Claude Opus 4.5 vs GPT-4o
GPT-4o costs 2.5x less per output token than Claude Opus 4.5 ($10.00 vs $25.00 per million). Updated October 21, 2026; 23 benchmarks have a result for both.
Claude Opus 4.5 or GPT-4o: which to pick
Only Claude Opus 4.5 has a coding score, 44.0 on the Vibe Coding Index; GPT-4o has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Pick GPT-4o for output tokens 2.5x cheaper ($10.00 vs $25.00 per million).
- Shared results
- 23
- Claude Opus 4.5 only
- 85
- GPT-4o only
- 4
- 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 Claude Opus 4.5 has a coding score, so no call is made.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
No call
Only Claude Opus 4.5 has a AA Intelligence Index result, 29.1.
Directional only
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
No call
Only Claude Opus 4.5 has a GPQA Diamond result, 85.9%.
Directional only
Math
AIME
No call
Only Claude Opus 4.5 has a AIME result, 95.4%.
Directional only
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
No call
Only Claude Opus 4.5 has a MMLU Pro result, 87.3%.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
Claude Opus 4.5
Claude Opus 4.5 leads, 1247 against 831.
Same board, both measured
Long documents
Listed context window
Claude Opus 4.5
Claude Opus 4.5 takes 200K tokens against 128K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
GPT-4o
Claude Opus 4.5 $0.018, GPT-4o $0.0075 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
No call
Only Claude Opus 4.5 has the number, $1.37.
Directional only
At a glance
- Coding index
- Claude Opus 4.5 44.0 from 3 benchmarks, GPT-4o not benchmarked.
- Widest category
- Math, 85.3 points apart on average over 2 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run): Claude Opus 4.5 91.3% against GPT-4o 6.0%, 85.3 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Claude Opus 4.5 $25.00 against GPT-4o $10.00 per million output tokens, 2.5x apart.
- Context window
- Claude Opus 4.5 takes 200K tokens, GPT-4o 128K.
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 4.5 | Bars | GPT-4o | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 4 | 0 | ||
| Agentic work | 2 | 0 | ||
| Reasoning | 4 | 0 | ||
| Math | 2 | 0 | ||
| Knowledge | 1 | 0 | ||
| Web design | 6 | 0 | ||
| General | 4 | 0 | ||
| All shared boards | 23 | 0 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index40
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.5 | GPT-4o | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified | 79.2% | 38.8% | Claude Opus 4.5 |
| SWE-bench Lite | Not measured | 38.0% | Only GPT-4o measured |
| SWE-bench (full test set) | 52.6% | 18.8% | Claude Opus 4.5 |
| SWE-bench Multimodal | Not measured | 30.4% | Only GPT-4o measured |
| SWE-bench Multilingual | 70.7% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| LMArena WebDev | 1494 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | 83.7% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | 76.4% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | 20.6% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | 87.1% | 30.9% | Claude Opus 4.5 |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 47.0% | 8.3% | Claude Opus 4.5 |
| Terminal-Bench | 63.1% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| GSO-Bench | 26.5% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| WeirdML | 63.7% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| Cybench | 82.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1503 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1483 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| LMArena WebDev: React | 1478 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | 1510 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| SciCode | Not measured | 1.5% | Only GPT-4o measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 19 boards here | |||
IntelligenceDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index2 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.5 | GPT-4o | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 29.1 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 150.1 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.5 | GPT-4o | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: agents building web apps | 1159 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building full-stack apps | 1156 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building mobile apps | 1189 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building Android apps | 1175 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | 89.5% | 25.1% | Claude Opus 4.5 |
| METR time horizons | 75.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| Remote Labor Index | 3.8% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| GDPval | 45.5% | 9.9% | Claude Opus 4.5 |
| BALROG | 43.5% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| DeepResearch Bench | 54.8% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| OSWorld | 66.3% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| Vending-Bench 2 | $4,967 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard (BFCL) | 77.5% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 28 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index40
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.5 | GPT-4o | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 85.9% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| MMMU Pro (Vals AI) | 83.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 86.6% | 54.3% | Claude Opus 4.5 |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 30.1% | 2.4% | Claude Opus 4.5 |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 86.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| ARC-AGI | 80.0% | 4.5% | Claude Opus 4.5 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 37.6% | 0.0% | Claude Opus 4.5 |
