Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Max) vs GPT-6.1 Sol (Xhigh)
Which is better for the money: Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Max) by Anthropic or GPT-6.1 Sol (Xhigh) by OpenAI? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-26.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick GPT-6.1 Sol (Xhigh)
GPT-6.1 Sol (Xhigh) vs Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Max): 69.4% more intelligence, 86.6% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 11.9% faster end-to-end.
| Metric | Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Max) | GPT-6.1 Sol (Xhigh) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 30.1 | 51.0 | +69.4% GPT-6.1 Sol (Xhigh) is 69.4% more intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $4,924.80 | $662.28 | −86.6% GPT-6.1 Sol (Xhigh) is 86.6% cheaper |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 163.10s | 143.74s | −11.9% GPT-6.1 Sol (Xhigh) is 11.9% faster |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $3.00 / $15.0 | $2.00 / $10.0 | |
| 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-6.1 Sol (Xhigh) is on today's frontier: nothing is both smarter and cheaper.
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