Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Claude Opus 4.5 leads with 11.4% higher average benchmark score. GPT-5 Mini offers 168.8K more tokens in context window than Claude Opus 4.5. GPT-5 Mini is $5.00 cheaper per million tokens. Claude Opus 4.5 is available on 3 providers. Overall, Claude Opus 4.5 is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
Anthropic
Claude Opus 4.5, released by Anthropic in November 2025, is a large language model from the Claude 4.5 family built for demanding reasoning tasks, advanced code generation, and complex agentic workflows. It features a 200K token context window, 64K maximum output tokens, native image understanding, and extended thinking with configurable effort levels. Opus 4.5 targets deep analytical work, multi-step tool orchestration, and applications requiring sustained reasoning across long, complex tasks.
OpenAI
GPT-5 mini, released by OpenAI in August 2025, is a smaller variant from the GPT-5 family that inherits GPT-5's unified reasoning architecture and multimodal capabilities at a reduced inference cost. It targets high-volume production use cases requiring a balance of intelligence and response speed, offering GPT-5 capabilities for applications where full GPT-5 inference costs are a concern.
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GPT-5 Mini
OpenAI
2025-08

Claude Opus 4.5
Anthropic
2025-11-01
Cost per million tokens (USD)
Claude Opus 4.5
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Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 1 common benchmarks
Claude Opus 4.5
GPT-5 Mini
Performance comparison across key benchmark categories
Claude Opus 4.5
GPT-5 Mini
Claude Opus 4.5
2025-05
Available providers and their performance metrics
Claude Opus 4.5
Anthropic
AWS Bedrock
Google Cloud Vertex AI
GPT-5 Mini
Claude Opus 4.5
GPT-5 Mini
Claude Opus 4.5
GPT-5 Mini
OpenAI