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Claude Opus 4.6 vs GPT-4.1 Mini

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Claude Opus 4.6 wins:

  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Has reasoning mode

GPT-4.1 Mini wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Larger context window
  • Faster response time
  • Better at math
Price Advantage
GPT-4.1 Mini
Benchmark Advantage
Claude Opus 4.6
Context Window
GPT-4.1 Mini
Speed
GPT-4.1 Mini

Pricing Comparison

Benchmark Comparison

Context & Performance

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureClaude Opus 4.6GPT-4.1 Mini
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyClaude Opus 4.6GPT-4.1 Mini
LicenseProprietaryProprietary
AuthorAnthropicOpenAI
ReleasedFeb 2026Apr 2025

Claude Opus 4.6 Modalities

Input
textimage
Output
text

GPT-4.1 Mini Modalities

Input
imagetextfile
Output
text

Frequently Asked Questions

GPT-4.1 Mini has cheaper input pricing at $0.20/M tokens. GPT-4.1 Mini has cheaper output pricing at $0.80/M tokens.
Claude Opus 4.6 scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 47.6, compared to GPT-4.1 Mini's score of 18.5.
Claude Opus 4.6 has a 1,000,000 token context window, while GPT-4.1 Mini has a 1,047,576 token context window.
Claude Opus 4.6 supports vision. GPT-4.1 Mini supports vision.