Claude Opus 4.8 (Max) vs GPT-5.6 Sol (High)
Which is better for the money: Claude Opus 4.8 (Max) by Anthropic or GPT-5.6 Sol (High) by OpenAI? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-26.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick GPT-5.6 Sol (High)
GPT-5.6 Sol (High) vs Claude Opus 4.8 (Max): 1.2% more intelligence, 78.4% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 64.9% faster end-to-end.
| Metric | Claude Opus 4.8 (Max) | GPT-5.6 Sol (High) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 41.8 | 42.3 | +1.2% GPT-5.6 Sol (High) is 1.2% more intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $6,873.86 | $1,487.34 | −78.4% GPT-5.6 Sol (High) is 78.4% cheaper |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 39.48s | 13.86s | −64.9% GPT-5.6 Sol (High) is 64.9% faster |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $5.00 / $25.0 | $4.00 / $20.0 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text, Image |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Claude Opus 4.8 (Max) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, Claude Opus 5.5 (Xhigh, Default Fallback) scores 56.00 for $4057.
- GPT-5.6 Sol (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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