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

Claude 3 Opus vs Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights benchmark

Name: Claude 3 Opus vs Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights AI benchmark comparison
Creator: CompareLLM
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

This page compares Claude 3 Opus (Anthropic) and Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights (Ideogram) using the latest snapshots we have as of Aug 17, 2026. Every cell below is a dated snapshot from a named public source — we do not invent missing scores, and we do not run SWE-bench ourselves.

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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

Ideogram

Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights

Open-weight release of Ideogram 4.0, bringing world-class text rendering to self-hosted enterprise infrastructure.

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Quick vs:vs Claude Opus 4.5 vs Claude Opus 4.6 vs Claude Sonnet 4.5 vs Claude 3.7 Sonnet

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Matchup Breakdown

Tug-of-War Matchup Matrix

Category wins across intelligence, speed, and pricing efficiency.

Claude 3 Opus (9)vsIdeogram 4.0 Open Weights (0)

Claude 3 Opus: 9W (100%)Overall: Claude 3 OpusIdeogram 4.0 Open Weights: 0W (0%)

← Claude 3 OpusIdeogram 4.0 Open Weights →

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: 4WIdeogram 4.0 Open Weights: 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: 2WIdeogram 4.0 Open Weights: 0W

Claude 3 Opus (3/3)

Pricing & Capacity

Cost per million tokens and max context window length

Output price

$75/1Mvs—

Input price

$15/1Mvs—

Context window

200kvs—

Claude 3 Opus: 3WIdeogram 4.0 Open Weights: 0W

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Percentile 0–100

Dimensional AdvantageIdeogram 4.0 Open Weights 5/6

Preference Elo

No shared data

Throughput Speed

No shared data

Price Efficiency

No shared data

Full Benchmark Score Matrix

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Elo

High is better

1,248

EloHigh is better

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LiveBench

High is better

46.2%

LiveBenchHigh is better

—

SWE-bench

High is better

38.4%

SWE-benchHigh is better

—

GPQA

High is better

50.4%

GPQAHigh is better

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TTFT

Low is better

420 ms

TTFTLow is better

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Speed

High is better

48 tok/s

SpeedHigh is better

—

In $

Low is better

$15/1M

In $Low is better

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Out $

Low is better

$75/1M

Out $Low is better

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Context

High is better

200k

ContextHigh is better

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Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsinsufficient data

Need SWE-bench on both sides.

High-volume chatinsufficient data

Need list prices.

Voice / low-latency UIinsufficient data

Need TTFT on both sides.

Long-document RAGinsufficient data

Need context sizes.

Screenshots / visioninsufficient data

Both accept images. Defaulting to the higher-Elo side (undefined).

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	insufficient data	Need SWE-bench on both sides.
High-volume chat	insufficient data	Need list prices.
Voice / low-latency UI	insufficient data	Need TTFT on both sides.
Long-document RAG	insufficient data	Need context sizes.
Screenshots / vision	insufficient data	Both accept images. Defaulting to the higher-Elo side (undefined).

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Anthropic

Claude 3 Opus

Elo 1,248

LiveBench46.2%

SWE-bench38.4%

Speed48 tok/s

Output cost$75/1M

Ideogram

Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights

Elo n/a

LiveBench—

SWE-bench—

Speed—

Output cost—

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Claude 3 Opus or Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights?: 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 Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights?: 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?: List prices are missing for at least one model.
Which is faster, Claude 3 Opus or Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights?: We do not have TTFT for both models.
Which has the larger context window?: Context window is missing for at least one model.
Can I self-host either model?: Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights is marked open-weights in our catalog. The other side is a closed API. Check the provider license before you ship weights.
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 Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.

Similar Head-to-Head Comparisons

All Claude 3 Opus matchups →|All Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights matchups →

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Interactive Comparison Diagram

Matchup Breakdown

Tug-of-War Matchup Matrix

Category wins across intelligence, speed, and pricing efficiency.

Claude 3 Opus (9)vsIdeogram 4.0 Open Weights (0)

Claude 3 Opus: 9W (100%)Overall: Claude 3 OpusIdeogram 4.0 Open Weights: 0W (0%)

← Claude 3 OpusIdeogram 4.0 Open Weights →

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: 4WIdeogram 4.0 Open Weights: 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: 2WIdeogram 4.0 Open Weights: 0W

Claude 3 Opus (3/3)

Pricing & Capacity

Cost per million tokens and max context window length

Output price

$75/1Mvs—

Input price

$15/1Mvs—

Context window

200kvs—

Claude 3 Opus: 3WIdeogram 4.0 Open Weights: 0W

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsinsufficient data

Need SWE-bench on both sides.

High-volume chatinsufficient data

Need list prices.

Voice / low-latency UIinsufficient data

Need TTFT on both sides.

Long-document RAGinsufficient data

Need context sizes.

Screenshots / visioninsufficient data

Both accept images. Defaulting to the higher-Elo side (undefined).

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	insufficient data	Need SWE-bench on both sides.
High-volume chat	insufficient data	Need list prices.
Voice / low-latency UI	insufficient data	Need TTFT on both sides.
Long-document RAG	insufficient data	Need context sizes.
Screenshots / vision	insufficient data	Both accept images. Defaulting to the higher-Elo side (undefined).

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Claude 3 Opus or Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights?

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 Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights?

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?

List prices are missing for at least one model.

Which is faster, Claude 3 Opus or Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights?

We do not have TTFT for both models.

Which has the larger context window?

Context window is missing for at least one model.

Can I self-host either model?

Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights is marked open-weights in our catalog. The other side is a closed API. Check the provider license before you ship weights.

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 Ideogram 4.0 Open Weights Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.