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Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs OpenAI: GPT-5.5

Summary

Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs GPT-5.5 benchmark comparison: GPT-5.5 leads on average score with 9.3 vs 7.8. GPT-5.5 has the lower benchmark cost at $0.907 vs $1.418. GPT-5.5 is faster at 9.76s vs 17.06s, with pass rates of 65.1% vs 85.7%.

Recommended model: GPT-5.5 - It has the best score here (9.3), while costing about 1.6x less than Claude Sonnet 4.6.

Last updated at: 2026-07-02

Metric Claude Sonnet 4.6 Claude Sonnet 4.6 medium Release: 2026-02-17 GPT-5.5 GPT-5.5 low Release: 2026-04-24
Score 7.8 9.3
Rank #32 #4
Reliability 10.0 10.0
Consistency 9.1 10.0
Tests Correct
Attempt pass rate 65.1% 85.7%
Flaky tests 2 0
Total Runs 63 63
Cost per result 10.904 5.035
Total Cost $1.418 $0.907
Input Price $3.000 / 1M $5.000 / 1M
Output Price $15.000 / 1M $30.000 / 1M
Total Input Tokens 49,112 34,209
Output Tokens 54,703 2,046
Reasoning Tokens 29,970 22,460
Response Time (avg) 17.06s 9.76s
Response Time (max) 46.35s 56.19s
Response Time (total) 221.83s 204.92s

Generation showcase

Hamster playing table tennis

Prompt: Create a detailed SVG illustration of a hamster playing table tennis.

#32 Claude Sonnet 4.6

medium
Invalid SVG
Cost
$0.000
Time
300.0s
Tokens
0 tok

#4 GPT-5.5

low
Cost
$0.068
Time
37.0s
Tokens
2,339 tok

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Category Breakdown

Anti-AI Tricks Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Sonnet 4.6 6.5 10.0 50.0% 0 2.98s 789 1,046 1,093
GPT-5.5 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 4.41s 606 238 1,020
Coding Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Sonnet 4.6 5.7 6.6 44.4% 1 33.29s 6,995 16,089 3,686
GPT-5.5 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 15.04s 7,302 423 6,402
Combined Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Sonnet 4.6 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 46.35s 18,351 5,871 3,962
GPT-5.5 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 9.56s 11,019 303 717
Data parsing and extraction Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Sonnet 4.6 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 13.90s 8,676 649 742
GPT-5.5 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 3.28s 7,140 228 157
Domain specific Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Sonnet 4.6 2.9 7.2 11.1% 1 0ms 471 25,790 16,919
GPT-5.5 5.3 10.0 33.3% 0 28.05s 723 69 11,609
General Intelligence Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Sonnet 4.6 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 4.94s 564 256 433
GPT-5.5 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 5.17s 477 133 245
Instructions following Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Sonnet 4.6 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 2.61s 792 318 552
GPT-5.5 9.9 10.0 100.0% 0 3.74s 660 93 415
Puzzle Solving Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Sonnet 4.6 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 5.31s 816 592 646
GPT-5.5 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 4.74s 642 279 954
Tool Calling Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Sonnet 4.6 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 7.48s 11,454 655 351
GPT-5.5 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 4.96s 5,445 250 101
Trivia Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Sonnet 4.6 3.0 10.0 0.0% 0 30.09s 204 3,437 1,586
GPT-5.5 3.0 10.0 0.0% 0 10.06s 195 30 840

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