Claude Haiku 5.5 (Max) vs Grok 4.6 (High)
Which is better for the money: Claude Haiku 5.5 (Max) by Anthropic or Grok 4.6 (High) by SpaceXAI? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-26.
Trade-off
Verdict
Depends on your budget
Grok 4.6 (High) scores 0.9 points higher (44.3 vs 43.4) but costs 5.9× as much to run the benchmark ($1963 vs $330; premium vs mid-range cost classes). They are not alternatives at one budget: pick Grok 4.6 (High) when you need intelligence above 43.4, and Claude Haiku 5.5 (Max) when 43.4 is enough.
| Metric | Claude Haiku 5.5 (Max) | Grok 4.6 (High) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 43.4 | 44.3 | +2.1% Grok 4.6 (High) is 2.1% more intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $330.25 | $1,962.90 | +494.4% Grok 4.6 (High) is 5.9× more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 327.94s | 35.57s | −89.2% Grok 4.6 (High) is 89.2% faster |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $0.10 / $0.50 | $2.00 / $6.00 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text, Image |
Grok 4.6 (High) vs Claude Haiku 5.5 (Max): 2.1% more intelligence, 494.4% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 89.2% faster end-to-end.
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.
- Grok 4.6 (High) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) scores 51.80 for $1082.
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