Claude Opus 4.7 (Max) vs Claude Opus 5.5 (High, Default Fallback)

Claude Opus 4.7 (Max) vs Claude Opus 5.5 (High, Default Fallback). A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

AnthropicClaude Opus 4.7 (Max)Not ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
40.70
Total cost
-
AnthropicClaude Opus 5.5 (High, Default Fallback)On the frontier
Intelligence
53.60
Total cost
$2172
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 4.7 (Max)Claude Opus 5.5 (High, Default Fallback)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)40.753.6+31.7% Claude Opus 5.5 (High… is 31.7% more intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)Not reported$2,172.43— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)30.80s33.81s+9.8% Claude Opus 5.5 (High… is 9.8% slower
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$5.00 / $25.0$4.00 / $20.0
Input modalitiesText, ImageText, Image
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