Claude Haiku 5.5 (High) vs GPT-5.6 Terra (Max)
Which is better for the money: Claude Haiku 5.5 (High) by Anthropic or GPT-5.6 Terra (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 Terra (Max) scores 4.3 points higher (42.1 vs 37.8) but costs 27× as much to run the benchmark ($2501 vs $94.1; flagship vs mid-range cost classes). They are not alternatives at one budget: pick GPT-5.6 Terra (Max) when you need intelligence above 37.8, and Claude Haiku 5.5 (High) when 37.8 is enough.
| Metric | Claude Haiku 5.5 (High) | GPT-5.6 Terra (Max) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 37.8 | 42.1 | +11.4% GPT-5.6 Terra (Max) is 11.4% more intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $94.07 | $2,500.72 | +2558.4% GPT-5.6 Terra (Max) is 27× more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 29.47s | 120.44s | +308.7% GPT-5.6 Terra (Max) is 308.7% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $0.10 / $0.50 | $2.00 / $12.0 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text, Image |
GPT-5.6 Terra (Max) vs Claude Haiku 5.5 (High): 11.4% more intelligence, 2558.4% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 308.7% slower end-to-end.
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Claude Haiku 5.5 (High) is on today's frontier: nothing is both smarter and cheaper.
- GPT-5.6 Terra (Max) 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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