Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Low, Default Fallback) vs gpt-oss-120b (Low)

Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Low, Default Fallback) vs gpt-oss-120b (Low). A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

AnthropicClaude Sonnet 5.5 (Low, Default Fallback)Off the frontier
Intelligence
35.90
Total cost
$482
OpenAIgpt-oss-120b (Low)Not ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
10.20
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 Sonnet 5.5 (Low, Default Fallback)gpt-oss-120b (Low)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)35.910.2−71.6% gpt-oss-120b (Low) is 71.6% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$482.13Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)5.85s10.13s+73.2% gpt-oss-120b (Low) is 73.2% slower
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$2.00 / $10.0$0.13 / $0.59
Input modalitiesText, ImageText
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