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Claude Opus 4.6 vs o3 Mini High

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Claude Opus 4.6 wins:

  • Larger context window
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Supports vision

o3 Mini High wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Faster response time
Price Advantage
o3 Mini High
Benchmark Advantage
Claude Opus 4.6
Context Window
Claude Opus 4.6
Speed
o3 Mini High

Pricing Comparison

Benchmark Comparison

Context & Performance

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureClaude Opus 4.6o3 Mini High
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyClaude Opus 4.6o3 Mini High
LicenseProprietaryProprietary
AuthorAnthropicOpenAI
ReleasedFeb 2026Feb 2025

Claude Opus 4.6 Modalities

Input
textimage
Output
text

o3 Mini High Modalities

Input
textfile
Output
text

Frequently Asked Questions

o3 Mini High has cheaper input pricing at $1.10/M tokens. o3 Mini High has cheaper output pricing at $4.40/M tokens.
Claude Opus 4.6 scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 47.6, compared to o3 Mini High's score of 17.3.
Claude Opus 4.6 has a 1,000,000 token context window, while o3 Mini High has a 200,000 token context window.
Claude Opus 4.6 supports vision. o3 Mini High does not support vision.