Price Per TokenPrice Per Token
Anthropic
Anthropic
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OpenAI
OpenAI

Claude Opus 4.6 vs GPT-4 Turbo Preview

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Claude Opus 4.6 wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Larger context window
  • Faster response time
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Supports vision

GPT-4 Turbo Preview wins:

  • Supports tool calls
Price Advantage
Claude Opus 4.6
Benchmark Advantage
Claude Opus 4.6
Context Window
Claude Opus 4.6
Speed
Claude Opus 4.6

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricClaude Opus 4.6GPT-4 Turbo PreviewWinner
Input (per 1M tokens)$5.00$10.00 Claude Opus 4.6
Output (per 1M tokens)$25.00$30.00 Claude Opus 4.6
Cache Read (per 1M)$500000.00N/A Claude Opus 4.6
Cache Write (per 1M)$6250000.00N/A Claude Opus 4.6
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, Claude Opus 4.6 is 33% cheaper overall.

Claude Opus 4.6 Providers

Amazon Bedrock $5.00 (Cheapest)
Google $5.00 (Cheapest)
Anthropic $5.00 (Cheapest)

GPT-4 Turbo Preview Providers

OpenAI $10.00 (Cheapest)
Azure $10.00 (Cheapest)

Benchmark Comparison

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Claude Opus 4.6 Wins
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GPT-4 Turbo Preview Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.6GPT-4 Turbo PreviewWinner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
46.4--
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
47.6--
GPQA
Graduate-level science
84.0--
Aider
Real-world code editing
-66.2-
Claude Opus 4.6 significantly outperforms in coding benchmarks.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

Claude Opus 4.6
1,000,000
tokens
Max output: 128,000 tokens
GPT-4 Turbo Preview
128,000
tokens
Max output: 4,096 tokens
Claude Opus 4.6 has a 87% larger context window.

Speed Performance

MetricClaude Opus 4.6GPT-4 Turbo PreviewWinner
Tokens/second0.0 tok/sN/A
Time to First Token0.00sN/A

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureClaude Opus 4.6GPT-4 Turbo Preview
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyClaude Opus 4.6GPT-4 Turbo Preview
LicenseProprietaryProprietary
AuthorAnthropicOpenAI
ReleasedFeb 2026Jan 2024

Claude Opus 4.6 Modalities

Input
textimage
Output
text

GPT-4 Turbo Preview Modalities

Input
text
Output
text

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Frequently Asked Questions

Claude Opus 4.6 has cheaper input pricing at $5.00/M tokens. Claude Opus 4.6 has cheaper output pricing at $25.00/M tokens.
Claude Opus 4.6 scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 47.6, compared to GPT-4 Turbo Preview's score of N/A.
Claude Opus 4.6 has a 1,000,000 token context window, while GPT-4 Turbo Preview has a 128,000 token context window.
Claude Opus 4.6 supports vision. GPT-4 Turbo Preview does not support vision.