Claude Opus 5.5 vs GPT-6 Astra: Release Comparison
Comparison of the Claude Opus 5.5 and GPT-6 Astra releases: 5 and 5 models respectively, each with different intelligence, performance, and pricing characteristics. Below is a comparison of the key metrics across all 10 models.
- For intelligence, Claude Opus 5.5 scores highest: Claude Opus 5.5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort, Default Fallback) at 58, against GPT-6 Astra (max) at 53 for GPT-6 Astra.
- For cost per task, Claude Opus 5.5 is cheapest: Claude Opus 5.5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Low Effort, Default Fallback) at $0.55, against GPT-6 Astra (low) at $0.82 for GPT-6 Astra.
Releases compared
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Intelligence Index vs. Cost per Intelligence Index Task
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Incorporates 7 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, Humanity's Last Exam, AutomationBench-AA, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf · Higher is better
Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, AutomationBench-AA, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf · Higher is better
Incorporates 7 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, Humanity's Last Exam, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf, AutomationBench-AA · Higher is better
Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, MLCR-AA, Humanity's Last Exam, AutomationBench-AA · Higher is better
Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, Humanity's Last Exam, CritPt, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, Terminal-Bench 4.0 · Higher is better
Incorporates 5 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, Humanity's Last Exam, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, AA-LCR v1.1 · Higher is better
Further details
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| Claude Opus 5.5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort, Default Fallback) |  Anthropic | 58 | 61 | 64 | 63 | - | 60 | 66 | $5.98 | $2.9 | $4.00 | $20.00 | $0.20 | $8,708 | 119k | 84k | 260M | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1M | Sep 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text and image | Supports: text | Not available | - | | |
| Claude Opus 5.5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Xhigh Effort, Default Fallback) | Anthropic | 56 | 58 | 62 | 61 | - | 59 | 63 | $3.46 | $2.9 | $4.00 | $20.00 | $0.20 | $4,057 | 66k | 40k | 100M | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1M | Sep 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text and image | Supports: text | Not available | - | | |
| Claude Opus 5.5 (Adaptive Reasoning, High Effort, Default Fallback) | Anthropic | 54 | 56 | 59 | 59 | - | 56 | 61 | $1.82 | $2.9 | $4.00 | $20.00 | $0.20 | $2,172 | 36k | 18k | 53M | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1M | Sep 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text and image | Supports: text | Not available | - | | |
| GPT-6 Astra (max) |  OpenAI | 53 | 55 | 57 | 59 | 52 | 55 | 60 | $3.26 | $7.7 | $10.00 | $50.00 | $1.00 | $5,324 | 27k | 17k | 60M | 61 | 322.65s | 322.65s | 330.89s | 448.87s | - | 1M | Sep 2026 | Apr 2026 | Yes | Supports: text and image | Supports: text | Not available | - |  | |
| GPT-6 Astra (xhigh) | OpenAI | 52 | 54 | 57 | 58 | - | 55 | 59 | $2.31 | $7.7 | $10.00 | $50.00 | $1.00 | $3,803 | 17k | 9k | 38M | 55 | 188.20s | 188.20s | 197.37s | 308.67s | - | 1M | Sep 2026 | Apr 2026 | Yes | Supports: text and image | Supports: text | Not available | - | | |
| Claude Opus 5.5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Medium Effort, Default Fallback) | Anthropic | 51 | 54 | 57 | 57 | - | 54 | 60 | $1.34 | $2.9 | $4.00 | $20.00 | $0.20 | $1,627 | 26k | 12k | 38M | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1M | Sep 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text and image | Supports: text | Not available | - | | |
| GPT-6 Astra (high) | OpenAI | 51 | 53 | 55 | 58 | - | 53 | 58 | $1.73 | $7.7 | $10.00 | $50.00 | $1.00 | $2,925 | 12k | 5k | 26M | 50 | 79.00s | 79.00s | 88.93s | 236.14s | - | 1M | Sep 2026 | Apr 2026 | Yes | Supports: text and image | Supports: text | Not available | - | | |
| GPT-6 Astra (medium) | OpenAI | 50 | 52 | 54 | 57 | - | 52 | 58 | $1.54 | $7.7 | $10.00 | $50.00 | $1.00 | $2,434 | 10k | 3k | 19M | 48 | 6.19s | 6.19s | 16.52s | 197.82s | - | 1M | Sep 2026 | Apr 2026 | Yes | Supports: text and image | Supports: text | Not available | - | | |
| GPT-6 Astra (low) | OpenAI | 46 | 49 | 50 | 53 | - | 48 | 55 | $0.82 | $7.7 | $10.00 | $50.00 | $1.00 | $1,537 | 4k | 938 | 10M | 51 | 2.76s | 2.76s | 12.49s | 87.88s | - | 1M | Sep 2026 | Apr 2026 | Yes | Supports: text and image | Supports: text | Not available | - | | |
| Claude Opus 5.5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Low Effort, Default Fallback) | Anthropic | 42 | 46 | 48 | 52 | - | 45 | 53 | $0.55 | $2.9 | $4.00 | $20.00 | $0.20 | $860 | 10k | 3k | 20M | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1M | Sep 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text and image | Supports: text | Not available | - | | |