Claude 3 Opus vs Claude Opus 5 (Xhigh)

Claude 3 Opus vs Claude Opus 5 (Xhigh). A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

AnthropicClaude 3 OpusNot ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
8.70
Total cost
-
AnthropicClaude Opus 5 (Xhigh)Off the frontier
Intelligence
49.70
Total cost
$5868
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.

MetricClaude 3 OpusClaude Opus 5 (Xhigh)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)8.749.7+471.3% Claude Opus 5 (Xhigh) is 5.7× more intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)Not reported$5,867.76— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)Not reported35.31s— not comparable
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$15.0 / $75.0$5.00 / $25.0
Input modalitiesText, ImageText, Image
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