Claude Opus 4.6 vs GPT-6.1 Sol
Updated October 21, 2026. 65 benchmarks have a result for both. Coding is ranked on the Vibe Coding Index; every other board is shown as published.
vs boards won of 65 shared
Decision reading
Pick GPT-6.1 Sol for coding: it scores 88.7 on the Vibe Coding Index against 66.9 for Claude Opus 4.6.
Pick Claude Opus 4.6 when what matters is LMArena Text: coding or LMArena Text: software and IT, where it leads.
Model AClaude Opus 4.6Anthropic66.9/1002 independent benchmarks$1.56 per solved taskModel BGPT-6.1 SolOpenAI88.7/1002 independent benchmarksNo cost per solved task
- Shared results
- 65
- Claude Opus 4.6 only
- 43
- GPT-6.1 Sol only
- 30
- Like-for-like categories
- 8 of 9
Shared results can support a head-to-head reading. Results only one model has describe coverage, not superiority.
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, four public coding benchmarks
GPT-6.1 Sol
GPT-6.1 Sol scores 88.7 against 66.9.
2 benchmarks behind each score
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
GPT-6.1 Sol
GPT-6.1 Sol leads, 51.8 against 31.9.
Same board, both measured
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
No call
Only Claude Opus 4.6 has a GPQA Diamond result, 89.7%.
Directional only
Math
AIME
No call
Only Claude Opus 4.6 has a AIME result, 95.6%.
Directional only
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
No call
Only Claude Opus 4.6 has a MMLU Pro result, 89.1%.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
GPT-6.1 Sol
GPT-6.1 Sol leads, 1321 against 1291.
Same board, both measured
General
Vals Index
No call
Only GPT-6.1 Sol has a Vals Index result, 63.9%.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
GPT-6.1 Sol
GPT-6.1 Sol takes 1.05M tokens against 1M.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
GPT-6.1 Sol
Claude Opus 4.6 $0.018, GPT-6.1 Sol $0.0070 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
No call
Only Claude Opus 4.6 has the number, $1.56.
Directional only
At a glance
- Coding index
- Claude Opus 4.6 66.9 from 2 benchmarks, GPT-6.1 Sol 88.7 from 2 benchmarks.
- Widest category
- Math, 27.0 points apart on average over 6 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- FrontierMath, tier 4: Claude Opus 4.6 26.8% against GPT-6.1 Sol 100.0%, 73.2 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Claude Opus 4.6 $25.00 against GPT-6.1 Sol $10.00 per million output tokens, 2.5x apart.
- Context window
- Claude Opus 4.6 takes 1M tokens, GPT-6.1 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 4.6 | Bars | GPT-6.1 Sol | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 2 | 6 | ||
| Intelligence | 0 | 2 | ||
| Agentic work | 1 | 1 | ||
| Reasoning | 4 | 8 | ||
| Math | 2 | 4 | ||
| Knowledge | 5 | 1 | ||
| Web design | 1 | 5 | ||
| General | 19 | 4 | ||
| All shared boards | 34 | 31 |
CodingLike-for-likeFour of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index26
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 | GPT-6.1 Sol | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified | 75.6% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| SWE-bench Multilingual | 72.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| LiveBench coding | Not measured | 96.0% | Only GPT-6.1 Sol measured |
| LMArena WebDev | 1547 | 1753 | GPT-6.1 Sol |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | 84.7% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | 78.2% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 55.0% | Only GPT-6.1 Sol measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | 57.6% | 88.9% | GPT-6.1 Sol |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | Not measured | 65.1% | Only GPT-6.1 Sol measured |
| ProgramBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 3.0% | Only GPT-6.1 Sol measured |
| IOI (Vals AI) | Not measured | 96.9% | Only GPT-6.1 Sol measured |
| SWE-bench Multimodal (Vals AI) | Not measured | 43.5% | Only GPT-6.1 Sol measured |
| CyberBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 39.3% | Only GPT-6.1 Sol measured |
| SciCode | Not measured | 55.8% | Only GPT-6.1 Sol measured |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 48.5% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| Terminal-Bench | 79.8% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| FrontierCode | 26.6% | 50.2% | GPT-6.1 Sol |
| GSO-Bench | 41.2% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| WeirdML | 78.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| Cybench | 93.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| ALE-Bench | Not measured | 2743.8 | Only GPT-6.1 Sol measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1534 | 1478 | Claude Opus 4.6 |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1527 | 1476 | Claude Opus 4.6 |
| LMArena WebDev: React | 1539 | 1754 | GPT-6.1 Sol |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | 1559 | 1800 | GPT-6.1 Sol |
| LMArena WebDev: from an image | 1543 | 1702 | GPT-6.1 Sol |
| Neither model has a result on the other 12 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 | GPT-6.1 Sol | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 31.9 | 51.8 | GPT-6.1 Sol |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 155.7 | 168.4 | GPT-6.1 Sol |
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index11
