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Claude Opus 4.6 vs o1 Mini

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

o1 Mini wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
Price Advantage
o1 Mini
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 4.6o1 Mini
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyClaude Opus 4.6o1 Mini
LicenseProprietaryProprietary
AuthorAnthropicOpenAI
ReleasedFeb 2026Unknown

Claude Opus 4.6 Modalities

Input
textimage
Output
text

o1 Mini Modalities

Input
Output

Frequently Asked Questions

o1 Mini has cheaper input pricing at $0.55/M tokens. o1 Mini has cheaper output pricing at $2.20/M tokens.
Claude Opus 4.6 has a 1,000,000 token context window, while o1 Mini has a 128,000 token context window.
Claude Opus 4.6 supports vision. o1 Mini does not support vision.