| SimpleBench | 62.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| Chess puzzles | 14.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| Mystery game puzzles | 22.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| EBR-bench | 14.3% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| VPCT | 40.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1476 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1487 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1482 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 80.2% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.5 | GPT-4o | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIME | 95.4% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| MGSM (Vals AI) | 95.2% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| AA Math Index | 91.3 | 6.0 | Claude Opus 4.5 |
| AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run) | 91.3% | 6.0% | Claude Opus 4.5 |
| OTIS Mock AIME | 86.1% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | 34.4% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| FrontierMath, tier 4 | 4.9% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| ProofBench | 36.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1463 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1468 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 3 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.5 | GPT-4o | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | 87.3% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | 84.6% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| CaseLaw (Vals AI) | 62.6% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | 65.1% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | 74.9% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| MortgageTax (Vals AI) | 68.7% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| MedQA (Vals AI) | 95.9% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | 49.2% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | 89.5% | 74.8% | Claude Opus 4.5 |
| SimpleQA Verified | 45.7% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| MMLU | Not measured | 88.1% | Only GPT-4o measured |
| GeoBench | 75.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1454 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1444 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1459 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1448 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| FACTS Benchmark Suite | 43.9% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index60
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.5 | GPT-4o | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1247 | 831 | Claude Opus 4.5 |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1238 | 885 | Claude Opus 4.5 |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1229 | 906 | Claude Opus 4.5 |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1243 | 858 | Claude Opus 4.5 |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1214 | 869 | Claude Opus 4.5 |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1242 | 861 | Claude Opus 4.5 |
| Design Arena: SVG | 1181 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | 1190 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index40
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.5 | GPT-4o | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAGE (Vals AI) | 52.1% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | 85.3% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| IFBench | 58.0% | 34.3% | Claude Opus 4.5 |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 77.3% | 49.3% | Claude Opus 4.5 |
| DTBench | 89.9% | 64.5% | Claude Opus 4.5 |
| LMCA | 44.5% | 16.6% | Claude Opus 4.5 |
| CL-bench | 21.1% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| Furniture assembly | 28.3% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| LMArena Text | 1451 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1478 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1445 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: English | 1461 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1438 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1470 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: German | 1449 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1417 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1424 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: French | 1471 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1457 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1447 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1439 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1466 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1479 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1452 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1434 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| LMArena Document | 1462 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 20 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.5 | GPT-4o | 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-4o costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
GPT-4o costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
GPT-4o 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 4.5 | OpenAI GPT-4o |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Anthropic | OpenAI |
| Weights | No public weights listed | No public weights listed |
| Released | November 24, 2025 | May 13, 2024 |
| Context window | 200K | 128K |
| Input $/Mtok | $5.00 | $2.50 |
| Output $/Mtok | $25.00 | $10.00 |
| Coding index | 44.0 | Not benchmarked |
| Independent measurements behind it | 3 | 0 |
| Cost per solved task | $1.37 | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Claude Opus 4.5 better than GPT-4o for coding?
Only Claude Opus 4.5 has a coding score, 44.0 on the Vibe Coding Index; GPT-4o has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick GPT-4o for output tokens 2.5x cheaper ($10.00 vs $25.00 per million).
Which is cheaper, Claude Opus 4.5 or GPT-4o?
Claude Opus 4.5 costs $5.00 per million input tokens and $25.00 per million output tokens; GPT-4o costs $2.50 and $10.00. Cost per solved task is known for Claude Opus 4.5 only.
Which has the bigger context window, Claude Opus 4.5 or GPT-4o?
Claude Opus 4.5, with 200K tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks is the Claude Opus 4.5 vs GPT-4o comparison based on?
23 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. Claude Opus 4.5's coding index rests on 3 independent benchmarks and GPT-4o's on 0. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.