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Claude Opus 4.6 vs GPT-3.5 Turbo

The readout for Claude Opus 4.6 and GPT-3.5 Turbo, before the detailed comparison sheet.

Model A

Claude Opus 4.6

Anthropic

Leading
vs

Model B

GPT-3.5 Turbo

OpenAI

Contender

Key Takeaways

Weighted outcome: Claude Opus 4.6. Benchmark capability categories carry 80%, while price, API performance, and availability carry 20%.

Decision read

Claude Opus 4.6

Claude Opus 4.6 has the higher weighted result; Model A / B score 92 to 8.

Evidence depth

75 data points

Includes 5 benchmark rows, 0 audit samples, and 10 provider examples.

Selection signal

Start with Claude Opus 4.6

The charts below split 15 high-signal samples across speed, scores, and audit health.

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Comparison sheet

This report only uses LMSpeed data for Claude Opus 4.6 and GPT-3.5 Turbo: pricing, speed aggregates, third-party benchmark scores, and shared provider samples.

Model compare
Claude Opus 4.6
GPT-3.5 Turbo
Overall leaderLeadingContender
Weighted overall score92.0 pts8.0 pts
Benchmark category leads3 categories0 categories
Operational advantagesCheapest input price, Free providers, Provider coverageAverage speed, First-token latency
Context window1M tokens16.4K tokens
Max output128K tokens4.1K tokens
Modalities

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Text inputImage inputFile inputText outputTool callingStructured outputsJSON modeReasoning
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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 metadata

Model compare
Claude Opus 4.6
GPT-3.5 Turbo
DeveloperAnthropicOpenAI
ReleasedFeb 2026Jan 2024
ParametersNo dataNo data
TokenizerClaudeGPT
Knowledge cutoffNo data2021-09-30
OpenRouter IDanthropic/claude-opus-4.6openai/gpt-3.5-turbo
ReferencesNo dataNo data

When to choose each model

This report only uses LMSpeed data for Claude Opus 4.6 and GPT-3.5 Turbo: pricing, speed aggregates, third-party benchmark scores, and shared provider samples.

Claude Opus 4.6

Claude Opus 4.6 is stronger in benchmark categories (Coding, Reasoning, Math) and operational dimensions (Cheapest input price, Free providers, Provider coverage).

GPT-3.5 Turbo

GPT-3.5 Turbo has these operational advantages: Average speed, First-token latency.

Benchmark score comparison

Third-party benchmark profile synced into LMSpeed; only metrics available for both models are shown.

Category performance

Compare benchmark category scores on a 0-100 scale. Select a category to inspect the gap.

Model A coverage
8 / 8
Model B coverage
3 / 8
Shared
3 shared categories

Avg. score

Claude Opus 4.6

53.1

Avg. score

GPT-3.5 Turbo

40

Agents

Claude Opus 4.6

Claude Opus 4.654.9
GPT-3.5 Turbo-

Coding

Claude Opus 4.6 leads by 10.1

Claude Opus 4.658.9
GPT-3.5 Turbo48.8

Reasoning

Claude Opus 4.6 leads by 19.9

Claude Opus 4.653.4
GPT-3.5 Turbo33.5

Knowledge

Claude Opus 4.6

Claude Opus 4.653.7
GPT-3.5 Turbo-

Math

Claude Opus 4.6 leads by 18.7

Claude Opus 4.656.5
GPT-3.5 Turbo37.8

Multilingual

Claude Opus 4.6

Claude Opus 4.654
GPT-3.5 Turbo-

Multimodal

Claude Opus 4.6

Claude Opus 4.648.4
GPT-3.5 Turbo-

Instruction following

Claude Opus 4.6

Claude Opus 4.644.7
GPT-3.5 Turbo-

Professional benchmark details

Metric-level scores with benchmark source, rank depth, confidence, error, and evaluation date where available.

