Claude Opus 5.5 (High, Default Fallback) vs GPT-6 Astra (Medium)
Which is better for the money: Claude Opus 5.5 (High, Default Fallback) by Anthropic or GPT-6 Astra (Medium) 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-6 Astra (Medium) vs Claude Opus 5.5 (High, Default Fallback): 7.5% less intelligence, 12.0% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 57.2% faster end-to-end.
| Metric | Claude Opus 5.5 (High, Default Fallback) | GPT-6 Astra (Medium) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 53.6 | 49.6 | −7.5% GPT-6 Astra (Medium) is 7.5% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $2,172.43 | $2,434.12 | +12.0% GPT-6 Astra (Medium) is 12.0% more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 33.81s | 14.48s | −57.2% GPT-6 Astra (Medium) is 57.2% faster |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $4.00 / $20.0 | $10.0 / $50.0 | |
| 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-6 Astra (Medium) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, Claude Opus 5.5 (High, Default Fallback) scores 53.60 for $2172.
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