Claude Sonnet 5 (Medium) vs GPT-6.1 Sol (Xhigh)
Which is better for the money: Claude Sonnet 5 (Medium) by Anthropic or GPT-6.1 Sol (Xhigh) 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 (Xhigh)
GPT-6.1 Sol (Xhigh) vs Claude Sonnet 5 (Medium): 81.5% more intelligence, 45.6% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 856.9% slower end-to-end.
| Metric | Claude Sonnet 5 (Medium) | GPT-6.1 Sol (Xhigh) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 28.1 | 51.0 | +81.5% GPT-6.1 Sol (Xhigh) is 81.5% more intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $1,218.17 | $662.28 | −45.6% GPT-6.1 Sol (Xhigh) is 45.6% cheaper |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 9.02s | 86.31s | +856.9% GPT-6.1 Sol (Xhigh) is 856.9% 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 (Medium) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) scores 51.80 for $1082.
- GPT-6.1 Sol (Xhigh) is on today's frontier: nothing is both smarter and cheaper.
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