Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Claude Opus 4.6 leads with 83.3% higher average benchmark score. Claude Opus 4.6 offers 134.5K more tokens in context window than o1 mini. o1 mini is $24.50 cheaper per million tokens. Claude Opus 4.6 supports multimodal inputs. Claude Opus 4.6 is available on 3 providers. Overall, Claude Opus 4.6 is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
Anthropic
Claude Opus 4.6, released by Anthropic in February 2026, is a large language model from the Claude 4 family designed for complex agent orchestration, extended reasoning, and long-form code generation. It features a 200K token context window (extendable to 1M tokens in beta), 128K maximum output tokens, native image understanding, and extended thinking with both standard and adaptive effort modes. Opus 4.6 targets multi-step agentic workflows, parallel tool use, and applications requiring sustained reasoning over large contexts.
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.
1 year newer

o1 mini
OpenAI
2024-09-12

Claude Opus 4.6
Anthropic
2026-02
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
Claude Opus 4.6
o1 mini
Claude Opus 4.6
2025-05
Available providers and their performance metrics
Claude Opus 4.6
Anthropic
AWS Bedrock
Google Cloud Vertex AI
o1 mini
Claude Opus 4.6
o1 mini
Claude Opus 4.6
o1 mini
OpenAI