Claude 4.5 Haiku (Reasoning) vs GPT-6 Astra (Medium)
Which is better for the money: Claude 4.5 Haiku (Reasoning) by Anthropic or GPT-6 Astra (Medium) 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-6 Astra (Medium) scores 32.7 points higher (49.6 vs 16.9) but costs 4.1× as much to run the benchmark ($2434 vs $594; flagship vs premium cost classes). They are not alternatives at one budget: pick GPT-6 Astra (Medium) 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-6 Astra (Medium) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 16.9 | 49.6 | +193.5% GPT-6 Astra (Medium) is 2.9× more intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $594.08 | $2,434.12 | +309.7% GPT-6 Astra (Medium) is 4.1× more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 24.38s | 13.89s | −43.0% GPT-6 Astra (Medium) is 43.0% faster |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $1.00 / $5.00 | $10.0 / $50.0 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text, Image |
GPT-6 Astra (Medium) vs Claude 4.5 Haiku (Reasoning): 193.5% more intelligence, 309.7% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 43.0% faster 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-6 Astra (Medium) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, Claude Opus 5.5 (High, Default Fallback) scores 53.60 for $2172.
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