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Comparison · 3 models · Updated Nov 2, 2026

GPT-6.1 Sol vs Claude Haiku 5.5 vs Claude Sonnet 5.5

Claude Haiku 5.5 comes out ahead, 83 to 72 and 72 on our weighted score, and it is the cheaper option too.

  1. OpenAI

    GPT-6.1 Sol

    Released Sep 29, 2026New

    72/100
    • ECI167.8
    • Price$2.00 / $10.00
    • Context1.05M
    Full specs Remove GPT-6.1 Sol
  2. Our pick

    Anthropic

    Claude Haiku 5.5

    Released Oct 7, 2026New

    83/100
    • ECI160.4
    • Price$0.10 / $0.50
    • Context1M
    Full specs Remove Claude Haiku 5.5

  3. Anthropic

    Claude Sonnet 5.5

    Released Sep 28, 2026New

    72/100
    • ECI166.7
    • Price$2.00 / $10.00
    • Context1M
    Full specs Remove Claude Sonnet 5.5
01 — Verdict

Claude Haiku 5.5 is our pick

Claude Haiku 5.5 is the better all-round choice, scoring 83/100 against GPT-6.1 Sol (72) and Claude Sonnet 5.5 (72). It leads on price. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.

  • CapabilityGPT-6.1 SolCapabilities Index (ECI): GPT-6.1 Sol 167.8 · Claude Sonnet 5.5 166.7 · Claude Haiku 5.5 160.4
  • Lowest priceClaude Haiku 5.5Claude Haiku 5.5 $0.20 · GPT-6.1 Sol $4.00 · Claude Sonnet 5.5 $4.00 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
  • Longest contextGPT-6.1 SolGPT-6.1 Sol 1,050,000 · Claude Haiku 5.5 1,000,000 · Claude Sonnet 5.5 1,000,000 tokens
  • Widest inputsSame inputsGPT-6.1 Sol: Text, Images, PDFs · Claude Haiku 5.5: Text, Images, PDFs · Claude Sonnet 5.5: Text, Images, PDFs
  • Self-hostingNo open weightsAll three are available only through APIs
How the score is built
MeasureWeightGPT-6.1 SolClaude Haiku 5.5Claude Sonnet 5.5
CapabilityCapabilities Index (ECI)50%998997
Price25%208020
Inputs & features15%808080
Context window10%616060
Overall100%72/10083/10072/100
02 — Side by side

Every spec in one table

Highlighted cells lead their row. Dashes mean the data is not published.

GPT-6.1 Sol vs Claude Haiku 5.5 vs Claude Sonnet 5.5 specifications side by side
SpecificationGPT-6.1 SolOpenAIClaude Haiku 5.5AnthropicClaude Sonnet 5.5Anthropic
Capability
Capabilities Index (ECI)167.8 (best)160.4166.7
ECI rank#4 of 165 (best)#14 of 165#5 of 165
GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions95.4%89.7%95.6% (best)
FrontierMath Tiers 1–3Research-level mathematics93.7% (best)75.1%88.8%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics100% (best)98.9%100% (best)
SimpleQA VerifiedShort factual questions73.9% (best)23.8%46.5%
Price per million tokens
Input$2.00$0.10 (best)$2.00
Output$10.00$0.50 (best)$10.00
Cached input$0.10$0.01 (best)$0.10
Blended (3:1)$4.00$0.20 (best)$4.00
Long-context rateOver 272K: $4.00 / $15.00Over 100K: $0.50 / $2.50Same rate
Price sourceOfficial OpenAI APIOfficial Anthropic APIOfficial Anthropic API
Limits
Context window1,050,000 tokens (best)1,000,000 tokens1,000,000 tokens
Max output128,000 tokens128,000 tokens128,000 tokens
Inputs and features
TextYesYesYes
ImagesYesYesYes
PDFsYesYesYes
AudioNoNoNo
VideoNoNoNo
ReasoningYeslow · medium · high · xhigh · maxYeslow · medium · high · xhigh · maxYeslow · medium · high · xhigh · max
Tool callingYesYesYes
Structured outputYesYesYes
Availability
WeightsProprietaryProprietaryProprietary
API model IDgpt-6.1-solclaude-haiku-5-5claude-sonnet-5-5
API providers333334 (best)
ReleasedSep 29, 2026Oct 7, 2026Sep 28, 2026
Knowledge cutoffApr 30, 2026Jun 2026Jun 2026
03 — Cost

What would a month cost?

