Claude Opus 5 vs GPT-5.6 Sol
Side-by-side comparison of API pricing, specs, benchmarks, and capabilities
| Specification |
by Anthropic
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GPT-5.6 SolIntro price
by OpenAI
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|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Status | Current flagship | Current flagship |
| Released | ||
| Pricing per million tokens | ||
| Input | $5.00/Mtok | $4.00/Mtok |
| Output | $25.00/Mtok | $20.00/Mtok |
| Blended avg | $10.00/Mtok | $8.00/Mtok |
| Cached input | $0.500/Mtok | $0.400/Mtok |
| Price basis | — | OpenAI labels this promotional pricing and states it is "available at least through November 21, 2026". That is a floor, not a reversion date — OpenAI publishes no date on which the rate goes back up, so no reversion is claimed here and no countdown is implied. Until 2026-08-21 this model billed $5 input / $0.50 cached input / $30 output per 1M tokens. OpenAI's rate card also prices this model by context length: the tracked figure is the short-context tier, and prompts over the short-context threshold bill at the long-context tier of $8 input / $0.80 cached input / $10 cache write / $30 output per 1M tokens. Cache writes bill at 1.25x the uncached input rate. |
| Specifications | ||
| Context window | 1M tokens | 1M tokens |
| Parameters | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Speed (TPS) | — | — |
| Modalities | ||
| Input |
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| Benchmarks source: Vellum LLM Leaderboard | ||
| Avg benchmark score | 84.2 | 83.8 |
| Perf / dollar | 8.4 | 10.5 |
| SWE-Bench Verified | 97 | 96.2 |
| BrowseComp | 90.8 | 92.2 |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 64.7 | 47.2 |
| AutoBench | 26 | 18.1 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 94.6 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | — | 88.8 |
| OSWorld-Verified | — | 62.6 |
| ARC-AGI 2 | — | 92.5 |
| HumanEval | — | 96.2 |
| Independent composite scores each on its own scale — not part of the average above | ||
| AA Intelligence Index | 50.7 | 47.1 |
| AA Agentic Index | 56.2 | 50.5 |
| AA-Omniscience Index (−100–100) | 37.1 | 22 |
| GDPval-AA v2 | 1735.1 ELO | 1624.1 ELO |
| LMSYS Chatbot Arena | — | 1482.2 ELO |
| Providers | ||
| Available from |
Anthropic — $5.00/$25.00/Mtok
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OpenAI — $4.00/$20.00/Mtok
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Cost at scale
1M tokens · 50/50 input/output| Volume | Claude Opus 5 | GPT-5.6 Sol | Savings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1M tokens | $10 | $8 | $2 (20%) |
| 10M tokens | $100 | $80 | $20 (20%) |
| 100M tokens | $1000 | $800 | $200 (20%) |
| 1000M tokens | $10000 | $8000 | $2000 (20%) |
When to pick which
distilled from the pricing and spec data above- raw capability matters more than price: 84.2 vs 83.8 average benchmark score
- cost dominates: $8.00/Mtok blended vs $10.00 — 20% less on the same 50/50 token mix
Price movement
recorded changes since we began tracking each model · last checked| Model | Changes | Latest move | Old → new $/M |
|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Opus 5 | 0 | — no move | Stable since we began tracking — no change recorded |
| GPT-5.6 Sol | 1 | price cut on | $5/$30 → $4/$20/Mtok |
The cheaper option here — GPT-5.6 Sol costs $8.00/Mtok blended on OpenAI.
Summary
Claude Opus 5 by Anthropic costs $5.00/Mtok input and $25.00/Mtok output, with a 1M-token context window. It supports text, image input.
GPT-5.6 Sol by OpenAI costs $4.00/Mtok input and $20.00/Mtok output, with a 1M-token context window. It supports text, image input.
On a blended cost basis, GPT-5.6 Sol is 20% cheaper than Claude Opus 5.It also has a larger context window.
On benchmarks, Claude Opus 5 scores higher (84.2 vs 83.8) on average. In terms of value, GPT-5.6 Sol has better performance per dollar (10.5 vs 8.4).
Note: Pricing is per million tokens. Actual costs vary with usage patterns, prompt caching, and batch discounts. Always verify against official provider pricing pages.