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Claude Opus 4.5 vs GPT-5.4

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Claude Opus 4.5 wins:

  • Better at math
  • Has reasoning mode

GPT-5.4 wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Larger context window
  • Faster response time
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
Price Advantage
GPT-5.4
Benchmark Advantage
GPT-5.4
Context Window
GPT-5.4
Speed
GPT-5.4

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricClaude Opus 4.5GPT-5.4Winner
Input (per 1M tokens)$5.00$2.50 GPT-5.4
Output (per 1M tokens)$25.00$15.00 GPT-5.4
Cache Read (per 1M)$0.50$0.25 GPT-5.4
Cache Write (per 1M)$6.25N/A Claude Opus 4.5
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, GPT-5.4 is 44% cheaper overall.

Claude Opus 4.5 Providers

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GPT-5.4 Providers

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Benchmark Comparison

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Claude Opus 4.5 Wins
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GPT-5.4 Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.5GPT-5.4Winner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
43.157.0
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
42.957.3
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
62.7--
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
88.9--
GPQA
Graduate-level science
81.092.0
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
73.8--
GPT-5.4 significantly outperforms in coding benchmarks.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

Claude Opus 4.5
200,000
tokens
GPT-5.4
1,050,000
tokens
GPT-5.4 has a 81% larger context window.

Speed Performance

MetricClaude Opus 4.5GPT-5.4Winner
Tokens/second63.2 tok/s84.0 tok/s
Time to First Token1.33s165.19s
GPT-5.4 responds 33% faster on average.

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureClaude Opus 4.5GPT-5.4
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyClaude Opus 4.5GPT-5.4
LicenseProprietaryProprietary
AuthorAnthropicOpenAI
ReleasedNov 2025Mar 2026

Claude Opus 4.5 Modalities

Input
fileimagetext
Output
text

GPT-5.4 Modalities

Input
textimagefile
Output
text

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Frequently Asked Questions

GPT-5.4 has cheaper input pricing at $2.50/M tokens. GPT-5.4 has cheaper output pricing at $15.00/M tokens.
GPT-5.4 scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 57.3, compared to Claude Opus 4.5's score of 42.9.
Claude Opus 4.5 has a 200,000 token context window, while GPT-5.4 has a 1,050,000 token context window.
Claude Opus 4.5 supports vision. GPT-5.4 supports vision.