Claude Opus 4.8 (Max) vs GPT-5 mini (Minimal)

Claude Opus 4.8 (Max) vs GPT-5 mini (Minimal). 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 mini (Minimal)Not ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
9.90
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 mini (Minimal)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)41.89.9−76.3% GPT-5 mini (Minimal) is 76.3% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$6,873.86Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)37.99s5.28s−86.1% GPT-5 mini (Minimal) is 86.1% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$5.00 / $25.0$0.25 / $2.00
Input modalitiesText, ImageText, Image
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