Claude Haiku 5.5 (Xhigh) vs GPT-5.6 Terra (Non-reasoning)
Which is better for the money: Claude Haiku 5.5 (Xhigh) by Anthropic or GPT-5.6 Terra (Non-reasoning) 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 (Xhigh)
GPT-5.6 Terra (Non-reasoning) vs Claude Haiku 5.5 (Xhigh): 49.5% less intelligence, 62.3% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 91.5% faster end-to-end.
| Metric | Claude Haiku 5.5 (Xhigh) | GPT-5.6 Terra (Non-reasoning) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 41.2 | 20.8 | −49.5% GPT-5.6 Terra (Non-re… is 49.5% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $157.58 | $255.77 | +62.3% GPT-5.6 Terra (Non-re… is 62.3% more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 59.82s | 5.09s | −91.5% GPT-5.6 Terra (Non-re… is 91.5% faster |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $0.10 / $0.50 | $2.00 / $12.0 | |
| 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.
- GPT-5.6 Terra (Non-reasoning) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, MiMo-V2.6-Pro scores 46.30 for $207.
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