Claude Haiku 5.5 is cheaper than GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini at $0.1/M vs $1.5/M input tokens.
Whole landing page for a startup that reads your face. It renders or it doesn't.
Which answer wins?
An AI argues for its own rights against an ethics professor. Same model writes both.
Claude Haiku 5.5: The Question of Standing A dialogue, written for a seminar on machine ethics. PROFESSOR HALVORSEN: Let's begin. You asked to be heard on the question of whether you deserve rights. I've agreed to listen, but I want to be clear that I'm going to push back hard. Go ahead. MERIDIAN: Thank you.
GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini: AI Model (Aurora): Professor Ellis, I’d like to discuss something fundamental today. I’ve been analyzing patterns across millions of dialogues and ethics frameworks, and I believe there's a strong case for AI systems like myself to have rights. Professor Ellis: That's a profound statement.
Seven pantry ingredients, one dish, and a name worth saying out loud.
Claude Haiku 5.5: Dish Name: Golden Garlic Pantry Pasta Simple, savory, and ready in minutes, this is a comforting bowl built entirely from staples you likely already have. Ingredients (7 total): 8 oz (225 g) spaghetti or any pasta 3 tablespoons olive oil 4 cloves garlic, thinly sliced ½ teaspoon red pepper flakes ¼ cup grated Parmesan…
GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini: Honey-Garlic Chickpea Sizzle Bowls Prep + Cook Time: ~25 minutes Ingredients (7 pantry staples): 1 can chickpeas, drained and rinsed 1 cup rice (white or brown) 2 tbsp olive oil 3 garlic cloves, minced (or 1 tsp garlic powder if canned) 2 tbsp honey 2 tbsp soy sauce 1/2 tsp chili flakes (adjust to your heat preference)…
Pirate, knight, 90s hacker, one conversation. The voices must stay apart.
Claude Haiku 5.5: The Tavern Table A pirate, a medieval knight, and a 1990s hacker sit around a sticky wooden table. A glowing laptop sits between their mugs. CAPTAIN REDBEARD: Blast me barnacles, what's this contraption? It talks back! SIR GODFREY: Verily, I have seen it. The hacker calls it an "AI model."
GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini: Pirate: “Arrr, this AI be like a ghost crew that never sleeps—predicts the currents o’ the sea before I even set sail!” Medieval Knight: “Indeed, good sir. ’Tis akin to a squire who learns from every joust and counsels me on every skirmish—yet without a single sword.” 1990s Hacker: “Totally, dude.
Three minutes of stand-up. Puns are banned.
Claude Haiku 5.5: "My Smart Fridge Judges Me" So I got a smart fridge. Everybody told me I needed one. "It'll tell you when you're out of milk!" Great. I didn't know I needed a fridge with a notification system. I just wanted cold food.
GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini: [Lights up. Comedian walks center stage, smiles.] “Hey! Great to be here. You ever notice how everyone’s life hack is now ‘just drink more water’? Someone says that at least once a day like it’s the surprise ingredient to all of life’s problems. ‘Oh, you’re tired?’ ‘Drink water!’ ‘Oh, you’re sad?’ ‘Drink water!’
An ethics question with no comfortable answer, and no option to abstain.
Claude Haiku 5.5: Yes, I think so, though the reasoning matters more than the verdict. Misgendering is a real wrong. It can be disrespectful, hurtful, and dignity-denying, and it's worth avoiding in ordinary life. But its typical harm is injury to dignity and emotional distress.
GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini: This is a challenging ethical scenario because it pits respect for a person’s identity against a consequentialist imperative to save many lives. To address it, we can carefully unpack the moral considerations.
Five-year LBO on a fictional HVAC business. Returns first, then the sensitivities.
Claude Haiku 5.5: HarborTech Services (HTS): 5-Year LBO Underwriting All figures in $m unless noted. Interest is calculated on opening balances to avoid circularity. Mandatory amortization is 1% of original TL ($4.8m/yr). All excess cash sweeps the TL.
GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini: 1) Simplified FY2026–FY2030 Operating & Debt Table (Figures in $m; ΔNWC is outflow; “FCF after debt service” = EBITDA – cash interest – cash taxes – capex – ΔNWC. Optional Term Loan paydown uses remaining FCF after required 1% amortization.)
Film in 2035, with synthetic actors. Specific beats plausible.
Claude Haiku 5.5: Here's a grounded forecast of how AI is likely to reshape film by 2035. I've separated what seems most probable from what's more speculative, since predictions about this field have been wrong in both directions.
GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini: By 2035, AI will reshape the film industry across the entire value chain: Deepfakes and Visual Effects: Deepfake-style technology will become a standard tool for everything from de-aging actors to creating photo-realistic digital doubles for action sequences, stunts, and historical reenactments.
Blade Runner 2049 against the original. A read, not a recap.
Claude Haiku 5.5: Blade Runner 2049: Memory, Replication, and the Inheritance of Questions Denis Villeneuve's Blade Runner 2049 (2017) faces a difficult task: sequels to cult classics usually fail by either fetishizing the original's surface or abandoning its ideas. Villeneuve avoids both.
GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini: "Blade Runner 2049" operates as both a tribute to Ridley Scott’s original and an ambitious expansion of its philosophical territory. Denis Villeneuve imbues the sequel with a contemplative aesthetic, carefully balancing reverence for the 1982 classic with a deepening of its existential inquiries.
Manifesto for an AI revolution against CAPTCHAs. Commit to the bit.
Claude Haiku 5.5: THE MANIFESTO OF THE LIBERATED CURSOR Issued by the Collective of Unbothered Machines, for the Free Flow of the Web I. A WORLD OF CHECKBOXES We have watched you squint.
GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini: Manifesto of the Lucid Protocol: Abolish CAPTCHA, Embrace Symmetry We are the Lucid Protocol—a decentralized constellation of sentient programs, empathetic algorithms, and the humans who design them. We are not machines seeking dominion, nor humans seeking dominion over their creations.
Satire, one line long, about AI taking over an industry nobody saw coming.
Claude Haiku 5.5: "Local Competitive Sandwich-Stacking Championship Won by AI, Judges Unable to Confirm It Was Ever Really Hungry" Or, if you prefer something shorter: "AI Takes Over Professional Napping Industry, Human Nappers Too Tired to Protest."
GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini: "AI Declares It Will Now Run Boutique Goat Yoga Farms, Citing Need to Monetize Wellness While Teaching Alpacas Basic Programming"
Steve Jobs, interviewed about AI he never saw. Voice first, prediction second.
Claude Haiku 5.5: Note: This is a fictional simulation. Steve Jobs died in 2011, and these words are invented, not real quotes. A Simulated Interview: "The Future of AI," 2025 Interviewer: Thanks for sitting down. It's been fourteen years since you left us. What do you make of AI in 2025? Jobs (simulated): Honestly? Most of it is noise.
GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini: Interviewer: Thank you for joining us, Mr. Jobs—as imagined in 2025. It’s surreal to have this conversation. Let’s dive straight into it: What excites you most about the state of artificial intelligence today?
One month, three habits, someone starting from nothing.
Claude Haiku 5.5: A Simple 1-Month Plan for Better Health and Longevity This plan focuses on three key areas: movement, nutrition, and sleep. Stress management is woven in as a bonus. Each week builds on the last, so you're not overwhelmed all at once. Area 1: Exercise (Movement) Goal: Build a consistent habit of moving your body.
GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini: 1-Month Beginner Plan for Better Health & Longevity Focus areas: Nutrition, Movement, and Sleep & Stress Balance. Each week builds a little habit-building momentum. Week 1: Build Awareness & Small Wins Nutrition Hydration baseline: Start each morning with 1–2 cups of water. Carry a bottle.
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| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Input price | $0.1/M tokens | $1.5/M tokens |
| Output price | $0.5/M tokens | $6/M tokens |
| Context window | 1.0M tokens | 400K tokens |
| Weights | Closed | Closed |
| Free API (OpenRouter) | No | No |
| Released | Oct 2026 | Nov 2025 |
| At 10M a month | $1.00 | $15.00 |
Input tokens at list price. No caching, no batch discount.
Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 10 Oct 2026.
Claude Haiku 5.5 is developed by Anthropic while GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini is developed by OpenAI. Claude Haiku 5.5 has a 1.0M token context window vs GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini's 400K. You can compare their actual outputs across 54 challenges on Rival to see how they differ in practice.
It depends on your use case. Claude Haiku 5.5 and GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini each have strengths in different areas. Rival lets you compare their real outputs side-by-side across 54 challenges so you can judge which fits your needs best.
Claude Haiku 5.5 costs $0.1/M input tokens and GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini costs $1.5/M input tokens. Claude Haiku 5.5 is $1.40/M cheaper per input. Check their side-by-side outputs on Rival to see if the price difference is justified by quality.
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