Claude Opus 5.5 (High, Default Fallback) vs GPT-5 mini (Minimal)

Claude Opus 5.5 (High, Default Fallback) 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.

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 mini (Minimal)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)53.69.9−81.5% GPT-5 mini (Minimal) is 81.5% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$2,172.43Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)33.81s5.24s−84.5% GPT-5 mini (Minimal) is 84.5% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$4.00 / $20.0$0.25 / $2.00
Input modalitiesText, ImageText, Image
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