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Claude Opus 4.6 vs GPT-3.5 Turbo 16k

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Claude Opus 4.6 wins:

  • Larger context window
  • Faster response time
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Supports vision
  • Has reasoning mode

GPT-3.5 Turbo 16k wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
Price Advantage
GPT-3.5 Turbo 16k
Benchmark Advantage
Claude Opus 4.6
Context Window
Claude Opus 4.6
Speed
Claude Opus 4.6

Pricing Comparison

Benchmark Comparison

Context & Performance

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureClaude Opus 4.6GPT-3.5 Turbo 16k
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyClaude Opus 4.6GPT-3.5 Turbo 16k
LicenseProprietaryProprietary
AuthorAnthropicOpenAI
ReleasedFeb 2026Aug 2023

Claude Opus 4.6 Modalities

Input
textimage
Output
text

GPT-3.5 Turbo 16k Modalities

Input
text
Output
text

Frequently Asked Questions

GPT-3.5 Turbo 16k has cheaper input pricing at $3.00/M tokens. GPT-3.5 Turbo 16k has cheaper output pricing at $4.00/M tokens.
Claude Opus 4.6 has a 1,000,000 token context window, while GPT-3.5 Turbo 16k has a 16,385 token context window.
Claude Opus 4.6 supports vision. GPT-3.5 Turbo 16k does not support vision.