Celeris-1 vs Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Max)
Which is better for the money: Celeris-1 by Celeris or Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Max) by Anthropic? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-25.
Trade-off
Verdict
Depends on your budget
Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Max) scores 23.8 points higher (30.1 vs 6.3) but costs 82× as much to run the benchmark ($4925 vs $60.0; flagship vs mid-range cost classes). They are not alternatives at one budget: pick Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Max) when you need intelligence above 6.3, and Celeris-1 when 6.3 is enough.
| Metric | Celeris-1 | Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Max) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 6.3 | 30.1 | +377.8% Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Ma… is 4.8× more intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $59.99 | $4,924.80 | +8109.4% Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Ma… is 82× more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 0.87s | 72.96s | +8286.2% Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Ma… is 8286.2% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $0.20 / $0.70 | $3.00 / $15.0 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text, Image |
Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Max) vs Celeris-1: 377.8% more intelligence, 8109.4% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 8286.2% slower end-to-end.
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Celeris-1 is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, Claude Haiku 5.5 (Medium) scores 34.50 for $56.4.
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Max) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, Claude Opus 5.5 (Xhigh, Default Fallback) scores 56.00 for $4057.
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