Claude Opus 5 (Medium) vs GPT-5.2 (Xhigh)

Claude Opus 5 (Medium) vs GPT-5.2 (Xhigh). 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 (Medium)Off the frontier
Intelligence
44.80
Total cost
$2732
OpenAIGPT-5.2 (Xhigh)Not ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
30.40
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 (Medium)GPT-5.2 (Xhigh)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)44.830.4−32.1% GPT-5.2 (Xhigh) is 32.1% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$2,731.91Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)12.85s131.52s+923.5% GPT-5.2 (Xhigh) is 923.5% slower
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$5.00 / $25.0$1.75 / $14.0
Input modalitiesText, ImageText, Image
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