced hallucinations compared to previous generations.

9. Available for developers and enterprises

  • Accessible via AI Studio and Vertex AI.
  • Supports future pricing tiers for expanded context windows.
  • Designed for real enterprise-scale workloads.

10. Widely capable mid-size model

  • Positioned between Gemini Pro and Gemini Ultra generations.
  • Well-balanced: reasoning, multimodality, long-context, and speed.
Appaca

Use GPT-5.5 or Gemini 1.5 Pro - or both

Appaca is the AI workspace for operators. Build internal tools and AI co-workers powered by GPT-5.5 or Gemini 1.5 Pro - connected to your real data and ready for your whole team. No code, no deployment.

Describe it, and it's built

Tell the Appaca agent the internal tool you need and it builds a working app powered by GPT-5.5 or Gemini 1.5 Pro. No code, no API keys, no deployment.

Switch models without rebuilding

Start on GPT-5.5, test the same tool on Gemini 1.5 Pro, and keep whichever performs better - the rest of your app stays exactly as it is.

Automated for the whole team

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FAQs

Is GPT-5.5 cheaper than Gemini 1.5 Pro?

Gemini 1.5 Pro is generally cheaper: $3.5 input / $7 output per million tokens, versus $5 / $30 for GPT-5.5. Actual cost depends on how many tokens your workload reads and writes.

Which has the larger context window, GPT-5.5 or Gemini 1.5 Pro?

They are equal: both GPT-5.5 and Gemini 1.5 Pro support a 1M tokens context window.

Should I use GPT-5.5 or Gemini 1.5 Pro?

It depends on the job. Compare the pricing, context window, and strengths above against your workload - and remember the choice isn't permanent. In Appaca you can build a tool on GPT-5.5, test the same tool on Gemini 1.5 Pro, and switch at any time without rebuilding anything.

Can I use GPT-5.5 and Gemini 1.5 Pro without writing code?

Yes. Appaca is a no-code AI workspace: describe the internal tool your team needs and the Appaca agent builds it as a working app powered by GPT-5.5, Gemini 1.5 Pro, or any other model in the directory - with a built-in database, team access, and integrations. No API keys to wire up and nothing to deploy.

Build AI tools with GPT-5.5 or Gemini 1.5 Pro

Describe the tool your team needs and get a working app powered by the model you choose - with a built-in database, team access, and integrations. No code, no deployment.