Claude Opus 4.6 (Max) vs GPT-5.5 (High)

Claude Opus 4.6 (Max) vs GPT-5.5 (High). A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

AnthropicClaude Opus 4.6 (Max)Not ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
31.90
Total cost
-
OpenAIGPT-5.5 (High)Off the frontier
Intelligence
37.00
Total cost
$3411
Verdict

Comparison incomplete

A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

MetricClaude Opus 4.6 (Max)GPT-5.5 (High)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)31.937.0+16.0% GPT-5.5 (High) is 16.0% more intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)Not reported$3,410.76— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)28.81s19.79s−31.3% GPT-5.5 (High) is 31.3% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$5.00 / $25.0$5.00 / $30.0
Input modalitiesText, ImageText, Image
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