Model comparison

Claude Opus 5 vs GPT-5.4 mini

Claude Opus 5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 67.8 to 45.0 on the Noometry Index. GPT-5.4 mini costs 5.9× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Claude Opus 5's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 39 shared benchmarks.

Claude Opus 5 Anthropic

67.8

Rank #4 Confirmed

GPT-5.4 mini OpenAI

45.0

Rank #76 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 39 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude Opus 5 scores higher in 10 categories and GPT-5.4 mini in 0 categories; 10 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Claude Opus 5 leads 77.2 to 30.4.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is ProofBench: 99% for Claude Opus 5 and 21% for GPT-5.4 mini.
  • GPT-5.4 mini is cheaper at $0.75 / $4.50 per million input/output tokens, against $5 / $25 for Claude Opus 5.
  • Claude Opus 5 accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 400K.

Side by side

Claude Opus 5 and GPT-5.4 mini specifications
Claude Opus 5GPT-5.4 mini
ProviderAnthropicOpenAI
Noometry Index67.845.0
Released2026-07-242026-03-17
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1M400K
Max output128K128K
Input $ / M tokens$5$0.75
Output $ / M tokens$25$4.50
Results tracked5746

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Category by category

Coding Claude Opus 5 leads

Claude Opus 5: 67.5 (#5), GPT-5.4 mini: 45.2 (#72)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 5GPT-5.4 mini
FrontierCode53.4%27%
LMArena WebDev16911397
SciCode56.4%49.9%
WeirdML91.8%60.3%
LMArena Coding15341438
ALE-Bench2,1651,189
DeepSWE73.6%—
CursorBench46.6%—
FrontierSWE52%—

Agentic & Tool Use Claude Opus 5 leads

Claude Opus 5: 55.6 (#1), GPT-5.4 mini: 29.9 (#81)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 5GPT-5.4 mini
APEX-Agents65.8%—
OSWorld 2.031.4%—
τ²-bench Banking48.7%—
DeepResearch Bench—36.3%
PostTrainBench35%—
BALROG63.4%—
GBAEval79.6%—
GDP.pdf24%—
Vending-Bench 211,182—

Reasoning Claude Opus 5 leads

Claude Opus 5: 77.2 (#4), GPT-5.4 mini: 30.4 (#85)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 5GPT-5.4 mini
ARC-AGI-290.4%18.9%
NYT Connections (extended)94.3%61.8%
ARC-AGI-197.5%63.7%
CritPt29.1%10%
Chess Puzzles42%24%
LMArena Hard Prompts15261424
Mystery Game Puzzles59%11%
DTBench97.9%80%
LMCA64.5%40.8%
Epoch Capabilities Index162.78148.84
SimpleBench80.6%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark—37.9%
Thematic Generalization—61.7%
EBR-Bench45.7%—
Bench to the Future 30.12—
ForecastBench—57

Math Claude Opus 5 leads

Claude Opus 5: 86.2 (#8), GPT-5.4 mini: 45.5 (#75)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 5GPT-5.4 mini
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)85.6%51.2%
FrontierMath Tier 473.2%9.8%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202598.9%88.9%
ProofBench99%21%
LMArena Math15311419
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—28.3%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)—2.1%

Knowledge Claude Opus 5 leads

Claude Opus 5: 66.8 (#9), GPT-5.4 mini: 51.5 (#67)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 5GPT-5.4 mini
GPQA Diamond93.9%86.9%
SimpleQA Verified59.9%29.4%
LMArena Expert15571435
Vectara Hallucination Rate—5.5%

Multimodal Claude Opus 5 leads

Claude Opus 5: 50.8 (#8), GPT-5.4 mini: 39.7 (#56)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 5GPT-5.4 mini
LMArena Vision13191245
Blueprint-Bench 230.4%—
Furniture Assembly60.8%—
LMArena Document1516—

Multilingual Claude Opus 5 leads

Claude Opus 5: 58.8 (#4), GPT-5.4 mini: 51.9 (#96)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 5GPT-5.4 mini
LMArena Non-English15011405
LMArena Chinese15741446
LMArena French15191440
LMArena German15241409
LMArena Japanese15161374
LMArena Korean15211368
LMArena Russian15071417
LMArena Spanish15191405

Instruction Following Claude Opus 5 leads

Claude Opus 5: 79.2 (#7), GPT-5.4 mini: 74.1 (#102)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 5GPT-5.4 mini
LMArena Instruction Following15171405

Long Context Claude Opus 5 leads

Claude Opus 5: 46.5 (#21), GPT-5.4 mini: 43.0 (#112)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 5GPT-5.4 mini
LMArena Longer Query15151407

Writing & Preference Claude Opus 5 leads

Claude Opus 5: 79.2 (#1), GPT-5.4 mini: 64.0 (#58)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 5GPT-5.4 mini
LMArena Text15071412
LMArena Creative Writing14911370
EQ-Bench Creative Writing21331665
LMArena Multi-Turn14991429
EQ-Bench 41385—

Frequently asked questions

Is Claude Opus 5 better than GPT-5.4 mini?

Claude Opus 5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 67.8 to 45.0 on the Noometry Index. GPT-5.4 mini costs 5.9× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Claude Opus 5's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Claude Opus 5 or GPT-5.4 mini?

GPT-5.4 mini is cheaper. It lists at $0.75 per million input tokens and $4.50 per million output tokens; Claude Opus 5 lists at $5 and $25.

Is Claude Opus 5 or GPT-5.4 mini better for coding?

Claude Opus 5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 67.5 versus 45.2 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Claude Opus 5 does, with 1M tokens against 400K.

How many benchmarks do Claude Opus 5 and GPT-5.4 mini share?

39 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude Opus 5 has 57 scored results on Noometry and GPT-5.4 mini has 46.

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