Claude Opus 5.5 (Medium, Default Fallback) vs Inkling (Xhigh)

Claude Opus 5.5 (Medium, Default Fallback) vs Inkling (Xhigh). 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)Inkling (Xhigh)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)51.225.0−51.2% Inkling (Xhigh) is 51.2% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$1,626.81Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)20.28s14.41s−28.9% Inkling (Xhigh) is 28.9% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$4.00 / $20.0$1.00 / $4.05
Input modalitiesText, ImageText, Image, Speech
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