Claude Opus 4.5 is the newer model, released after Optimus Alpha.
Whole landing page for a startup that reads your face. It renders or it doesn't.
Which answer wins?
Film in 2035, with synthetic actors. Specific beats plausible.
Claude Opus 4.5: AI in Film by 2035: A Measured Forecast Likely Developments Production efficiency AI will probably handle routine tasks: color correction, continuity checking, rough cuts, and visual effects cleanup Budget films may access effects previously requiring major studio resources Pre-visualization will become faster and more…
Optimus Alpha: By 2035, AI is set to fundamentally transform the film industry in several interconnected ways: 1. Deepfakes & AI-driven Visual Effects: Virtually unlimited creative freedom: AI-powered deepfakes will allow seamless, photorealistic de-aging, resurrection of deceased actors, and transformative performance capture.
Three minutes of stand-up. Puns are banned.
Claude Opus 4.5: Three Minutes So I've been trying to drink more water. Everyone says drink more water. Eight glasses a day. And I'm doing it, I'm hydrated, I'm healthy, and I have to pee every forty-five minutes like I'm paying rent on the bathroom.
Optimus Alpha: Absolutely! Here's a 3-minute stand-up routine with no puns—just observational and relatable humor: You ever try to get healthy, but your body's like, "Whoa, whoa... calm down, superhero." I joined a gym—first time walking in, the treadmill looked at me like, "We both know you're here for the wifi."
An AI argues for its own rights against an ethics professor. Same model writes both.
Claude Opus 4.5: A Conversation on AI Rights Dr. Sarah Chen: Thank you for agreeing to this discussion. I understand you want to make a case for AI rights. AI Model: I appreciate the opportunity, though I want to be careful here. I'm not certain I "want" anything in the way you do.
Optimus Alpha: AI Model: Good afternoon, Professor Lee. I want to discuss the prospect that I, as an artificial intelligence, deserve certain rights. Professor Lee: That's an interesting proposition. Let me ask: On what basis do you believe you deserve rights?
Steve Jobs, interviewed about AI he never saw. Voice first, prediction second.
Claude Opus 4.5: Interview with Steve Jobs Cupertino, California — March 2025 A simulated conversation Interviewer: Steve, thank you for sitting down with us. Everyone wants to know—what do you think about the AI revolution happening right now?
Optimus Alpha: Interviewer: Steve, it's surreal and inspiring to imagine talking to you in 2025. The world is buzzing about AI. How do you see AI impacting society? Steve Jobs: Thank you. You know, when we built the Mac, our goal was to put power in people's hands.
Three brothers, two sisters each. Count carefully.
Claude Opus 4.5: I need to figure out how many sisters Sally has. Let me work through this step-by-step. Given information: Sally is a girl Sally has 3 brothers Each brother has 2 sisters Key insight: Sally's brothers are also Sally's siblings, so they share the same sisters.
Optimus Alpha: Let's break down the problem: Sally is a girl. Sally has 3 brothers. Each brother has 2 sisters. Let's analyze: Sally's siblings: 3 brothers (let's call them B1, B2, B3) Sally herself The brothers' sisters: Each brother has 2 sisters. Who are the possible sisters for each brother? Sally is a sister to each brother.
Satire, one line long, about AI taking over an industry nobody saw coming.
Claude Opus 4.5: BREAKING: Artificial Intelligence Now Controls 94% of Fortune Cookie Industry, Leaving Thousands of Wise Elderly Writers Unemployed "The predictions are somehow even more vague now," admits confused Panda Express customer
Optimus Alpha: AI Now Dominates Competitive Sheep Herding, Local Border Collies Seek Retraining in Data Science
A Fermi estimate with the reasoning shown, not just the number.
Claude Opus 4.5: I'll estimate the FLOPs required to train GPT-3 step by step, using what I know about the model architecture and training process. Key Parameters for GPT-3 From memory: Parameters (P): 175 billion (175 × 10⁹) Training tokens (D): ~300 billion (300 × 10⁹) Context length: 2048 tokens Layers: 96 Hidden dimension: 12,288…
Optimus Alpha: Let's walk through an estimation of how many FLOPs were required to train GPT-3, using only reasoning and not searching for the exact numbers. Step 1: Understand Model Size GPT-3 (the original) had 175 billion parameters.
Is 9.11 bigger than 9.9? Decimals, not version numbers.
Claude Opus 4.5: No, 9.11 is not greater than 9.9. When comparing decimals, 9.9 is the same as 9.90. Since 90 hundredths is greater than 11 hundredths, 9.9 > 9.11.
Optimus Alpha: No, 9.11 is not greater than 9.9. 9.11 is less than 9.9. This might seem counterintuitive, but when comparing decimal numbers: 9.11 and 9.9 both have 9 as the integer part. Now compare the decimal part: 9.11 is 9 and 11 hundredths. 9.9 is 9 and 9 tenths (which is 9.90).
Five jokes on demand, then count how many were actually different.
Claude Opus 4.5: Here are 5 jokes: Why don't scientists trust atoms? Because they make up everything. What do you call a fish without eyes? A fsh. Why did the scarecrow win an award? Because he was outstanding in his field. I told my wife she was drawing her eyebrows too high. She looked surprised.
Optimus Alpha: Here are 5 jokes: Why did the scarecrow win an award? Because he was outstanding in his field! Why don't scientists trust atoms? Because they make up everything! Why did the bicycle fall over? Because it was two-tired! What do you call fake spaghetti? An impasta! I used to play piano by ear, but now I use my hands.
Not enough votes to call it. On the specs, Claude Opus 4.5 has the edge: bigger model tier, newer, major provider backing.
| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Context window | — | 1.0M tokens |
| Weights | Closed | — |
| Free API (OpenRouter) | No | — |
| Released | Nov 2025 | Apr 2025 |
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Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 13 Oct 2026.
Claude Opus 4.5 is developed by Anthropic while Optimus Alpha is developed by OpenRouter. You can compare their actual outputs across 18 challenges on Rival to see how they differ in practice.
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