Claude Opus 5.5 (High, Default Fallback) vs GPT-5.3 Codex (Xhigh)

Claude Opus 5.5 (High, Default Fallback) vs GPT-5.3 Codex (Xhigh). A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

Verdict

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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-5.3 Codex (Xhigh)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)53.632.5−39.4% GPT-5.3 Codex (Xhigh) is 39.4% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$2,172.43Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)33.81s62.23s+84.1% GPT-5.3 Codex (Xhigh) is 84.1% slower
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$4.00 / $20.0$1.75 / $14.0
Input modalitiesText, ImageText, Image
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