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Claude Opus 4.6 vs GPT-4o mini benchmark

Name: Claude Opus 4.6 vs GPT-4o mini AI benchmark comparison
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This page compares Claude Opus 4.6 (Anthropic) and GPT-4o mini (OpenAI) using the latest snapshots we have as of Aug 16, 2026. On preference Elo, Claude Opus 4.6 is ahead by 302 points (1,574 vs 1,272; seed-bootstrap (Aug 1, 2026)). On SWE-bench coding, Claude Opus 4.6 resolves 75.9% versus 41.2% (seed-bootstrap (Aug 1, 2026)). GPT-4o mini streams faster (160 tok/s) while GPT-4o mini is the cheaper output token ($0.6/1M). Claude Opus 4.6 has the larger context window (1M tokens). 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 Opus 4.6

Follow-on Opus release. Slightly behind 4.5 on official SWE-bench bash-only in the last published sweep; stronger long-horizon agent traces.

Elo 1,574$25/1M out

OpenAI

GPT-4o mini

Legacy small OpenAI model. Useful as a cheap baseline.

Elo 1,272$0.6/1M out

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Category wins across intelligence, speed, and pricing efficiency.

Claude Opus 4.6 (6)vsGPT-4o mini (4)

Claude Opus 4.6: 6W (60%)Overall: Claude Opus 4.6GPT-4o mini: 4W (40%)

← Claude Opus 4.6GPT-4o mini →

Claude Opus 4.6 (5/5)

Intelligence & Reasoning

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

Preference Elo

1,574vs1,272

Coding Elo

1,570vs—

SWE-bench

75.9%vs41.2%

LiveBench

72%vs48.1%

GPQA Diamond

84.8%vs60.1%

Claude Opus 4.6: 5WGPT-4o mini: 0W

GPT-4o mini (2/2)

Speed & Latency

Generation throughput and time to first token responsiveness

Output speed

64 tok/svs160 tok/s

Time to first token

360 msvs130 ms

Claude Opus 4.6: 0WGPT-4o mini: 2W

GPT-4o mini (2/3)

Pricing & Capacity

Cost per million tokens and max context window length

Output price

$25/1Mvs$0.6/1M

Input price

$5/1Mvs$0.15/1M

Context window

1Mvs128k

Claude Opus 4.6: 1WGPT-4o mini: 2W

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

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Dimensional AdvantageClaude Opus 4.6 4/6

Preference Elo

Claude Opus 4.6

302 pts advantage

Throughput Speed

GPT-4o mini

96 tok/s faster

Price Efficiency

GPT-4o mini

$24.40/1M cheaper

Full Benchmark Score Matrix

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Elo

High is better

+24%1,574

EloHigh is better

1,272

Code Elo

High is better

1,570

Code EloHigh is better

—

LiveBench

High is better

+50%72%

LiveBenchHigh is better

48.1%

SWE-bench

High is better

+84%75.9%

SWE-benchHigh is better

41.2%

GPQA

High is better

+41%84.8%

GPQAHigh is better

60.1%

TTFT

Low is better

360 ms

TTFTLow is better

130 ms+177%

Speed

High is better

64 tok/s

SpeedHigh is better

160 tok/s+150%

In $

Low is better

$5/1M

In $Low is better

$0.15/1M+3233%

Out $

Low is better

$25/1M

Out $Low is better

$0.6/1M+4067%

Context

High is better

+681%1M

ContextHigh is better

128k

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Workload Cost & Savings Calculator

Simulate monthly production API costs based on published $/1M tokens.

Save up to 97% with GPT-4o mini

Monthly Volume50M tokens/mo

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Token Ratio (In vs Out)70% In / 30% Out

RAG / Search (10% out)Coding / Chat (50% out)

Claude Opus 4.6$550.00 / mo

In: $175.00Out: $375.00

GPT-4o mini$14.25 / mo

In: $5.25Out: $9.00

Estimated Cost Delta

GPT-4o mini is estimated to save $535.75/month ($6,429/year).

Based on 50M tokens (30% gen)

Key Selection Recommendations

1
Claude Opus 4.6:Pick Claude Opus 4.6 when repo-level coding accuracy is the constraint.
2
GPT-4o mini:Pick GPT-4o mini when you are optimizing output cost.
3
GPT-4o mini:Pick GPT-4o mini when time-to-first-token matters more than peak Elo.

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsClaude Opus 4.6

Higher SWE-bench (75.9%).

High-volume chatGPT-4o mini

Lower output list price ($0.6/1M).

Voice / low-latency UIGPT-4o mini

Lower TTFT (130 ms).

Long-document RAGClaude Opus 4.6

Larger window (1M).

Screenshots / visionClaude Opus 4.6

Both accept images. Defaulting to the higher-Elo side (Claude Opus 4.6).

