Claude Sonnet 5.5 vs GPT-6 Astra: Release Comparison

Name: Intelligence
Creator: Artificial Analysis
License: https://artificialanalysis.ai/docs/legal/Terms-of-Use.pdf

Comparison of the Claude Sonnet 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, GPT-6 Astra scores highest: GPT-6 Astra (Max) at 57, against Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Max, Default Fallback) at 55 for Claude Sonnet 5.5.
For time per task, Claude Sonnet 5.5 is fastest: Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Low, Default Fallback) at 2.6 min, against GPT-6 Astra (Low) at 3.6 min for GPT-6 Astra.
For cost per task, Claude Sonnet 5.5 is cheapest: Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Low, Default Fallback) at $0.51, against GPT-6 Astra (Low) at $1.42 for GPT-6 Astra.

Model Playground

Releases compared


	GPT-6 Astra (max)	GPT-6 Astra (xhigh)	GPT-6 Astra (high)	Claude Sonnet 5.5 (max)	GPT-6 Astra (medium)	Claude Sonnet 5.5 (xhigh)	GPT-6 Astra (low)	Claude Sonnet 5.5 (high)	Claude Sonnet 5.5 (medium)	Claude Sonnet 5.5 (low)
Intelligence Index	57	55	55	55	52	50	43	42	31	26
Finance & Accounting	57	57	56	56	54	49	48	44	41	36
Strategy & Ops	58	58	57	58	56	54	50	51	47	42
Legal	56	56	55	52	52	47	48	44	39	37
Healthcare & Medical	54	53	52	54	50	47	45	44	40	37
Engineering	62	60	60	58	57	54	50	46	37	33
Economics	57	57	56	54	53	48	47	45	39	35
AA-Briefcase v1.1	1569	1544	1505	1813	1461	1742	1256	1634	1439	1268
AutomationBench-AA	68.5%	67.2%	66.6%	71.8%	64.6%	65.5%	59.1%	59.4%	54.9%	49.4%
Terminal-Bench 4.0	59.1%	59.6%	54.0%	63.6%	49.5%	57.1%	41.9%	43.9%	29.8%	20.7%
FrontierCode 2.0	42.4%	41.4%	40.1%	41.7%	36.6%	35.6%	26.2%	25.7%	11.0%	7.1%
AA-Omniscience v1.1	42	44	45	30	41	21	40	19	19	20
GDP.pdf	31.0%	32.2%	31.0%	25.8%	30.4%	24.6%	30.4%	25.2%	20.2%	16.0%
HLE-Diamond	63.8%	61.5%	59.3%	53.3%	52.7%	44.1%	45.1%	33.8%	23.8%	20.6%
CritPt v2 (Hard Subset)	70.5%	71.0%	71.5%	59.0%	72.0%	57.5%	63.0%	51.5%	33.5%	26.0%
Terminal-Bench-Science 0.1	63.3%	54.8%	59.5%	53.3%	53.3%	52.4%	37.1%	34.3%	16.2%	10.5%

Cost per TaskUSD	$6.24	$3.66	$3.24	$10.02	$2.73	$4.09	$1.42	$1.64	$0.78	$0.51
Input PriceUSD/1M Tokens	$10.00	$10.00	$10.00	$2.00	$10.00	$2.00	$10.00	$2.00	$2.00	$2.00
Output PriceUSD/1M Tokens	$50.00	$50.00	$50.00	$10.00	$50.00	$10.00	$50.00	$10.00	$10.00	$10.00
Cache Hit PriceUSD/1M Tokens	$1.00	$1.00	$1.00	$0.10	$1.00	$0.10	$1.00	$0.10	$0.10	$0.10
Cache Write PriceUSD/1M Tokens	$12.50	$12.50	$12.50	$2.50	$12.50	$2.50	$12.50	$2.50	$2.50	$2.50

Time per TaskMinutes	22.6	11.6	9.8	31.5	6.9	15.2	3.6	7.2	3.7	2.6
Output Speedtok/s	38	38	40	151	44	134	42	136	139	133
Time to First Answer Tokens	264.68	117.79	71.37	307.65	6.18	27.50	3.36	9.34	4.21	2.35
Time to First Tokens	264.68	117.79	71.37	307.65	6.18	27.50	3.36	9.34	4.21	2.35
End-to-End TimeMean of Single-Request Workloads (s)	604.54	335.45	256.85	607.46	109.10	74.65	94.01	40.76	25.97	21.41

Context Window	1M	1M	1M	1M	1M	1M	1M	1M	1M	1M
Creator	OpenAI	OpenAI	OpenAI	Anthropic	OpenAI	Anthropic	OpenAI	Anthropic	Anthropic	Anthropic
License	Proprietary	Proprietary	Proprietary	Proprietary	Proprietary	Proprietary	Proprietary	Proprietary	Proprietary	Proprietary
Input Modality	Supports: text and image	Supports: text and image	Supports: text and image	Supports: text and image	Supports: text and image	Supports: text and image	Supports: text and image	Supports: text and image	Supports: text and image	Supports: text and image
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Providers

