Claude Opus 4.6 vs GPT-5

Compare Claude Opus 4.6 by Anthropic against GPT-5 by OpenAI, in 1 community votes, claude opus 4.6 and gpt-5 are closely matched, context windows of 1.0M vs 400K, tested across 46 shared challenges. Updated March 2026.

Which is better, Claude Opus 4.6 or GPT-5?

Claude Opus 4.6 and GPT-5 are closely matched based on 1 community votes. Claude Opus 4.6 costs $5/M input tokens vs $1.25/M for GPT-5. Context windows: 1000K vs 400K tokens. Compare their real outputs side by side below.

Key Differences Between Claude Opus 4.6 and GPT-5

Claude Opus 4.6 is made by anthropic while GPT-5 is from openai. Claude Opus 4.6 has a 1000K token context window compared to GPT-5's 400K. On pricing, Claude Opus 4.6 costs $5/M input tokens vs $1.25/M for GPT-5. In community voting, In 1 community votes, Claude Opus 4.6 and GPT-5 are closely matched.

In 1 community votes, Claude Opus 4.6 and GPT-5 are closely matched. Based on blind community voting from the Rival open dataset of 1+ human preference judgments for this pair.

Our Verdict
Claude Opus 4.6
Claude Opus 4.6Winner
GPT-5
GPT-5Runner-up

Votes are tied. Claude Opus 4.6 is newer and likely incorporates more recent improvements.

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