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	Claude Opus 4.6	Higher SWE-bench (75.9%).
High-volume chat	GPT-4o mini	Lower output list price ($0.6/1M).
Voice / low-latency UI	GPT-4o mini	Lower TTFT (130 ms).
Long-document RAG	Claude Opus 4.6	Larger window (1M).
Screenshots / vision	Claude Opus 4.6	Both accept images. Defaulting to the higher-Elo side (Claude Opus 4.6).

Related Editorial Dispatches & Benchmark Notes

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launchMay 10, 2026

Claude Opus 4.6: the May follow-on that still shows up in old bookmarks

Slightly behind 4.5 on one official SWE-bench sweep; stronger long-horizon traces. We keep the row for old vs URLs.

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Anthropic

Claude Opus 4.6

Elo 1,574

LiveBench72%

SWE-bench75.9%

Speed64 tok/s

Output cost$25/1M

OpenAI

GPT-4o mini

Elo 1,272

LiveBench48.1%

SWE-bench41.2%

Speed160 tok/s

Output cost$0.6/1M

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Claude Opus 4.6 or GPT-4o mini?: Claude Opus 4.6 has the higher preference Elo in our latest snapshot (1,574). “Better” still depends on coding, price, and latency — see the table.
Which is better at coding, Claude Opus 4.6 or GPT-4o mini?: Claude Opus 4.6 leads SWE-bench at 75.9% vs 41.2%. SWE-bench is one harness, not your repo.
Which is cheaper to run in production?: GPT-4o mini output tokens are $0.6/1M versus $25/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.
Which is faster, Claude Opus 4.6 or GPT-4o mini?: GPT-4o mini has the lower time-to-first-token (130 ms vs 360 ms). Tokens/sec is a separate column if you care about long completions.
Which has the larger context window?: Claude Opus 4.6 accepts 1M tokens versus 128k.
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 Opus 4.6 and GPT-4o mini Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.

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Claude Opus 4.6 vs GPT-4o mini benchmark

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Category wins across intelligence, speed, and pricing efficiency.

Claude Opus 4.6 (6)vsGPT-4o mini (4)

Claude Opus 4.6: 6W (60%)Overall: Claude Opus 4.6GPT-4o mini: 4W (40%)

← Claude Opus 4.6GPT-4o mini →

Claude Opus 4.6 (5/5)

Intelligence & Reasoning

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

Preference Elo

1,574vs1,272

Coding Elo

1,570vs—

SWE-bench

75.9%vs41.2%

LiveBench

72%vs48.1%

GPQA Diamond

84.8%vs60.1%

Claude Opus 4.6: 5WGPT-4o mini: 0W

GPT-4o mini (2/2)

Speed & Latency

Generation throughput and time to first token responsiveness

Output speed

64 tok/svs160 tok/s

Time to first token

360 msvs130 ms

Claude Opus 4.6: 0WGPT-4o mini: 2W

GPT-4o mini (2/3)

Pricing & Capacity

Cost per million tokens and max context window length

Output price

$25/1Mvs$0.6/1M

Input price

$5/1Mvs$0.15/1M

Context window

1Mvs128k

Claude Opus 4.6: 1WGPT-4o mini: 2W

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsClaude Opus 4.6

Higher SWE-bench (75.9%).

High-volume chatGPT-4o mini

Lower output list price ($0.6/1M).

Voice / low-latency UIGPT-4o mini

Lower TTFT (130 ms).

Long-document RAGClaude Opus 4.6

Larger window (1M).

Screenshots / visionClaude Opus 4.6

Both accept images. Defaulting to the higher-Elo side (Claude Opus 4.6).

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	Claude Opus 4.6	Higher SWE-bench (75.9%).
High-volume chat	GPT-4o mini	Lower output list price ($0.6/1M).
Voice / low-latency UI	GPT-4o mini	Lower TTFT (130 ms).
Long-document RAG	Claude Opus 4.6	Larger window (1M).
Screenshots / vision	Claude Opus 4.6	Both accept images. Defaulting to the higher-Elo side (Claude Opus 4.6).

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Claude Opus 4.6 or GPT-4o mini?

Claude Opus 4.6 has the higher preference Elo in our latest snapshot (1,574). “Better” still depends on coding, price, and latency — see the table.

Which is better at coding, Claude Opus 4.6 or GPT-4o mini?

Claude Opus 4.6 leads SWE-bench at 75.9% vs 41.2%. SWE-bench is one harness, not your repo.

Which is cheaper to run in production?

GPT-4o mini output tokens are $0.6/1M versus $25/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.

Which is faster, Claude Opus 4.6 or GPT-4o mini?

GPT-4o mini has the lower time-to-first-token (130 ms vs 360 ms). Tokens/sec is a separate column if you care about long completions.

Which has the larger context window?

Claude Opus 4.6 accepts 1M tokens versus 128k.

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 Opus 4.6 and GPT-4o mini Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.

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