Updated

Intelligence

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index · Higher is better

Time per Task

Inference time (minutes) per Intelligence Index task · Lower is better

Cost per Task

Weighted average cost (USD) per Intelligence Index task · Lower is better

IntelligenceUpdated

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v5.0.1 incorporates 9 evaluations: AA-Briefcase v1.1, AutomationBench-AA, Terminal-Bench 4.0, FrontierCode 2.0, AA-Omniscience v1.1, GDP.pdf, HLE-Diamond, CritPt v2 (Hard Subset), and Terminal-Bench-Science 0.1

No publicly available API

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v5.0.1 includes: AA-Briefcase v1.1, AutomationBench-AA, Terminal-Bench 4.0, FrontierCode 2.0, AA-Omniscience v1.1, GDP.pdf, HLE-Diamond, CritPt v2 (Hard Subset), Terminal-Bench-Science 0.1. See Intelligence Index methodology for further details, including a breakdown of each evaluation and how we run them.

Intelligence Index vs. Cost per Task

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index · Weighted average cost (USD) per Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index task

Most attractive quadrant

Claude Sonnet 5.5

GPT-6 Astra

Pareto line

AA-Briefcase v1.1

AutomationBench-AA

Cost per Task (USD, Log Scale)

Weighted average cost per Intelligence Index task. Each evaluation’s cost is calculated from input, cache hit, cache write, reasoning, and answer token prices, divided by task count, and weighted by its Intelligence Index weight.

Cost

Cost per Intelligence Index Task

Weighted average cost (USD) per Intelligence Index task · Segmented by token type · Lower is better

No publicly available API

Speed & Latency

Time per Intelligence Index Task

Output tokens divided by end-to-end output speed (minutes per Intelligence Index task) · Speed at the model's own endpoint or the median across providers · Lower is better

No publicly available API

The weighted average time (minutes) per Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index task: output tokens per task divided by output speed, weighted by each benchmark's weight in the Intelligence Index.

Speed and latency metrics average each endpoint's runs over the past 5 days, and the error rate pools them. We run the benchmark every 6 hours, and endpoints of deprecated models every 18 hours.

Capability Scores

Capability Indexes

Measures the performance of models on specific capabilities and industries

Finance & Accounting Index

Incorporates 5 evaluations: AA-Briefcase v1.1, AA-Omniscience v1.1, HLE-Diamond, AutomationBench-AA, GDP.pdf · Higher is better

Strategy & Ops Index

Incorporates 4 evaluations: AutomationBench-AA, AA-Briefcase v1.1, AA-Omniscience v1.1, GDP.pdf · Higher is better

Legal Index

Incorporates 5 evaluations: AA-Omniscience v1.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, HLE-Diamond, GDP.pdf, AutomationBench-AA · Higher is better

Healthcare & Medical Index

Incorporates 5 evaluations: AA-Omniscience v1.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, MLCR-AA, AutomationBench-AA, HLE-Diamond · Higher is better

Engineering Index

Incorporates 7 evaluations: AA-Omniscience v1.1, CritPt v2 (Hard Subset), Terminal-Bench-Science 0.1, HLE-Diamond, Terminal-Bench 4.0, FrontierCode 2.0, AA-Briefcase v1.1 · Higher is better

Economics Index

Incorporates 4 evaluations: AA-Omniscience v1.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, HLE-Diamond, GDP.pdf · Higher is better

Benchmarks

AA-PersonalityBenchNew

Model AvsModel B

AA-PersonalityBench: Expressiveness Index, Claude Sonnet 5.5 (max) vs GPT-6 Astra (max)

Chance each model’s answer is judged to show more of each trait from their Elo gap · 50% is an even match

Claude Sonnet 5.5 (max)

GPT-6 Astra (max)

Lexically Varied

88%

12%

Metaphorical

87%

13%

Natural Sounding

32%

68%

Eloquent

53%

47%

Literate

50%

Claude Sonnet 5.5 vs GPT-6 Astra: Release Comparison

Intelligence

Time per Task

Cost per Task

IntelligenceUpdated

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index

Intelligence Index vs. Cost per Task

Cost per Intelligence Index Task

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index

Cost

Cost per Intelligence Index Task

Cost per Intelligence Index Task

Speed & Latency

Time per Intelligence Index Task

Time per Intelligence Index Task

Time Period

Capability Scores

Capability Indexes

Benchmarks

AA-PersonalityBenchNew

AA-PersonalityBench: Expressiveness Index, Claude Sonnet 5.5 (max) vs GPT-6 Astra (max)