Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Max) vs GPT-5.5 (High)
Which is better for the money: Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Max) by Anthropic or GPT-5.5 (High) 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-5.5 (High)
GPT-5.5 (High) vs Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Max): 22.9% more intelligence, 30.7% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 73.7% faster end-to-end.
| Metric | Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Max) | GPT-5.5 (High) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 30.1 | 37.0 | +22.9% GPT-5.5 (High) is 22.9% more intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $4,924.80 | $3,410.76 | −30.7% GPT-5.5 (High) is 30.7% cheaper |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 75.21s | 19.79s | −73.7% GPT-5.5 (High) is 73.7% faster |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $3.00 / $15.0 | $5.00 / $30.0 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text, Image |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Max) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, Claude Opus 5.5 (Xhigh, Default Fallback) scores 56.00 for $4057.
- GPT-5.5 (High) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, Kimi K3.1 Pro scores 55.10 for $3117.
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