Claude Opus 4.8 (Max) vs GPT-5 Codex (High)

Claude Opus 4.8 (Max) vs GPT-5 Codex (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 4.8 (Max)Off the frontier
Intelligence
41.80
Total cost
$6874
OpenAIGPT-5 Codex (High)Not ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
24.90
Total cost
-
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 4.8 (Max)GPT-5 Codex (High)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)41.824.9−40.4% GPT-5 Codex (High) is 40.4% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$6,873.86Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)36.92s13.09s−64.5% GPT-5 Codex (High) is 64.5% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$5.00 / $25.0$1.25 / $10.0
Input modalitiesText, ImageText, Image
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