Apertus 8B Instruct vs Claude Opus 5.5 (High, Default Fallback)

Apertus 8B Instruct vs Claude Opus 5.5 (High, Default Fallback). A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

Swiss AI InitiativeApertus 8B InstructNot ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
4.80
Total cost
-
AnthropicClaude Opus 5.5 (High, Default Fallback)On the frontier
Intelligence
53.60
Total cost
$2172
Verdict

Comparison incomplete

A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

MetricApertus 8B InstructClaude Opus 5.5 (High, Default Fallback)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)4.853.6+1016.7% Claude Opus 5.5 (High… is 11× more intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)Not reported$2,172.43— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)7.29s33.58s+360.6% Claude Opus 5.5 (High… is 360.6% slower
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$0.10 / $0.20$4.00 / $20.0
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