Claude Opus 5 (Medium) vs GPT-6.1 Sol (Max)
Which is better for the money: Claude Opus 5 (Medium) by Anthropic or GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) 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 (Max)
GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) vs Claude Opus 5 (Medium): 15.6% more intelligence, 60.4% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 1577.9% slower end-to-end.
| Metric | Claude Opus 5 (Medium) | GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 44.8 | 51.8 | +15.6% GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) is 15.6% more intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $2,731.91 | $1,081.55 | −60.4% GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) is 60.4% cheaper |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 13.14s | 220.48s | +1577.9% GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) is 1577.9% 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 (Medium) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, Claude Opus 5.5 (High, Default Fallback) scores 53.60 for $2172.
- GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) is on today's frontier: nothing is both smarter and cheaper.
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