Claude Opus 5 (Low) vs GPT-6.1 Sol (Low)
Which is better for the money: Claude Opus 5 (Low) by Anthropic or GPT-6.1 Sol (Low) by OpenAI? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-24.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick GPT-6.1 Sol (Low)
GPT-6.1 Sol (Low) vs Claude Opus 5 (Low): 6.9% more intelligence, 84.0% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 6.2% slower end-to-end.
| Metric | Claude Opus 5 (Low) | GPT-6.1 Sol (Low) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 39.4 | 42.1 | +6.9% GPT-6.1 Sol (Low) is 6.9% more intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $1,560.91 | $250.48 | −84.0% GPT-6.1 Sol (Low) is 84.0% cheaper |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 11.79s | 12.52s | +6.2% GPT-6.1 Sol (Low) is 6.2% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $5.00 / $25.0 | $2.00 / $10.0 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text, Image |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Claude Opus 5 (Low) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) scores 51.80 for $1082.
- GPT-6.1 Sol (Low) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, MiMo-V2.6-Pro scores 46.30 for $207.
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