Apertus 8B Instruct vs GPT-5.5 (Xhigh)

Apertus 8B Instruct vs GPT-5.5 (Xhigh). 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
-
OpenAIGPT-5.5 (Xhigh)Off the frontier
Intelligence
38.40
Total cost
$5294
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 InstructGPT-5.5 (Xhigh)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)4.838.4+700.0% GPT-5.5 (Xhigh) is 8.0× more intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)Not reported$5,294.36— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)7.35s44.96s+511.7% GPT-5.5 (Xhigh) is 511.7% slower
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$0.10 / $0.20$5.00 / $30.0
Input modalitiesTextText, Image
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