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Claude Opus 4.6 vs o3
A detailed comparison of Claude Opus 4.6 (Anthropic) and o3 (OpenAI) across pricing, performance, and features.
Pricing Comparison
| Metric | Claude Opus 4.6 | o3 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Input / 1M tokens | $5.00 | $0.40 | -92% |
| Output / 1M tokens | $25.00 | $1.60 | -94% |
| Context window | 200K | 200K | — |
| Max output | 32K | 100K | — |
Benchmark Comparison
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 | o3 |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 89.5% | 87% |
| HumanEval | 95% | 94.5% |
| GPQA | 75.5% | 79.2% |
Capabilities
| Capability | Claude Opus 4.6 | o3 |
|---|---|---|
| code | ✓ | ✓ |
| reasoning | ✓ | ✓ |
| text | ✓ | ✓ |
| tool-use | ✓ | ✓ |
| vision | ✓ | ✓ |
Claude Opus 4.6 Strengths
- ✓Best-in-class agentic tool use and coding
- ✓1M context available in beta (Tier 4)
- ✓Strong at following complex multi-step instructions
Claude Opus 4.6 Weaknesses
- ✗Premium pricing ($10/$37.50 at 1M context)
- ✗1M context beta is Tier 4 only
o3 Strengths
- ✓Recently repriced — now very cheap
- ✓Excellent logical reasoning
- ✓200K context window
o3 Weaknesses
- ✗Slower due to reasoning overhead
- ✗Overkill for simple tasks
Quick Verdict
Best value: o3 is the more affordable option at $0.4/$1.6 per 1M tokens.
Higher benchmarks: o3 scores higher on average across available benchmarks (86.9% avg).
Choose o3 if cost matters most. Choose Claude Opus 4.6 if you need the best possible quality for complex tasks.