Claude Opus 4.1 vs GPT-6 Sol
GPT-6 Sol leads Claude Opus 4.1 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 47.6 to 22.8, and GPT-6 Sol costs 7.5x less per output token ($10.00 vs $75.00 per million). Updated October 21, 2026; 52 benchmarks have a result for both.
Claude Opus 4.1 or GPT-6 Sol: which to pick
Only GPT-6 Sol has a coding score, 76.0 on the Vibe Coding Index; Claude Opus 4.1 has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Pick Claude Opus 4.1 for work measured by LMArena Text: coding or LMArena Text: software and IT, where it leads.
- Shared results
- 52
- Claude Opus 4.1 only
- 21
- GPT-6 Sol only
- 49
- Like-for-like categories
- 7 of 9
Only benchmarks that tested both models count toward a pick; a result only one model has is shown but not compared.
Which one for your work
Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, six public coding benchmarks
No call
Only GPT-6 Sol has a coding score, so no call is made.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
GPT-6 Sol
GPT-6 Sol leads, 47.6 against 22.8.
Same board, both measured
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
No call
Only Claude Opus 4.1 has a GPQA Diamond result, 76.3%.
Directional only
Math
AIME
No call
Only Claude Opus 4.1 has a AIME result, 78.2%.
Directional only
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
No call
Only Claude Opus 4.1 has a MMLU Pro result, 87.9%.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
GPT-6 Sol
GPT-6 Sol leads, 1292 against 1177.
Same board, both measured
Long documents
Listed context window
GPT-6 Sol
GPT-6 Sol takes 1.05M tokens against 200K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
GPT-6 Sol
Claude Opus 4.1 $0.052, GPT-6 Sol $0.0070 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- Claude Opus 4.1 not benchmarked, GPT-6 Sol 76.0 from 5 benchmarks.
- Widest category
- Math, 40.3 points apart on average over 5 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- FrontierMath, tier 4: Claude Opus 4.1 2.4% against GPT-6 Sol 90.0%, 87.6 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Claude Opus 4.1 $75.00 against GPT-6 Sol $10.00 per million output tokens, 7.5x apart.
- Context window
- Claude Opus 4.1 takes 200K tokens, GPT-6 Sol 1.05M.
Benchmark by benchmark
First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.
| Category | Claude Opus 4.1 | Bars | GPT-6 Sol | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 2 | 2 | ||
| Intelligence | 0 | 2 | ||
| Reasoning | 3 | 3 | ||
| Math | 2 | 3 | ||
| Knowledge | 5 | 1 | ||
| Web design | 0 | 8 | ||
| General | 17 | 4 | ||
| All shared boards | 29 | 23 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index22
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.1 | GPT-6 Sol | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench coding | Not measured | 93.1% | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| LMArena WebDev | 1390 | 1683 | GPT-6 Sol |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | 66.5% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 44.4% | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 87.8% | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | Not measured | 57.2% | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| ProgramBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 2.0% | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| IOI (Vals AI) | Not measured | 82.6% | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 83.2% | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| CyberBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 78.0% | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| SciCode | Not measured | 57.6% | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| Terminal-Bench | 38.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| FrontierCode | Not measured | 49.3% | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| WeirdML | 45.9% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| Cybench | 42.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| ALE-Bench | Not measured | 2462.0 | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1479 | 1448 | Claude Opus 4.1 |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1456 | 1433 | Claude Opus 4.1 |
| LMArena WebDev: React | Not measured | 1685 | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | 1399 | 1685 | GPT-6 Sol |
| LMArena WebDev: from an image | Not measured | 1660 | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| SciCode | 4.6% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 17 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.1 | GPT-6 Sol | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 22.8 | 47.6 | GPT-6 Sol |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 144.1 | 163.7 | GPT-6 Sol |
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.1 | GPT-6 Sol | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: agents building web apps | Not measured | 1231 | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| Design Arena: agents building full-stack apps | Not measured | 1238 | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| Design Arena: agents building mobile apps | Not measured | 1214 | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| LiveBench research | Not measured | 69.3% | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| LiveBench browser | Not measured | 92.0% | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| LiveBench long agentic | Not measured | 66.9% | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| SREBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 30.5% | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | Not measured | 49.0% | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 15.0% | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 28.9% | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | Not measured | 71.5% | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| BioMysteryBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 74.8% | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| Terminal-Bench-Science (Vals AI) | Not measured | 30.0% | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| Vals Science Index | Not measured | 45.0% | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| APEX-Agents | Not measured | 54.3% | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| METR time horizons | 66.8% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| GDPval | 43.6% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| DeepResearch Bench | 48.3% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| SpireClimb | Not measured | 7.5% | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| Vending-Bench 2 | Not measured | $14,428 | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 21 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index33
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.1 | GPT-6 Sol | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 76.3% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| LiveBench reasoning | Not measured | 88.7% | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| MysteryMechanism (Vals AI) | Not measured | 30.2% | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| MMMU Pro (Vals AI) | 77.5% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 47.9% | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 77.3% | 94.3% | GPT-6 Sol |
| ARC-AGI | Not measured | 95.5% | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| ARC-AGI-2 | Not measured | 89.6% | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| SimpleBench | 60.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| Chess puzzles | Not measured | 56.0% | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| Mystery game puzzles | 21.0% | 56.0% | GPT-6 Sol |