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 | GPT-6.1 Sol | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: agents building web apps | 1206 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building full-stack apps | 1220 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building mobile apps | 1207 | 1190 | Claude Opus 4.6 |
| Design Arena: agents building Android apps | 1204 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building games | 1214 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| Design Arena: spreadsheets | Not measured | 1250 | Only GPT-6.1 Sol measured |
| LiveBench research | Not measured | 83.5% | Only GPT-6.1 Sol measured |
| LiveBench browser | Not measured | 88.0% | Only GPT-6.1 Sol measured |
| LiveBench long agentic | Not measured | 73.0% | Only GPT-6.1 Sol measured |
| SREBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 50.8% | Only GPT-6.1 Sol measured |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | Not measured | 52.0% | Only GPT-6.1 Sol measured |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 21.8% | Only GPT-6.1 Sol measured |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 38.5% | Only GPT-6.1 Sol measured |
| Harvey's Legal Agent Benchmark (Vals AI) | Not measured | 6.3% | Only GPT-6.1 Sol measured |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | Not measured | 70.8% | Only GPT-6.1 Sol measured |
| BioMysteryBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 79.6% | Only GPT-6.1 Sol measured |
| Terminal-Bench-Science (Vals AI) | Not measured | 52.9% | Only GPT-6.1 Sol measured |
| Vals Science Index | Not measured | 59.6% | Only GPT-6.1 Sol measured |
| Robo-bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 28.3% | Only GPT-6.1 Sol measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | 92.1% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| APEX-Agents | 46.3% | 60.0% | GPT-6.1 Sol |
| METR time horizons | 78.9% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| Remote Labor Index | 4.2% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| DeepResearch Bench | 55.3% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| SpireClimb | Not measured | 24.7% | Only GPT-6.1 Sol measured |
| Vending-Bench 2 | $8,018 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 13 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index48
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 | GPT-6.1 Sol | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 89.7% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| LiveBench reasoning | Not measured | 92.6% | Only GPT-6.1 Sol measured |
| MysteryMechanism (Vals AI) | Not measured | 46.4% | Only GPT-6.1 Sol measured |
| MMMU Pro (Vals AI) | 83.9% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 89.6% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 39.9% | 52.9% | GPT-6.1 Sol |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 90.5% | 95.4% | GPT-6.1 Sol |
| ARC-AGI | 94.0% | 98.5% | GPT-6.1 Sol |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 69.2% | 94.2% | GPT-6.1 Sol |
| SimpleBench | 67.6% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| Chess puzzles | 21.0% | 68.0% | GPT-6.1 Sol |
| Mystery game puzzles | 25.0% | 80.0% | GPT-6.1 Sol |
| EBR-bench | 12.7% | 54.3% | GPT-6.1 Sol |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1525 | 1463 | Claude Opus 4.6 |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1544 | 1489 | Claude Opus 4.6 |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1530 | 1465 | Claude Opus 4.6 |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | 1340 | 1306 | Claude Opus 4.6 |
| LMArena Vision: homework | 1337 | 1356 | GPT-6.1 Sol |
| Neither model has a result on the other 3 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index24
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 | GPT-6.1 Sol | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIME | 95.6% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| OTIS Mock AIME | 94.4% | 100.0% | GPT-6.1 Sol |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | 66.0% | 93.7% | GPT-6.1 Sol |
| FrontierMath, tier 4 | 26.8% | 100.0% | GPT-6.1 Sol |
| ProofBench | 50.0% | 99.0% | GPT-6.1 Sol |
| LMArena Text: math | 1518 | 1489 | Claude Opus 4.6 |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1525 | 1513 | Claude Opus 4.6 |
| Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index51
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 | GPT-6.1 Sol | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | 89.1% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | 85.3% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| CaseLaw (Vals AI) | 62.1% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | 67.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | 76.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| MortgageTax (Vals AI) | 68.5% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| MedQA (Vals AI) | 95.4% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | 49.1% | 48.8% | Claude Opus 4.6 |
| SimpleQA Verified | 47.0% | 73.9% | GPT-6.1 Sol |
| LMArena Text: science | 1519 | 1444 | Claude Opus 4.6 |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1504 | 1433 | Claude Opus 4.6 |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1512 | 1471 | Claude Opus 4.6 |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1497 | 1445 | Claude Opus 4.6 |
| Neither model has a result on the other 4 boards here | |||
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index15
