Claude 4.1 Opus (Reasoning) vs Claude Opus 5 (Medium)

Claude 4.1 Opus (Reasoning) vs Claude Opus 5 (Medium). A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

AnthropicClaude 4.1 Opus (Reasoning)Not ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
22.80
Total cost
-
AnthropicClaude Opus 5 (Medium)Off the frontier
Intelligence
44.80
Total cost
$2732
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 4.1 Opus (Reasoning)Claude Opus 5 (Medium)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)22.844.8+96.5% Claude Opus 5 (Medium) is 96.5% more intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)Not reported$2,731.91— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)Not reported13.14s— not comparable
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$15.0 / $75.0$5.00 / $25.0
Input modalitiesText, ImageText, Image
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