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Claude Opus 4.1vsGPT-5 nano

Claude Opus 4.1 and GPT-5 nano split their 5 shared benchmarks evenly. GPT-5 nano is 200x cheaper per token. GPT-5 nano has the larger context window (400K tokens).

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Shared benchmarks
2 – 2
even split
Cheaper per token
GPT-5 nano
200x cheaper, input + output
Larger context
GPT-5 nano
400K tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
100% · 95.2239%
Anthropic · OpenAI
Claude Opus 4.1
Anthropic · released 2025-08-05
textvision
Context
200K
Max out
32K
Input /1M
$15
Output /1M
$75
Cached /1M
$1.5
Scores
6 · 6 core
GPT-5 nano
OpenAI · released 2025-08-07
textvision
Context
400K
Max out
128K
Input /1M
$0.05
Output /1M
$0.4
Cached /1M
$0.005
Scores
7 · 7 core
Quality

Benchmark matrix

BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.1GPT-5 nanoΔEdge
Reported by both · 5
SWE-bench Verified74.5% 54.7% +19.8 ptClaude Opus 4.1
GPQA Diamond77.3% epoch69.4% epoch+7.9 ptClaude Opus 4.1
FrontierMath Tier 4 v2 (Epoch AI run)2.4% epoch2.4% epoch0Tie
FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 v2 (Epoch AI run)12.6% epoch20% epoch-7.4 ptGPT-5 nano
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (Epoch AI run)68.9% epoch81.1% epoch-12.2 ptGPT-5 nano
Only Claude Opus 4.1 reports · 1
SWE-bench Verified (Epoch AI run)73.3% epochnot reported
Only GPT-5 nano reports · 2
AIME 2025not reported85% matharena
SimpleQA Verifiednot reported11.7% epoch
Scores tagged "epoch" or "matharena" are independent runs, used only where the lab has not published its own; ⚠ marks rows MathArena flags as released after the competition. Higher is better on every row. Δ is Claude Opus 4.1 minus GPT-5 nano in the benchmark's own unit. "Not reported" means the lab has not published that figure; it is not a zero. ↗ opens the source.
Specs & pricing

Side by side

SpecClaude Opus 4.1GPT-5 nanoEdge
Context window200K tokens400K tokensGPT-5 nano
Max output32K tokens128K tokensGPT-5 nano
Input price / 1M$15 $0.05 GPT-5 nano
Output price / 1M$75 $0.4 GPT-5 nano
Cached input / 1M$1.5 $0.005 GPT-5 nano
Input + output / 1M
Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded.
$90$0.45GPT-5 nano
Modalitiestext · visiontext · visionTie
Released2025-08-052025-08-07
Cited benchmark scores67
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