Claude Haiku 5.5 (Max) vs GPT-5.5 (Medium)
Which is better for the money: Claude Haiku 5.5 (Max) by Anthropic or GPT-5.5 (Medium) 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 (Max)
GPT-5.5 (Medium) vs Claude Haiku 5.5 (Max): 22.1% less intelligence, 534.4% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 96.2% faster end-to-end.
| Metric | Claude Haiku 5.5 (Max) | GPT-5.5 (Medium) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 43.4 | 33.8 | −22.1% GPT-5.5 (Medium) is 22.1% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $330.25 | $2,095.12 | +534.4% GPT-5.5 (Medium) is 6.3× more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 327.94s | 12.31s | −96.2% GPT-5.5 (Medium) is 96.2% faster |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $0.10 / $0.50 | $5.00 / $30.0 | |
| 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.
- GPT-5.5 (Medium) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) scores 51.80 for $1082.
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