Apertus 8B Instruct vs GPT-5.5 (Medium)

Apertus 8B Instruct vs GPT-5.5 (Medium). 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 (Medium)Off the frontier
Intelligence
33.80
Total cost
$2095
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 (Medium)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)4.833.8+604.2% GPT-5.5 (Medium) is 7.0× more intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)Not reported$2,095.12— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)7.20s9.97s+38.5% GPT-5.5 (Medium) is 38.5% slower
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$0.10 / $0.20$5.00 / $30.0
Input modalitiesTextText, Image
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