Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Medium, Default Fallback) vs Nova Micro

Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Medium, Default Fallback) vs Nova Micro. 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 (Medium, Default Fallback)Off the frontier
Intelligence
40.80
Total cost
$622
AmazonNova MicroNot ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
5.90
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 (Medium, Default Fallback)Nova MicroDifference
Intelligence (higher is better)40.85.9−85.5% Nova Micro is 85.5% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$622.28Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)6.26s2.58s−58.8% Nova Micro is 58.8% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$2.00 / $10.0$0.04 / $0.14
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