Price Per TokenPrice Per Token
Anthropic
Anthropic
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OpenAI
OpenAI

Claude Opus 4 vs o3 Pro

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Claude Opus 4 wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Faster response time
  • Better at math

o3 Pro wins:

  • Higher intelligence benchmark
Price Advantage
Claude Opus 4
Benchmark Advantage
Claude Opus 4
Context Window
o3 Pro
Speed
Claude Opus 4

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricClaude Opus 4o3 ProWinner
Input (per 1M tokens)$15.00$20.00 Claude Opus 4
Output (per 1M tokens)$75.00$80.00 Claude Opus 4
Cache Read (per 1M)$1500000.00N/A Claude Opus 4
Cache Write (per 1M)$18750000.00N/A Claude Opus 4
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, Claude Opus 4 is 14% cheaper overall.

Claude Opus 4 Providers

Amazon Bedrock $15.00 (Cheapest)
Google $15.00 (Cheapest)
Anthropic $15.00 (Cheapest)

o3 Pro Providers

OpenAI $20.00 (Cheapest)
Azure $20.00 (Cheapest)

Benchmark Comparison

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Benchmarks Compared
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Claude Opus 4 Wins
3
o3 Pro Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkClaude Opus 4o3 ProWinner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
22.240.7
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
36.3--
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
86.0--
GPQA
Graduate-level science
70.184.5
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
54.2--
Aider
Real-world code editing
72.084.9
AIME
Competition math
56.3--
Claude Opus 4 shows stronger mathematical reasoning abilities.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

Claude Opus 4
200,000
tokens
Max output: 32,000 tokens
o3 Pro
200,000
tokens
Max output: 100,000 tokens

Speed Performance

MetricClaude Opus 4o3 ProWinner
Tokens/second38.9 tok/s25.9 tok/s
Time to First Token1.31s122.42s
Claude Opus 4 responds 50% faster on average.

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureClaude Opus 4o3 Pro
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyClaude Opus 4o3 Pro
LicenseProprietaryProprietary
AuthorAnthropicOpenAI
ReleasedMay 2025Jun 2025

Claude Opus 4 Modalities

Input
imagetextfile
Output
text

o3 Pro Modalities

Input
textfileimage
Output
text

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Frequently Asked Questions

Claude Opus 4 has cheaper input pricing at $15.00/M tokens. Claude Opus 4 has cheaper output pricing at $75.00/M tokens.
Claude Opus 4 scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of N/A, compared to o3 Pro's score of N/A.
Claude Opus 4 has a 200,000 token context window, while o3 Pro has a 200,000 token context window.
Claude Opus 4 supports vision. o3 Pro supports vision.