Compare · Benchmark v1.5 and v1.6

Claude Opus 5.5vsGPT-6.1 Sol

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Score, every map
Oasis by the Sea
Score
Net worth
Population
Popularity
Cost
Turns
Wall-clock time
Large Barren Desert
Score
Net worth
Population
Popularity
Cost
Turns
Wall-clock time
The Sinkhole
Score
Net worth
Population
Popularity
Cost
Turns
Wall-clock time
Every map on v1.5 and v1.6
Cost
Tokens
Served via

Claude Opus 5.5

Anthropic · reasoning medium

50.41st of 7
52.0 · 1st of 8Better
10,054Better
107
82
~$3.06
101
42 min
67.6 · 1st of 7Better
8,757Better
58
59
~$2.01
66
37 min
31.4 · 3rd of 7
13,921
147
48
~$2.47
97
48 min
~$7.54
14.7M
Anthropic API

GPT-6.1 Sol

OpenAI · reasoning medium

46.62nd of 7
43.4 · 4th of 8
7,401
130Better
100Better
$0.95Better
118
45 min
47.6 · 2nd of 7
7,441
88Better
66Better
$0.95Better
119
50 min
48.8 · 1st of 7Better
20,610Better
183Better
79Better
$0.99Better
136
57 min
$2.90Better
16.6M
OpenRouter

“Better” marks the stronger of the two figures where higher or lower is better. Ranks are among the models with a full-budget score.

Score by Map

Claude Opus 5.5 and GPT-6.1 Sol's Crusader Bench scores on each map they have both played. 0 is doing nothing, 100 the person's game.

Crusader Bench score · Higher is better

  • Claude Opus 5.5
  • GPT-6.1 Sol
0204060805047524368483149
Every map
Oasis by the Sea
Large Barren Desert
The Sinkhole

Crusader Bench · crusbench.com

Minute by Minute on Oasis by the Sea

Both models' games on Oasis by the Sea, minute by minute, against doing nothing and a person's game where they apply.

Gold plus stored goods at the sell price, by game minute

  • Claude Opus 5.5
  • GPT-6.1 Sol
05,00010,00015,00020,000010203040Baseline (do nothing) · 1,220A person · 19,513

Crusader Bench · crusbench.com

Minute by Minute on Large Barren Desert

Both models' games on Large Barren Desert, minute by minute, against doing nothing and a person's game where they apply.

Gold plus stored goods at the sell price, by game minute

  • Claude Opus 5.5
  • GPT-6.1 Sol
02,0004,0006,0008,00010,000010203040Baseline (do nothing) · 5,192A person · 9,984

Crusader Bench · crusbench.com

Minute by Minute on The Sinkhole

Both models' games on The Sinkhole, minute by minute, against doing nothing and a person's game where they apply.

Gold plus stored goods at the sell price, by game minute

  • Claude Opus 5.5
  • GPT-6.1 Sol
010,00020,00030,00040,00050,000010203040Baseline (do nothing) · 2,195A person · 41,631

Crusader Bench · crusbench.com

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