Claude Haiku 5.5 (Medium) vs GPT-5.4 mini (Xhigh)
Which is better for the money: Claude Haiku 5.5 (Medium) by Anthropic or GPT-5.4 mini (Xhigh) by OpenAI? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-25.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick Claude Haiku 5.5 (Medium)
GPT-5.4 mini (Xhigh) vs Claude Haiku 5.5 (Medium): 30.1% less intelligence, 2604.1% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 730.7% slower end-to-end.
| Metric | Claude Haiku 5.5 (Medium) | GPT-5.4 mini (Xhigh) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 34.5 | 24.1 | −30.1% GPT-5.4 mini (Xhigh) is 30.1% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $56.36 | $1,524.02 | +2604.1% GPT-5.4 mini (Xhigh) is 27× more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 13.12s | 108.99s | +730.7% GPT-5.4 mini (Xhigh) is 730.7% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $0.10 / $0.50 | $0.75 / $4.50 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text, Image |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Claude Haiku 5.5 (Medium) is on today's frontier: nothing is both smarter and cheaper.
- GPT-5.4 mini (Xhigh) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) scores 51.80 for $1082.
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