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

Claude Opus 5.5 (Medium, Default Fallback) vs Grok 4.20 0309 (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 (Medium, Default Fallback)Grok 4.20 0309 (Reasoning)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)51.225.2−50.8% Grok 4.20 0309 (Reaso… is 50.8% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$1,626.81Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)20.28sNot reported— not comparable
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$4.00 / $20.0$2.00 / $6.00
Input modalitiesText, ImageText, Image
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