Claude Opus 5 (Low) vs GPT-5.1 (High)

Claude Opus 5 (Low) vs GPT-5.1 (High). A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

AnthropicClaude Opus 5 (Low)Off the frontier
Intelligence
39.40
Total cost
$1561
OpenAIGPT-5.1 (High)Not ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
24.70
Total cost
-
Verdict

Comparison incomplete

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 (Low)GPT-5.1 (High)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)39.424.7−37.3% GPT-5.1 (High) is 37.3% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$1,560.91Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)11.45s32.18s+181.0% GPT-5.1 (High) is 181.0% slower
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$5.00 / $25.0$1.25 / $10.0
Input modalitiesText, ImageText, Image
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