Claude Sonnet 5 (Low) vs GPT-5.4 mini (Xhigh)
Which is better for the money: Claude Sonnet 5 (Low) by Anthropic or GPT-5.4 mini (Xhigh) by OpenAI? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-25.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick Claude Sonnet 5 (Low)
GPT-5.4 mini (Xhigh) vs Claude Sonnet 5 (Low): 0.8% less intelligence, 133.5% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 1189.1% slower end-to-end.
| Metric | Claude Sonnet 5 (Low) | GPT-5.4 mini (Xhigh) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 24.3 | 24.1 | −0.8% GPT-5.4 mini (Xhigh) is 0.8% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $652.70 | $1,524.02 | +133.5% GPT-5.4 mini (Xhigh) is 2.3× more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 8.46s | 109.06s | +1189.1% GPT-5.4 mini (Xhigh) is 1189.1% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $2.00 / $10.0 | $0.75 / $4.50 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text, Image |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Claude Sonnet 5 (Low) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (High) scores 50.20 for $521.
- GPT-5.4 mini (Xhigh) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) scores 51.80 for $1082.
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