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 | GPT-6.1 Sol | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1291 | 1321 | GPT-6.1 Sol |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1284 | 1321 | GPT-6.1 Sol |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1278 | 1389 | GPT-6.1 Sol |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1279 | 1278 | Claude Opus 4.6 |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1274 | 1461 | GPT-6.1 Sol |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1289 | 1345 | GPT-6.1 Sol |
| Design Arena: SVG | 1227 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | 1254 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| LiveBench design | Not measured | 82.1% | Only GPT-6.1 Sol measured |
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index194
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 | GPT-6.1 Sol | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vals Index | Not measured | 63.9% | Only GPT-6.1 Sol measured |
| LiveBench data analysis | Not measured | 82.7% | Only GPT-6.1 Sol measured |
| Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 59.3% | Only GPT-6.1 Sol measured |
| SAGE (Vals AI) | 51.6% | 46.5% | Claude Opus 4.6 |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | 86.7% | 86.5% | Claude Opus 4.6 |
| IFBench | 53.1% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 78.0% | 84.0% | GPT-6.1 Sol |
| DTBench | 91.2% | 96.5% | GPT-6.1 Sol |
| LMCA | 55.8% | 62.8% | GPT-6.1 Sol |
| CL-bench | 20.7% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| Furniture assembly | 28.3% | 80.0% | GPT-6.1 Sol |
| CL-bench Life | 17.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| LMArena Text | 1501 | 1443 | Claude Opus 4.6 |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1521 | 1466 | Claude Opus 4.6 |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1505 | 1425 | Claude Opus 4.6 |
| LMArena Vision | 1316 | 1288 | Claude Opus 4.6 |
| LMArena Text: English | 1511 | 1450 | Claude Opus 4.6 |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1488 | 1433 | Claude Opus 4.6 |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1551 | 1487 | Claude Opus 4.6 |
| LMArena Text: German | 1500 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1488 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1464 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| LMArena Text: French | 1512 | 1460 | Claude Opus 4.6 |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1510 | 1439 | Claude Opus 4.6 |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1497 | 1457 | Claude Opus 4.6 |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1499 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1511 | 1442 | Claude Opus 4.6 |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1518 | 1458 | Claude Opus 4.6 |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1502 | 1444 | Claude Opus 4.6 |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1492 | 1426 | Claude Opus 4.6 |
| LMArena Vision: English | 1324 | 1274 | Claude Opus 4.6 |
| LMArena Vision: Chinese | 1370 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | 1326 | 1289 | Claude Opus 4.6 |
| LMArena Vision: humor | 1314 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| LMArena Vision: recognizing things | 1274 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| LMArena Vision: creative writing | 1331 | 1301 | Claude Opus 4.6 |
| LMArena Document | 1507 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 9 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 | GPT-6.1 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
Claude Opus 4.6$0.018Fits in one request
GPT-6.1 Sol$0.0070Fits in one request
GPT-6.1 Sol costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Claude Opus 4.6$0.325Fits in one request
GPT-6.1 Sol$0.130Fits in one request
GPT-6.1 Sol costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Claude Opus 4.6$1.25Fits in one request
GPT-6.1 Sol$0.500Fits in one request
GPT-6.1 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 4.6 | OpenAI GPT-6.1 Sol |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Anthropic | OpenAI |
| Weights | No public weights listed | No public weights listed |
| Released | February 4, 2026 | September 29, 2026 |
| Context window | 1M | 1.05M |
| Input $/Mtok | $5.00 | $2.00 |
| Output $/Mtok | $25.00 | $10.00 |
| Coding index | 66.9 | 88.7 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 2 | 2 |
| Cost per solved task | $1.56 | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Claude Opus 4.6 better than GPT-6.1 Sol for coding?
Pick GPT-6.1 Sol for coding: it scores 88.7 on the Vibe Coding Index against 66.9 for Claude Opus 4.6. Pick Claude Opus 4.6 when what matters is LMArena Text: coding or LMArena Text: software and IT, where it leads.
Which is cheaper, Claude Opus 4.6 or GPT-6.1 Sol?
Claude Opus 4.6 costs $5.00 per million input tokens and $25.00 per million output tokens; GPT-6.1 Sol costs $2.00 and $10.00. Cost per solved task is known for Claude Opus 4.6 only.
Which has the bigger context window, Claude Opus 4.6 or GPT-6.1 Sol?
GPT-6.1 Sol, with 1.05M tokens against 1M.
How many benchmarks is the Claude Opus 4.6 vs GPT-6.1 Sol comparison based on?
65 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. Claude Opus 4.6's coding index rests on 2 independent benchmarks and GPT-6.1 Sol's on 2. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.