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  5. Claude Opus 5.5vsGPT-5 Pro
Updated Sep 2026

Claude Opus 5.5vsGPT-5 Pro

Claude Opus 5.5 is cheaper than GPT-5 Pro at $4/M vs $15/M input tokens.

Claude Opus 5.5 and GPT-5 Pro compared across 19 shared prompts
SpecClaude Opus 5.5GPT-5 Pro
Input price$4/M tokens$15/M tokens
Output price$20/M tokens$120/M tokens
Context window1.0M tokens400K tokens
WeightsClosedClosed
Free API (OpenRouter)NoNo
ReleasedSep 2026Oct 2025
Our Verdict
Claude Opus 5.5
Claude Opus 5.5
GPT-5 Pro
GPT-5 Pro

Not enough votes to call it. On the specs, nothing separates them.

Claude Opus 5.5 costs 6.0x less per token.

Too close to call

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API pricing

Cost per 1M tokens

Claude Opus 5.5
Input
$4.00
3.8× cheaper
Output
$20.00
6.0× cheaper
GPT-5 Pro
Input
$15.00
Output
$120.00

Claude Opus 5.5 is cheaper on both: 3.8× input, 6.0× output.

Where to run it

5 hosts

Claude Opus 5.54 hosts
HostInOutContextUptime
Amazon Bedrock$4.00 in·$20.00 out·1M·99.8% upAzure AI Foundry$4.00 in·$20.00 out·1M·100% upAnthropic$4.00 in·$20.00 out·1M·100% upGoogle Vertex AI$4.00 in·$20.00 out·1M·100% up
GPT-5 Pro1 host
HostInOutContextUptime
OpenAI$15.00 in·$120.00 out·400k·100% up

Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 25 Sep 2026.

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Claude Opus 5.5 is developed by Anthropic while GPT-5 Pro is developed by OpenAI. Claude Opus 5.5 has a 1.0M token context window vs GPT-5 Pro's 400K. You can compare their actual outputs across 19 challenges on Rival to see how they differ in practice.

It depends on your use case. Claude Opus 5.5 and GPT-5 Pro each have strengths in different areas. Rival lets you compare their real outputs side-by-side across 19 challenges so you can judge which fits your needs best.

Claude Opus 5.5 costs $4/M input tokens and GPT-5 Pro costs $15/M input tokens. Claude Opus 5.5 is $11.00/M cheaper per input. Check their side-by-side outputs on Rival to see if the price difference is justified by quality.

This page shows a side-by-side comparison of Claude Opus 5.5 and GPT-5 Pro across shared challenges. You can vote on which model produced the better output in a blind duel. Browsing and voting are free. No account is needed to look; signing in only saves your votes and likes.

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