Claude 4.5 Haiku (Non-reasoning) vs Claude Opus 5.5 (High, Default Fallback)

Claude 4.5 Haiku (Non-reasoning) vs Claude Opus 5.5 (High, Default Fallback). A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

Verdict

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A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

MetricClaude 4.5 Haiku (Non-reasoning)Claude Opus 5.5 (High, Default Fallback)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)15.453.6+248.1% Claude Opus 5.5 (High… is 3.5× more intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)Not reported$2,172.43— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)6.54s33.81s+417.0% Claude Opus 5.5 (High… is 417.0% slower
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$1.00 / $5.00$4.00 / $20.0
Input modalitiesText, ImageText, Image
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