Enter your expected volume in millions of tokens. List prices only; caching and batch discounts would lower these.

  • GPT-6.1 Sol$40.00
  • Claude Haiku 5.5$2.00
  • Claude Sonnet 5.5$40.00
04 — Questions

Which should you choose?

Which is better: GPT-6.1 Sol, Claude Haiku 5.5 or Claude Sonnet 5.5?

Claude Haiku 5.5 is the better all-round choice, scoring 83/100 against GPT-6.1 Sol (72) and Claude Sonnet 5.5 (72). It leads on price. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.

Which is cheaper, GPT-6.1 Sol, Claude Haiku 5.5 or Claude Sonnet 5.5?

Claude Haiku 5.5 is cheaper at $0.10 input / $0.50 output per million tokens (official Anthropic API price). GPT-6.1 Sol costs $2.00 input / $10.00 output per million tokens (official OpenAI API price); Claude Sonnet 5.5 costs $2.00 input / $10.00 output per million tokens (official Anthropic API price). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.20 per million tokens for Claude Haiku 5.5 versus $4.00 for GPT-6.1 Sol (20× as much) and $4.00 for Claude Sonnet 5.5 (20× as much).

Which scores higher on benchmarks?

GPT-6.1 Sol scores higher on the Capabilities Index (ECI): GPT-6.1 Sol 167.8 (#4 of 165), Claude Sonnet 5.5 166.7 (#5 of 165) and Claude Haiku 5.5 160.4 (#14 of 165). The confidence ranges of the top two overlap (164.3–172.5 vs 163.6–171.3), so treat the gap as small. On individual benchmarks: GPQA Diamond — Claude Sonnet 5.5 95.6%, GPT-6.1 Sol 95.4%, Claude Haiku 5.5 89.7%; FrontierMath Tiers 1–3 — GPT-6.1 Sol 93.7%, Claude Sonnet 5.5 88.8%, Claude Haiku 5.5 75.1%; OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025 — GPT-6.1 Sol 100%, Claude Sonnet 5.5 100%, Claude Haiku 5.5 98.9%; SimpleQA Verified — GPT-6.1 Sol 73.9%, Claude Sonnet 5.5 46.5%, Claude Haiku 5.5 23.8%.

Which is better for coding?

There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for GPT-6.1 Sol, Claude Haiku 5.5 and Claude Sonnet 5.5 yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. On overall capability, GPT-6.1 Sol leads, which tends to carry over to coding, but test on your own codebase. All three support tool calling for agent workflows.

Which has the bigger context window?

GPT-6.1 Sol has the largest context window at 1,050,000 tokens, against 1,000,000 for Claude Haiku 5.5 and 1,000,000 for Claude Sonnet 5.5. Maximum output per response: GPT-6.1 Sol up to 128,000, Claude Haiku 5.5 up to 128,000, Claude Sonnet 5.5 up to 128,000 tokens.

Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?

GPT-6.1 Sol accepts text, images and PDFs; Claude Haiku 5.5 accepts text, images and PDFs; Claude Sonnet 5.5 accepts text, images and PDFs. They handle the same number of input types.

Are any of these open source?

No. GPT-6.1 Sol, Claude Haiku 5.5 and Claude Sonnet 5.5 are proprietary and only available through APIs and apps.

Which is newer?

Claude Haiku 5.5 is the newest, released Oct 7, 2026. GPT-6.1 Sol came out Sep 29, 2026; Claude Sonnet 5.5 came out Sep 28, 2026. Knowledge cutoff: GPT-6.1 Sol Apr 30, 2026, Claude Haiku 5.5 Jun 2026, Claude Sonnet 5.5 Jun 2026.

How do you decide the winner?

Each model gets a 0–100 score on capability (50%, independent benchmark results); price (25%, blended price per million tokens (3 input : 1 output), log scale); inputs & features (15%, image, PDF, audio and video input, tool calling, structured output and reasoning); context window (10%, maximum tokens per request, log scale). Dimensions missing for any model are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so every model is judged on the same evidence. Specs and prices come from public model listings and the labs’ own API pages; capability scores come from independent benchmark runs. Data updated Nov 2, 2026.

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