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  3. Claude 3 Opus vs OpenRouter: Fusion

Pairwise benchmark snapshot · Aug 17, 2026noindex (thin pair)

Claude 3 Opus vs OpenRouter: Fusion benchmark

In this head-to-head showdown, OpenRouter: Fusion is more budget-friendly at $-1,000,000/1M per 1M output tokens. Review the complete breakdown below to determine which model best fits your performance and budget requirements.

Executive Comparison Verdict

Bottom Line: Choose Claude 3 Opus if your priority is peak reasoning, complex code generation, and top preference Elo. Choose OpenRouter: Fusion if you are optimizing for low latency, high throughput, and cost-efficient API deployment.
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Anthropic
Claude 3 Opus

Original Claude 3 flagship. Kept so opus 3 vs later Opus and vs GPT-4o still resolve.

Elo 1,248$75/1M out
openrouter
OpenRouter: Fusion

Auto-discovered from OpenRouter (openrouter/fusion). Preview until a second source matches.

$-1000000/1M out
Top Rival Showdowns for Claude 3 Opus
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Compare vs:vs GPT-5vs Gemini 3 Provs Grok 4.6vs DeepSeek V4 Provs Qwen 3 Max
Preference Leader

No shared data

Single model data

Throughput Leader

No shared data

No latency data

Value per Dollar Leader

OpenRouter: Fusion

$-1000000 / 1M output

Capability Percentiles

Relative percentile scores computed across all active models in the benchmark catalog.

Capability Matchup Radar

Multi-Dimensional Capability Radar

Each spoke is a skill. Farther from the center is better (0–100th percentile). Tap any dot to inspect details.

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Percentile 0–100
Dimensional AdvantageClaude 3 Opus 4/6
Head-to-Head Comparison

Overall Matchup Breakdown

Category wins across reasoning intelligence, generation speed, and token cost.

Claude 3 Opus (6)vsOpenRouter: Fusion (3)
Claude 3 Opus: 6W (67%)Overall: Claude 3 OpusOpenRouter: Fusion: 3W (33%)
← Claude 3 OpusOpenRouter: Fusion →
Claude 3 Opus (4/5)

Intelligence & Reasoning

Preference Elo, Coding proficiency, SWE-bench & LiveBench accuracy

Preference Elo
1,248vs—
Coding Elo
—vs—
SWE-bench
38.4%vs—
LiveBench
46.2%vs—
GPQA Diamond
50.4%vs—
Claude 3 Opus: 4WOpenRouter: Fusion: 0W
Claude 3 Opus (2/2)

Speed & Latency

Generation throughput and time to first token responsiveness

Output speed
48 tok/svs—
Time to first token
420 msvs—
Claude 3 Opus: 2WOpenRouter: Fusion: 0W
OpenRouter: Fusion (3/3)

Pricing & Capacity

Cost per million tokens and max context window length

Output price
$75/1Mvs$-1,000,000/1M
Input price
$15/1Mvs$-1,000,000/1M
Context window
200kvs1M
Claude 3 Opus: 0WOpenRouter: Fusion: 3W

Side-by-Side Benchmark Matrix

Preference Elo
Claude 3 Opus1,248
lmarena · Aug 17, 2026
OpenRouter: Fusion—
LiveBench
Claude 3 Opus46.2%
livebench · Aug 17, 2026
OpenRouter: Fusion—
SWE-bench
Claude 3 Opus38.4%
swebench · Aug 17, 2026
OpenRouter: Fusion—
GPQA Diamond
Claude 3 Opus50.4%
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
OpenRouter: Fusion—
Time to first token
Claude 3 Opus420 ms
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
OpenRouter: Fusion—
Output speed
Claude 3 Opus48 tok/s
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
OpenRouter: Fusion—
Input priceOpenRouter: Fusion (+$1,000,015/1M)
Claude 3 Opus$15/1M
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
OpenRouter: Fusion$-1,000,000/1M
openrouter · Aug 17, 2026
Output priceOpenRouter: Fusion (+$1,000,075/1M)
Claude 3 Opus$75/1M
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
OpenRouter: Fusion$-1,000,000/1M
openrouter · Aug 17, 2026
Context windowOpenRouter: Fusion (+800k)
Claude 3 Opus200k
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
OpenRouter: Fusion1M
openrouter · Aug 17, 2026
BenchmarkClaude 3 OpusOpenRouter: FusionAdvantage Delta
Preference Elo
1,248
lmarena · Aug 17, 2026
——
LiveBench
46.2%
livebench · Aug 17, 2026
——
SWE-bench
38.4%
swebench · Aug 17, 2026
——
GPQA Diamond
50.4%
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
——
Time to first token
420 ms
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
——
Output speed
48 tok/s
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
——
Input price
$15/1M
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
$-1,000,000/1M
openrouter · Aug 17, 2026
OpenRouter: Fusion (+$1,000,015/1M)
Output price
$75/1M
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
$-1,000,000/1M
openrouter · Aug 17, 2026
OpenRouter: Fusion (+$1,000,075/1M)
Context window
200k
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
1M
openrouter · Aug 17, 2026
OpenRouter: Fusion (+800k)

Key Selection Recommendations

  • 1
    OpenRouter: Fusion:Pick OpenRouter: Fusion when you are optimizing output cost.
  • 2
    OpenRouter: Fusion:Pick OpenRouter: Fusion for million-token RAG or long-document jobs.

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsinsufficient data

Need SWE-bench on both sides.

High-volume chatOpenRouter: Fusion

Lower output list price ($-1,000,000/1M).

Voice / low-latency UIinsufficient data

Need TTFT on both sides.

Long-document RAGOpenRouter: Fusion

Larger window (1M).

Screenshots / visionClaude 3 Opus

Claude 3 Opus is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Target WorkloadRecommended PickEvaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agentsinsufficient dataNeed SWE-bench on both sides.
High-volume chatOpenRouter: FusionLower output list price ($-1,000,000/1M).
Voice / low-latency UIinsufficient dataNeed TTFT on both sides.
Long-document RAGOpenRouter: FusionLarger window (1M).
Screenshots / visionClaude 3 OpusClaude 3 Opus is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.
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Claude 3 Opus

Elo 1,248
LiveBench46.2%
SWE-bench38.4%
Speed48 tok/s
Output cost$75/1M
openrouter

OpenRouter: Fusion

Elo n/a
LiveBench—
SWE-bench—
Speed—
Output cost$-1,000,000/1M

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Claude 3 Opus or OpenRouter: Fusion?
We do not have preference Elo for both models, so we do not declare an overall winner. Compare the metrics that exist.
Which is better at coding, Claude 3 Opus or OpenRouter: Fusion?
SWE-bench is missing for at least one model, so we do not rank coding from a single number.
Which is cheaper to run in production?
OpenRouter: Fusion output tokens are $-1,000,000/1M versus $75/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.
Which is faster, Claude 3 Opus or OpenRouter: Fusion?
We do not have TTFT for both models.
Which has the larger context window?
OpenRouter: Fusion accepts 1M tokens versus 200k.
Can I self-host either model?
Neither model is marked open-weights here. You are comparing hosted APIs.
Are these scores from CompareLLM’s own evals?
No. V1 aggregates public leaderboards (and optional first-party latency pings). Each cell names its source and date. Read /methodology.
What does preference Elo mean on this page?
Preference Elo is a crowd vote from LMArena / Arena. People see two hidden answers and pick the one they like more. The model that wins more often gets a higher Elo. That means people preferred it — not that it passed a school test. It is not SWE-bench, not accuracy, and not a number we invent. Claude 3 Opus and OpenRouter: Fusion Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.

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