Claude Haiku 5.5 (Max) vs Claude Opus 4.8 (Max)
Which is better for the money: Claude Haiku 5.5 (Max) by Anthropic or Claude Opus 4.8 (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 (Max)
Claude Opus 4.8 (Max) vs Claude Haiku 5.5 (Max): 3.7% less intelligence, 1981.4% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 87.5% faster end-to-end.
| Metric | Claude Haiku 5.5 (Max) | Claude Opus 4.8 (Max) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 43.4 | 41.8 | −3.7% Claude Opus 4.8 (Max) is 3.7% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $330.25 | $6,873.86 | +1981.4% Claude Opus 4.8 (Max) is 21× more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 327.94s | 40.90s | −87.5% Claude Opus 4.8 (Max) is 87.5% faster |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $0.10 / $0.50 | $5.00 / $25.0 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text, Image |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Claude Haiku 5.5 (Max) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, MiMo-V2.6-Pro scores 46.30 for $207.
- Claude Opus 4.8 (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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