Claude Opus 5 (Max) vs GPT-5 Codex (High)

Claude Opus 5 (Max) vs GPT-5 Codex (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 (Max)Off the frontier
Intelligence
50.80
Total cost
$7275
OpenAIGPT-5 Codex (High)Not ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
24.90
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 Codex (High)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)50.824.9−51.0% GPT-5 Codex (High) is 51.0% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$7,274.74Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)50.36s13.09s−74.0% GPT-5 Codex (High) is 74.0% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$5.00 / $25.0$1.25 / $10.0
Input modalitiesText, ImageText, Image
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