Claude Opus 5 (Max) vs GPT-5 mini (Medium)

Claude Opus 5 (Max) vs GPT-5 mini (Medium). 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 mini (Medium)Not ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
20.60
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 mini (Medium)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)50.820.6−59.4% GPT-5 mini (Medium) is 59.4% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$7,274.74Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)63.34s15.80s−75.1% GPT-5 mini (Medium) is 75.1% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$5.00 / $25.0$0.25 / $2.00
Input modalitiesText, ImageText, Image
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