Claude Opus 5.5 (High, Default Fallback) vs Grok 4.20 0309 v2 (Reasoning)

Claude Opus 5.5 (High, Default Fallback) vs Grok 4.20 0309 v2 (Reasoning). 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)Grok 4.20 0309 v2 (Reasoning)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)53.625.7−52.1% Grok 4.20 0309 v2 (Re… is 52.1% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$2,172.43Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)36.61s20.81s−43.2% Grok 4.20 0309 v2 (Re… is 43.2% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$4.00 / $20.0$1.25 / $2.50
Input modalitiesText, ImageText, Image
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