Compare · Benchmark v1.5 and v1.6

Claude Opus 5.5vsGemini 4 Argon

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Score
Oasis by the Sea
Score
Net worth
Population
Popularity
Cost
Turns
Wall-clock time
Large Barren Desert
Score
Net worth
Population
Popularity
Cost
Turns
Wall-clock time
The Sinkhole
Score
Net worth
Population
Popularity
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Turns
Wall-clock time
Every map on v1.5 and v1.6
Cost
Tokens
Served via

Claude Opus 5.5

Anthropic · reasoning medium

51.41st of 8
52.0 · 1st of 9Better
10,054Better
107
82
~$3.06
101
42 min
67.6 · 1st of 8
8,757
58
59
~$2.01
66
37 min
34.4 · 4th of 8
15,057
144
62
~$5.11
108
49 min
~$10.18
20.8M
Anthropic API

Gemini 4 Argon

Google · reasoning medium

51.03rd of 9
51.0 · 3rd of 9
9,231
154Better
84Better
$1.25Better
71
40 min
Not played
Not played
Not played
Not played
Not played
Not played
Not played
Not played
Not played
Not played
Not played
Not played
Not played
Not played
$1.25Better
3.2M
OpenRouter

“Better” marks the stronger of the two figures where higher or lower is better. Ranks are among the models with a full-budget score.

Score by Map

Claude Opus 5.5 and Gemini 4 Argon's Crusader Bench scores on each map they have both played. 0 is doing nothing, 100 the person's game.

Crusader Bench score · Higher is better

  • Claude Opus 5.5
  • Gemini 4 Argon
01020304050605251
Oasis by the Sea

Crusader Bench · crusbench.com

Minute by Minute on Oasis by the Sea

Both models' games on Oasis by the Sea, minute by minute, against doing nothing and a person's game where they apply.

Gold plus stored goods at the sell price, by game minute

  • Claude Opus 5.5
  • Gemini 4 Argon
05,00010,00015,00020,000010203040Baseline (do nothing) · 1,220A person · 19,513

Crusader Bench · crusbench.com

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