Claude Haiku 5.5 (Medium) vs GPT-5.4 nano (Xhigh)
Which is better for the money: Claude Haiku 5.5 (Medium) by Anthropic or GPT-5.4 nano (Xhigh) by OpenAI? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-26.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick Claude Haiku 5.5 (Medium)
GPT-5.4 nano (Xhigh) vs Claude Haiku 5.5 (Medium): 40.0% less intelligence, 487.7% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 616.9% slower end-to-end.
| Metric | Claude Haiku 5.5 (Medium) | GPT-5.4 nano (Xhigh) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 34.5 | 20.7 | −40.0% GPT-5.4 nano (Xhigh) is 40.0% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $56.36 | $331.24 | +487.7% GPT-5.4 nano (Xhigh) is 5.9× more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 14.74s | 105.67s | +616.9% GPT-5.4 nano (Xhigh) is 616.9% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $0.10 / $0.50 | $0.20 / $1.25 | |
| 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 nano (Xhigh) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, MiMo-V2.6-Pro scores 46.30 for $207.
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