Claude Opus 5.5 (High, Default Fallback) vs GPT-5.6 Sol (Max)
Which is better for the money: Claude Opus 5.5 (High, Default Fallback) by Anthropic or GPT-5.6 Sol (Max) by OpenAI? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-24.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick Claude Opus 5.5 (High, Default Fallback)
GPT-5.6 Sol (Max) vs Claude Opus 5.5 (High, Default Fallback): 12.3% less intelligence, 59.5% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 172.0% slower end-to-end.
| Metric | Claude Opus 5.5 (High, Default Fallback) | GPT-5.6 Sol (Max) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 53.6 | 47.0 | −12.3% GPT-5.6 Sol (Max) is 12.3% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $2,172.43 | $3,464.84 | +59.5% GPT-5.6 Sol (Max) is 59.5% more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 33.81s | 91.96s | +172.0% GPT-5.6 Sol (Max) is 172.0% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $4.00 / $20.0 | $4.00 / $20.0 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text, Image |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Claude Opus 5.5 (High, Default Fallback) is on today's frontier: nothing is both smarter and cheaper.
- GPT-5.6 Sol (Max) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, Kimi K3.1 Pro scores 55.10 for $3117.
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