Claude Haiku 5.5 (High) vs GPT-5 mini (High)
Which is better for the money: Claude Haiku 5.5 (High) by Anthropic or GPT-5 mini (High) by OpenAI? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-24.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick Claude Haiku 5.5 (High)
GPT-5 mini (High) vs Claude Haiku 5.5 (High): 55.6% less intelligence, 100.6% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 125.7% slower end-to-end.
| Metric | Claude Haiku 5.5 (High) | GPT-5 mini (High) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 37.8 | 16.8 | −55.6% GPT-5 mini (High) is 55.6% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $94.07 | $188.66 | +100.6% GPT-5 mini (High) is 2.0× more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 26.02s | 58.72s | +125.7% GPT-5 mini (High) is 125.7% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $0.10 / $0.50 | $0.25 / $2.00 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text, Image |
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 mini (High) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, Claude Haiku 5.5 (Xhigh) scores 41.20 for $158.
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