Claude Opus 5.5 (Medium, Default Fallback) vs Grok 3 mini Reasoning (High)

Claude Opus 5.5 (Medium, Default Fallback) vs Grok 3 mini Reasoning (High). 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 (Medium, Default Fallback)Grok 3 mini Reasoning (High)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)51.214.6−71.5% Grok 3 mini Reasoning… is 71.5% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$1,626.81Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)21.83s43.62s+99.8% Grok 3 mini Reasoning… is 99.8% slower
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$4.00 / $20.0$0.30 / $0.50
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