Claude Opus 5.5 (Low, Default Fallback) vs GPT-5 (Medium)

Claude Opus 5.5 (Low, Default Fallback) vs GPT-5 (Medium). 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 (Low, Default Fallback)GPT-5 (Medium)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)42.322.9−45.9% GPT-5 (Medium) is 45.9% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$860.33Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)13.42s27.13s+102.2% GPT-5 (Medium) is 102.2% slower
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$4.00 / $20.0$1.25 / $10.0
Input modalitiesText, ImageText, Image
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