Claude Haiku 5.5 (Max) vs GPT-5.6 Sol (Medium)
Which is better for the money: Claude Haiku 5.5 (Max) by Anthropic or GPT-5.6 Sol (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-5.6 Sol (Medium) vs Claude Haiku 5.5 (Max): 9.7% less intelligence, 202.0% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 96.9% faster end-to-end.
| Metric | Claude Haiku 5.5 (Max) | GPT-5.6 Sol (Medium) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 43.4 | 39.2 | −9.7% GPT-5.6 Sol (Medium) is 9.7% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $330.25 | $997.39 | +202.0% GPT-5.6 Sol (Medium) is 3.0× more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 327.94s | 10.31s | −96.9% GPT-5.6 Sol (Medium) is 96.9% faster |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $0.10 / $0.50 | $4.00 / $20.0 | |
| 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-5.6 Sol (Medium) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Xhigh) scores 51.00 for $662.
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