Claude Opus 5 (Max) vs GPT-5 (ChatGPT)

Claude Opus 5 (Max) vs GPT-5 (ChatGPT). 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 (Max)Off the frontier
Intelligence
50.80
Total cost
$7275
OpenAIGPT-5 (ChatGPT)Not ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
10.40
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 (Max)GPT-5 (ChatGPT)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)50.810.4−79.5% GPT-5 (ChatGPT) is 79.5% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$7,274.74Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)63.34sNot reported— not comparable
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$5.00 / $25.0—
Input modalitiesText, ImageText, Image
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