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Claude Opus 4.6 vs o4 Mini

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

o4 Mini wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Faster response time
  • Better at math
Price Advantage
o4 Mini
Benchmark Advantage
Claude Opus 4.6
Context Window
Claude Opus 4.6
Speed
o4 Mini

Pricing Comparison

Benchmark Comparison

Context & Performance

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureClaude Opus 4.6o4 Mini
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyClaude Opus 4.6o4 Mini
LicenseProprietaryProprietary
AuthorAnthropicOpenAI
ReleasedFeb 2026Apr 2025

Claude Opus 4.6 Modalities

Input
textimage
Output
text

o4 Mini Modalities

Input
imagetextfile
Output
text

Frequently Asked Questions

o4 Mini has cheaper input pricing at $0.55/M tokens. o4 Mini has cheaper output pricing at $2.20/M tokens.
Claude Opus 4.6 scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 47.6, compared to o4 Mini's score of 25.6.
Claude Opus 4.6 has a 1,000,000 token context window, while o4 Mini has a 200,000 token context window.
Claude Opus 4.6 supports vision. o4 Mini supports vision.