Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Claude Opus 4.5 leads with 67.1% higher average benchmark score. Claude Opus 4.5 offers 70.5K more tokens in context window than o1 mini. o1 mini is $24.50 cheaper per million tokens. Claude Opus 4.5 supports multimodal inputs. 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
OpenAI o1 mini, released by OpenAI in September 2024, is a lightweight reasoning model from the o1 family optimized for efficient STEM problem-solving at lower cost and latency. It features a 128K token context window and applies chain-of-thought reasoning specifically tuned for mathematics, science, and coding tasks. o1 mini targets use cases where rapid, cost-efficient reasoning is preferred over the broader capabilities of the full o1 model.
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o1 mini
OpenAI
2024-09-12

Claude Opus 4.5
Anthropic
2025-11-01
Cost per million tokens (USD)
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o1 mini
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 1 common benchmarks
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o1 mini
Performance comparison across key benchmark categories
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o1 mini
Claude Opus 4.5
2025-05
Available providers and their performance metrics
Claude Opus 4.5
Anthropic
AWS Bedrock
Google Cloud Vertex AI
o1 mini
Claude Opus 4.5
o1 mini
Claude Opus 4.5
o1 mini
OpenAI