Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Low, Default Fallback) vs GPT-5.1 Codex mini (High)

Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Low, Default Fallback) vs GPT-5.1 Codex mini (High). A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

Verdict

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A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

MetricClaude Sonnet 5.5 (Low, Default Fallback)GPT-5.1 Codex mini (High)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)35.920.4−43.2% GPT-5.1 Codex mini (H… is 43.2% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$482.13Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)5.94s16.96s+185.5% GPT-5.1 Codex mini (H… is 185.5% slower
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$2.00 / $10.0$0.25 / $2.00
Input modalitiesText, ImageText, Image
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