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Claude Opus 4.1 vs GPT-5 Pro

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Claude Opus 4.1 wins:

  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Faster response time
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Has reasoning mode

GPT-5 Pro wins:

  • Larger context window
Price Advantage
Claude Opus 4.1
Benchmark Advantage
Claude Opus 4.1
Context Window
GPT-5 Pro
Speed
Claude Opus 4.1

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricClaude Opus 4.1GPT-5 ProWinner
Input (per 1M tokens)$15.00$15.00Tie
Output (per 1M tokens)$75.00$120.00 Claude Opus 4.1
Cache Read (per 1M)$1500000.00N/A Claude Opus 4.1
Cache Write (per 1M)$18750000.00N/A Claude Opus 4.1
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, Claude Opus 4.1 is 27% cheaper overall.

Claude Opus 4.1 Providers

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

GPT-5 Pro Providers

OpenAI $15.00 (Cheapest)

Benchmark Comparison

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Claude Opus 4.1 Wins
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GPT-5 Pro Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.1GPT-5 ProWinner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
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Both models show comparable benchmark performance.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

Claude Opus 4.1
200,000
tokens
Max output: 32,000 tokens
GPT-5 Pro
400,000
tokens
Max output: 128,000 tokens
GPT-5 Pro has a 50% larger context window.

Speed Performance

MetricClaude Opus 4.1GPT-5 ProWinner
Tokens/second41.1 tok/sN/A
Time to First Token1.47sN/A

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureClaude Opus 4.1GPT-5 Pro
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyClaude Opus 4.1GPT-5 Pro
LicenseProprietaryProprietary
AuthorAnthropicOpenAI
ReleasedAug 2025Oct 2025

Claude Opus 4.1 Modalities

Input
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Output
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GPT-5 Pro Modalities

Input
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Output
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Frequently Asked Questions

Claude Opus 4.1 has cheaper input pricing at $15.00/M tokens. Claude Opus 4.1 has cheaper output pricing at $75.00/M tokens.
Claude Opus 4.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of N/A, compared to GPT-5 Pro's score of N/A.
Claude Opus 4.1 has a 200,000 token context window, while GPT-5 Pro has a 400,000 token context window.
Claude Opus 4.1 supports vision. GPT-5 Pro supports vision.