Claude Haiku 5.5 (Xhigh) vs Claude Sonnet 5 (Max)
Which is better for the money: Claude Haiku 5.5 (Xhigh) by Anthropic or Claude Sonnet 5 (Max) by Anthropic? 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 (Xhigh)
Claude Sonnet 5 (Max) vs Claude Haiku 5.5 (Xhigh): 7.3% less intelligence, 4341.1% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 193.6% slower end-to-end.
| Metric | Claude Haiku 5.5 (Xhigh) | Claude Sonnet 5 (Max) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 41.2 | 38.2 | −7.3% Claude Sonnet 5 (Max) is 7.3% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $157.58 | $6,998.25 | +4341.1% Claude Sonnet 5 (Max) is 44× more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 69.76s | 204.80s | +193.6% Claude Sonnet 5 (Max) is 193.6% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $0.10 / $0.50 | $2.00 / $10.0 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text, Image |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Claude Haiku 5.5 (Xhigh) is on today's frontier: nothing is both smarter and cheaper.
- Claude Sonnet 5 (Max) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, Claude Opus 5.5 (Xhigh, Default Fallback) scores 56.00 for $4057.
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