Pricingverified

Output price

SourceClaude Opus 4.6 (Non-reasoning, High Effort)

Claude Opus 4.6

$25.00/M

Rank #164/180 · confidence 4

+$23.50/M

GPT-3.5 Turbo

winner

$1.50/M

Rank #62/180 · confidence 4

Pricingverified

Blended price

SourceClaude Opus 4.6 (Non-reasoning, High Effort)

Claude Opus 4.6

$10.00/M

Rank #164/180 · confidence 4

+$9.25/M

GPT-3.5 Turbo

winner

$0.750/M

Rank #70/180 · confidence 4

Pricingverified

Input price

SourceClaude Opus 4.6 (Non-reasoning, High Effort)

Claude Opus 4.6

$5.00/M

Rank #163/180 · confidence 4

+$4.50/M

GPT-3.5 Turbo

winner

$0.500/M

Rank #83/180 · confidence 4

Reasoningreported

MMLU-Pro

SourceClaude Opus 4.6

Claude Opus 4.6

winner

82.0%

Rank #50/129 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01

+35.8%

GPT-3.5 Turbo

46.2%

Rank #128/129 · confidence 4

Reasoningverified

GPQA

SourceClaude Opus 4.6 (Non-reasoning, High Effort)

Claude Opus 4.6

winner

84.0%

Rank #69/211 · confidence 4

+54.3%

GPT-3.5 Turbo

29.7%

Rank #210/211 · confidence 4

API audit comparison

Latest completed audits from shared providers, with four safety and integrity score groups plus report links.

Provider
Claude Opus 4.6
GPT-3.5 Turbo
No completed audits are available from shared providers yet.

Provider examples

Speed aggregates and input/output pricing share each provider row for real API selection and migration cost checks.

Provider
Claude Opus 4.6
GPT-3.5 Turbo
Rnglg2 API15 tests

Claude Opus 4.6

speed / latency

57 tok/s / 3926ms

input / output

No data

GPT-3.5 Turbo

speed / latency

N/A / N/A

input / output

No data

EasyMore10 tests

Claude Opus 4.6

speed / latency

27 tok/s / 15402ms

input / output

No data

GPT-3.5 Turbo

speed / latency

54 tok/s / 9591ms

input / output

No data

ModelPool10 tests

Claude Opus 4.6

speed / latency

84 tok/s / 3916ms

input / output

No data

GPT-3.5 Turbo

speed / latency

N/A / N/A

input / output

No data

巨量API10 tests

Claude Opus 4.6

speed / latency

24 tok/s / 7946ms

input / output

No data

GPT-3.5 Turbo

speed / latency

N/A / N/A

input / output

No data

Cuz AI5 tests

Claude Opus 4.6

speed / latency

43 tok/s / 2285ms

input / output

No data

GPT-3.5 Turbo

speed / latency

N/A / N/A

input / output

No data

兔子API

Claude Opus 4.6

claude-opus-4-6

speed / latency

No data

input / output

$0/request

GPT-3.5 Turbo

gpt-3.5-turbo-0613

speed / latency

No data

input / output

$0/request

PoloAPI

Claude Opus 4.6

claude-opus-4-6-c

speed / latency

No data

input / output

$0.0082/request

GPT-3.5 Turbo

gpt-3.5-turbo-0125

speed / latency

No data

input / output

$0.055/M/$0.164/M

KFCV50

Claude Opus 4.6

claude-opus-4-6

speed / latency

No data

input / output

$0.017/request

GPT-3.5 Turbo

gpt-3.5-turbo-0125

speed / latency

No data

input / output

$0.034/M/$0.103/M

ZEN-AI VIP

Claude Opus 4.6

claude-opus-4-6

speed / latency

No data

input / output

$1.03/M/$5.14/M

GPT-3.5 Turbo

gpt-3.5-turbo-0125

speed / latency

No data

input / output

$0.021/M/$0.062/M

YUNWU API

Claude Opus 4.6

claude-opus-4-6

speed / latency

No data

input / output

$0.342/M/$1.71/M

GPT-3.5 Turbo

gpt-3.5-turbo-1106

speed / latency

No data

input / output

$0.024/M/$0.048/M

FAQ

Weighted outcome: Claude Opus 4.6. Benchmark capability categories carry 80%, while price, API performance, and availability carry 20%.

Why is this comparison indexable?
It has 6 verifiable comparison points, and both models have pricing or benchmark data.
Are missing metrics invented?
No. Metrics without LMSpeed data are omitted from this report.

Rankings are based on community-submitted tests and periodic health probes. Advisory only, not official data.