Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Medium, Default Fallback) vs GPT-6.1 Sol (High)
Which is better for the money: Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Medium, Default Fallback) by Anthropic or GPT-6.1 Sol (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-6.1 Sol (High)
GPT-6.1 Sol (High) vs Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Medium, Default Fallback): 23.0% more intelligence, 16.2% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 593.9% slower end-to-end.
| Metric | Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Medium, Default Fallback) | GPT-6.1 Sol (High) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 40.8 | 50.2 | +23.0% GPT-6.1 Sol (High) is 23.0% more intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $622.28 | $521.32 | −16.2% GPT-6.1 Sol (High) is 16.2% cheaper |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 6.26s | 43.44s | +593.9% GPT-6.1 Sol (High) is 593.9% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $2.00 / $10.0 | $2.00 / $10.0 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text, Image |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Medium, Default Fallback) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (High) scores 50.20 for $521.
- GPT-6.1 Sol (High) is on today's frontier: nothing is both smarter and cheaper.
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