Claude Opus 5.5 (High, Default Fallback) vs GPT-4.1 mini

Claude Opus 5.5 (High, Default Fallback) vs GPT-4.1 mini. A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

AnthropicClaude Opus 5.5 (High, Default Fallback)On the frontier
Intelligence
53.60
Total cost
$2172
OpenAIGPT-4.1 miniNot ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
10.20
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 5.5 (High, Default Fallback)GPT-4.1 miniDifference
Intelligence (higher is better)53.610.2−81.0% GPT-4.1 mini is 81.0% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$2,172.43Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)33.81s4.03s−88.1% GPT-4.1 mini is 88.1% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$4.00 / $20.0$0.40 / $1.60
Input modalitiesText, ImageText, Image
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