Data points: 78
Model compare
The readout for Claude Opus 4.1 and GPT-5, before the detailed comparison sheet.
Weighted outcome: Claude Opus 4.1. Benchmark capability categories carry 80%, while price, API performance, and availability carry 20%.
Decision read
Claude Opus 4.1
Claude Opus 4.1 has the higher weighted result; Model A / B score 57.3 to 42.7.
Evidence depth
78 data points
Includes 6 benchmark rows, 0 audit samples, and 7 provider examples.
Selection signal
Start with Claude Opus 4.1
The charts below split 13 high-signal samples across speed, scores, and audit health.
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This report only uses LMSpeed data for Claude Opus 4.1 and GPT-5: pricing, speed aggregates, third-party benchmark scores, and shared provider samples.
| Model compare | Claude Opus 4.1 | GPT-5 |
|---|---|---|
| Overall leader | Leading | Contender |
| Weighted overall score | 57.3 pts | 42.7 pts |
| Benchmark category leads | 2 categories | 1 categories |
| Operational advantages | First-token latency | Cheapest input price, Average speed, Free providers, Provider coverage |
| Context window | 200K tokens | 400K tokens |
| Max output | 32K tokens | 128K tokens |
| Modalities | Input ImageTextFile Output Text |
The overall result weights benchmark capability categories at 80% and price, API speed/latency, and availability at 20%. Recent test volume does not affect the winner, and missing benchmark categories are excluded.
| Model compare | Claude Opus 4.1 | GPT-5 |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | Anthropic | OpenAI |
| Released | Aug 2025 | Aug 2025 |
| Parameters | No data | No data |
| Tokenizer | Claude | GPT |
| Knowledge cutoff | 2025-01-31 | 2024-09-30 |
| OpenRouter ID | anthropic/claude-opus-4.1 | openai/gpt-5 |
| References | No data | No data |
This report only uses LMSpeed data for Claude Opus 4.1 and GPT-5: pricing, speed aggregates, third-party benchmark scores, and shared provider samples.
Claude Opus 4.1
Claude Opus 4.1 is stronger in benchmark categories (Agents, Knowledge) and operational dimensions (First-token latency).
GPT-5
GPT-5 is stronger in benchmark categories (Coding) and operational dimensions (Cheapest input price, Average speed, Free providers, Provider coverage).
Third-party benchmark profile synced into LMSpeed; only metrics available for both models are shown.
Compare benchmark category scores on a 0-100 scale. Select a category to inspect the gap.
Avg. score
Claude Opus 4.1
51.4
Avg. score
GPT-5
51.9
Claude Opus 4.1 leads by 1.4
GPT-5 leads by 1.7
GPT-5
Claude Opus 4.1 leads by 9.7
GPT-5
No data
No data
GPT-5
Metric-level scores with benchmark source, rank depth, confidence, error, and evaluation date where available.
Claude Opus 4.1
$15.00/M
Rank #155/162 · confidence 4
GPT-5
winner$1.25/M
Rank #107/162 · confidence 4
Claude Opus 4.1
$30.00/M
Rank #156/162 · confidence 4
GPT-5
winner$3.44/M
Rank #117/162 · confidence 4
Claude Opus 4.1
$75.00/M
Rank #157/162 · confidence 4
GPT-5
winner$10.00/M
Rank #120/162 · confidence 4
Claude Opus 4.1
28.2
Rank #61/99 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-08-01
GPT-5
winner34.7
Rank #48/99 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-08-07
Claude Opus 4.1
1207.0
Rank #42/66 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-08-01
GPT-5
winner1214.0
Rank #40/66 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-08-07
Claude Opus 4.1
winner21.9
Rank #13/20 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-08-01
GPT-5
8.5
Rank #20/20 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-08-07
Latest completed audits from shared providers, with four safety and integrity score groups plus report links.
| Provider | Claude Opus 4.1 | GPT-5 |
|---|---|---|
| No completed audits are available from shared providers yet. | ||
Speed aggregates and input/output pricing share each provider row for real API selection and migration cost checks.
| Provider | Claude Opus 4.1 | GPT-5 |
|---|---|---|
20 tests | Claude Opus 4.1 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data | GPT-5 speed / latency 95 tok/s / 1234ms input / output No data |
10 tests | Claude Opus 4.1 speed / latency 17 tok/s / 3847ms input / output No data | GPT-5 speed / latency 102 tok/s / 948ms input / output No data |
5 tests | Claude Opus 4.1 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data | GPT-5 speed / latency 45 tok/s / 3704ms input / output No data |
5 tests | Claude Opus 4.1 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data | GPT-5 speed / latency 46 tok/s / 6577ms input / output No data |
5 tests | Claude Opus 4.1 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data | GPT-5 speed / latency 131 tok/s / 743ms input / output No data |
Claude Opus 4.1 claude-opus-4-1 speed / latency No data input / output $0.822/M/$4.11/M | GPT-5 gpt-5 speed / latency No data input / output $0/M | |
Claude Opus 4.1 claude-opus-4-1-20250805 speed / latency No data input / output $0/request | GPT-5 gpt-5-chat-latest speed / latency No data input / output $0/request |
Weighted outcome: Claude Opus 4.1. Benchmark capability categories carry 80%, while price, API performance, and availability carry 20%.
Input
Output
| Features | Text inputImage inputFile inputText outputTool callingStructured outputsJSON modeReasoning | Text inputImage inputFile inputText outputTool callingStructured outputsJSON modeReasoning |
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