Claude Opus 4.6 vs o3 Mini
Compare Claude Opus 4.6 by Anthropic against o3 Mini by OpenAI, context windows of 1.0M vs 64K, tested across 53 shared challenges. Updated April 2026.
Which is better, Claude Opus 4.6 or o3 Mini?
Claude Opus 4.6 and o3 Mini are both competitive models. Claude Opus 4.6 costs $5/M input tokens vs $1.1/M for o3 Mini. Context windows: 1000K vs 64K tokens. Compare their real outputs side by side below.
Key Differences Between Claude Opus 4.6 and o3 Mini
Claude Opus 4.6 is made by anthropic while o3 Mini is from openai. Claude Opus 4.6 has a 1000K token context window compared to o3 Mini's 64K. On pricing, Claude Opus 4.6 costs $5/M input tokens vs $1.1/M for o3 Mini.
No community votes yet. On paper, Claude Opus 4.6 has the edge — bigger model tier, newer, bigger context window.
o3 Mini is 5.7x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
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Claude Opus 4.6 uses 20.7x more emoji
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