| EBR-bench | 7.9% | 53.3% | GPT-6 Sol |
| VPCT | 35.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1442 | 1422 | Claude Opus 4.1 |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1438 | 1437 | Claude Opus 4.1 |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1451 | 1420 | Claude Opus 4.1 |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | Not measured | 1270 | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| LMArena Vision: homework | Not measured | 1286 | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 4 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index23
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.1 | GPT-6 Sol | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIME | 78.2% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| MATH 500 (Vals AI) | 95.4% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| MGSM (Vals AI) | 94.4% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| OTIS Mock AIME | 68.9% | 100.0% | GPT-6 Sol |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | 12.6% | 89.8% | GPT-6 Sol |
| FrontierMath, tier 4 | 2.4% | 90.0% | GPT-6 Sol |
| ProofBench | Not measured | 83.0% | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1431 | 1407 | Claude Opus 4.1 |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1434 | 1424 | Claude Opus 4.1 |
| Neither model has a result on the other 4 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index51
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.1 | GPT-6 Sol | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | 87.9% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | 83.5% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | 73.7% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| MortgageTax (Vals AI) | 61.1% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| MedQA (Vals AI) | 93.6% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | 47.2% | 47.1% | Claude Opus 4.1 |
| SimpleQA Verified | Not measured | 60.7% | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1422 | 1389 | Claude Opus 4.1 |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1416 | 1366 | Claude Opus 4.1 |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1421 | 1396 | Claude Opus 4.1 |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1406 | 1380 | Claude Opus 4.1 |
| FACTS Benchmark Suite | 40.4% | 72.5% | GPT-6 Sol |
| Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here | |||
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index08
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.1 | GPT-6 Sol | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1177 | 1292 | GPT-6 Sol |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1165 | 1292 | GPT-6 Sol |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1171 | 1314 | GPT-6 Sol |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1166 | 1269 | GPT-6 Sol |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1153 | 1318 | GPT-6 Sol |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1171 | 1301 | GPT-6 Sol |
| Design Arena: SVG | 1152 | 1316 | GPT-6 Sol |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | 1167 | 1225 | GPT-6 Sol |
| LiveBench design | Not measured | 82.2% | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index174
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.1 | GPT-6 Sol | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench data analysis | Not measured | 81.2% | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 56.6% | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| SAGE (Vals AI) | 31.4% | 44.8% | GPT-6 Sol |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | 73.9% | 82.0% | GPT-6 Sol |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | Not measured | 83.7% | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| DTBench | 80.0% | 97.3% | GPT-6 Sol |
| LMCA | 37.1% | 59.1% | GPT-6 Sol |
| Creative writing (Lech Mazur) | 84.7% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| Furniture assembly | Not measured | 58.3% | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| LMArena Text | 1419 | 1398 | Claude Opus 4.1 |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1435 | 1413 | Claude Opus 4.1 |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1412 | 1378 | Claude Opus 4.1 |
| LMArena Vision | Not measured | 1240 | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| LMArena Text: English | 1433 | 1396 | Claude Opus 4.1 |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1405 | 1388 | Claude Opus 4.1 |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1427 | 1412 | Claude Opus 4.1 |
| LMArena Text: German | 1413 | 1379 | Claude Opus 4.1 |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1377 | 1377 | Claude Opus 4.1 |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1381 | 1336 | Claude Opus 4.1 |
| LMArena Text: French | 1433 | 1399 | Claude Opus 4.1 |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1448 | 1387 | Claude Opus 4.1 |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1422 | 1402 | Claude Opus 4.1 |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1413 | 1372 | Claude Opus 4.1 |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1444 | 1414 | Claude Opus 4.1 |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1455 | 1416 | Claude Opus 4.1 |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1418 | 1389 | Claude Opus 4.1 |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1398 | 1373 | Claude Opus 4.1 |
| LMArena Vision: English | Not measured | 1229 | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | Not measured | 1258 | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| LMArena Vision: creative writing | Not measured | 1219 | Only GPT-6 Sol measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 16 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.1 | GPT-6 Sol | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neither model has a result on 5 boards here | |||
What each workload costs
Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.
Chat turn
1K input + 500 output tokens
GPT-6 Sol costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
GPT-6 Sol costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
GPT-6 Sol costs less
Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.
Specification differences
The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.
| Specification | Anthropic Claude Opus 4.1 | OpenAI GPT-6 Sol |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Anthropic | OpenAI |
| Weights | No public weights listed | No public weights listed |
| Released | August 5, 2025 | September 22, 2026 |
| Context window | 200K | 1.05M |
| Input $/Mtok | $15.00 | $2.00 |
| Output $/Mtok | $75.00 | $10.00 |
| Coding index | Not benchmarked | 76.0 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 1 | 5 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Claude Opus 4.1 better than GPT-6 Sol for coding?
Only GPT-6 Sol has a coding score, 76.0 on the Vibe Coding Index; Claude Opus 4.1 has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Claude Opus 4.1 for work measured by LMArena Text: coding or LMArena Text: software and IT, where it leads.
Which is cheaper, Claude Opus 4.1 or GPT-6 Sol?
Claude Opus 4.1 costs $15.00 per million input tokens and $75.00 per million output tokens; GPT-6 Sol costs $2.00 and $10.00. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.
Which has the bigger context window, Claude Opus 4.1 or GPT-6 Sol?
GPT-6 Sol, with 1.05M tokens against 200K.
How many benchmarks is the Claude Opus 4.1 vs GPT-6 Sol comparison based on?
52 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. Claude Opus 4.1's coding index rests on 1 independent benchmark and GPT-6 Sol's on 5. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.