Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Medium, Default Fallback) vs GPT-5 (Minimal)

Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Medium, Default Fallback) vs GPT-5 (Minimal). A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

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 (Medium, Default Fallback)GPT-5 (Minimal)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)40.811.4−72.1% GPT-5 (Minimal) is 72.1% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$622.28Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)6.20s7.24s+16.8% GPT-5 (Minimal) is 16.8% slower
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$2.00 / $10.0$1.25 / $10.0
Input modalitiesText, ImageText, Image
Matchup

Compare something else

Agents: Accept: text/markdown or ?format=md returns this page as Markdown. JSON: /api/v1/compare/claude-sonnet-5-5-medium/gpt-5-minimal · Markdown: /api/v1/compare/claude-sonnet-5-5-medium/gpt-5-minimal?format=md · llms.txt · agent skill