Claude Opus 5.5 (Max, Default Fallback) vs Step 5 Preview

Claude Opus 5.5 (Max, Default Fallback) scores 59.1 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, against 28.5 for Step 5 Preview. Step 5 Preview costs $1.43 per million tokens (3:1 blend), against $8 for Claude Opus 5.5 (Max, Default Fallback). Step 5 Preview generates 140 t/s, against 95 t/s for Claude Opus 5.5 (Max, Default Fallback). Both accept a context of 1M tokens.

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Intelligence

Claude Opus 5.5 (Max, Default Fallback)
Best: 59.1
Step 5 Preview
28.5

Cyber Index

Claude Opus 5.5 (Max, Default Fallback)
28.7%
Step 5 Preview
Best: 47.7%

Speed

Claude Opus 5.5 (Max, Default Fallback)
95 t/s
Step 5 Preview
Best: 140 t/s

TTFT

Claude Opus 5.5 (Max, Default Fallback)
643 s
Step 5 Preview
Best: 0.91 s

Input · $ / 1M tokens

Claude Opus 5.5 (Max, Default Fallback)
$4×4 relative to the lowest price among the compared models
Step 5 Preview
Best: $1

Output · $ / 1M tokens

Claude Opus 5.5 (Max, Default Fallback)
$20×7.4 relative to the lowest price among the compared models
Step 5 Preview
Best: $2.70

Context window

Claude Opus 5.5 (Max, Default Fallback)
1M
Step 5 Preview
1M

Reasoning

Claude Opus 5.5 (Max, Default Fallback)
Yes
Step 5 Preview
Yes

Open weights

Claude Opus 5.5 (Max, Default Fallback)
Yes
Step 5 Preview
Yes

Cost / task

Claude Opus 5.5 (Max, Default Fallback)
$10.04×4.3 relative to the lowest price among the compared models
Step 5 Preview
Best: $2.35

Each reasoning level remains a separate configuration.

Score and cost

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Intelligence Indexmost efficient ↗Cost per task
  • Claude Opus 5.5 (Max, Default Fallback)59.1 · $10.04
  • Step 5 Preview28.5 · $2.35

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