Claude 4.5 Haiku (Reasoning) vs GPT-5.6 Sol (Max)
Which is better for the money: Claude 4.5 Haiku (Reasoning) by Anthropic or GPT-5.6 Sol (Max) by OpenAI? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-26.
Trade-off
Verdict
Depends on your budget
GPT-5.6 Sol (Max) scores 30.1 points higher (47.0 vs 16.9) but costs 5.8× as much to run the benchmark ($3465 vs $594; flagship vs premium cost classes). They are not alternatives at one budget: pick GPT-5.6 Sol (Max) when you need intelligence above 16.9, and Claude 4.5 Haiku (Reasoning) when 16.9 is enough.
| Metric | Claude 4.5 Haiku (Reasoning) | GPT-5.6 Sol (Max) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 16.9 | 47.0 | +178.1% GPT-5.6 Sol (Max) is 2.8× more intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $594.08 | $3,464.84 | +483.2% GPT-5.6 Sol (Max) is 5.8× more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 24.36s | 113.85s | +367.4% GPT-5.6 Sol (Max) is 367.4% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $1.00 / $5.00 | $4.00 / $20.0 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text, Image |
GPT-5.6 Sol (Max) vs Claude 4.5 Haiku (Reasoning): 178.1% more intelligence, 483.2% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 367.4% slower end-to-end.
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 Sol (Max) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, Kimi K3.1 Pro scores 55.10 for $3117.
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