Claude 4.5 Haiku (Reasoning) vs GPT-5.6 Luna (High)
Which is better for the money: Claude 4.5 Haiku (Reasoning) by Anthropic or GPT-5.6 Luna (High) by OpenAI? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-27.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick GPT-5.6 Luna (High)
GPT-5.6 Luna (High) vs Claude 4.5 Haiku (Reasoning): 89.9% more intelligence, 80.2% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 29.4% faster end-to-end.
| Metric | Claude 4.5 Haiku (Reasoning) | GPT-5.6 Luna (High) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 16.9 | 32.1 | +89.9% GPT-5.6 Luna (High) is 89.9% more intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $546.96 | $108.15 | −80.2% GPT-5.6 Luna (High) is 80.2% cheaper |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 23.65s | 16.69s | −29.4% GPT-5.6 Luna (High) is 29.4% faster |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $1.00 / $5.00 | $0.20 / $1.20 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text, Image |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Claude 4.5 Haiku (Reasoning) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (High) scores 50.20 for $521.
- GPT-5.6 Luna (High) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, Claude Haiku 5.5 (High) scores 37.80 for $94.1.
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