Model comparison

Claude Opus 5 vs GPT-5.4 nano

Claude Opus 5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 67.7 to 41.9 on the Noometry Index. GPT-5.4 nano costs 22× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Claude Opus 5's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 35 shared benchmarks.

Claude Opus 5 Anthropic

67.7

Rank #4 Confirmed

GPT-5.4 nano OpenAI

41.9

Rank #111 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 35 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude Opus 5 scores higher in 9 categories and GPT-5.4 nano in 0 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Claude Opus 5 leads 77.1 to 23.8.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is ProofBench: 99% for Claude Opus 5 and 5% for GPT-5.4 nano.
  • GPT-5.4 nano is cheaper at $0.20 / $1.25 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 nano specifications
Claude Opus 5GPT-5.4 nano
ProviderAnthropicOpenAI
Noometry Index67.741.9
Released2026-07-242026-03-17
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1M400K
Max output128K128K
Input $ / M tokens$5$0.20
Output $ / M tokens$25$1.25
Results tracked5740

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Category by category

Coding Claude Opus 5 leads

Claude Opus 5: 67.0 (#5), GPT-5.4 nano: 43.1 (#82)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 5GPT-5.4 nano
SciCode56.4%46.9%
WeirdML91.8%49.2%
LMArena Coding15331404
ALE-Bench2,1651,005
DeepSWE73.6%—
FrontierCode53.4%—
CursorBench46.6%—
LMArena WebDev1694—
FrontierSWE52%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Claude Opus 5: 55.5 (#1), GPT-5.4 nano: —

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

Reasoning Claude Opus 5 leads

Claude Opus 5: 77.1 (#3), GPT-5.4 nano: 23.8 (#159)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 5GPT-5.4 nano
ARC-AGI-290.4%5.7%
ARC-AGI-197.5%51.5%
CritPt29.1%9.3%
Chess Puzzles42%30%
LMArena Hard Prompts15251380
Mystery Game Puzzles59%9%
DTBench97.9%80.3%
LMCA64.5%36.9%
Epoch Capabilities Index162.67145.78
SimpleBench80.6%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark—39.7%
NYT Connections (extended)94.3%—
EBR-Bench45.7%—
Bench to the Future 30.12—
ForecastBench—57.3

Math Claude Opus 5 leads

Claude Opus 5: 86.1 (#6), GPT-5.4 nano: 40.7 (#76)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 5GPT-5.4 nano
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)85.6%44.9%
FrontierMath Tier 473.2%12.2%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202598.9%87.8%
ProofBench99%5%
LMArena Math15331406
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—25.9%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)—6.3%

Knowledge Claude Opus 5 leads

Claude Opus 5: 66.8 (#8), GPT-5.4 nano: 41.8 (#94)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 5GPT-5.4 nano
GPQA Diamond93.9%78.5%
SimpleQA Verified59.9%11.7%
LMArena Expert15581397
Vectara Hallucination Rate—3.1%

Multimodal Claude Opus 5 leads

Claude Opus 5: 51.1 (#6), GPT-5.4 nano: 36.0 (#73)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 5GPT-5.4 nano
LMArena Vision13211196
Blueprint-Bench 230.4%—
Furniture Assembly60.8%—
LMArena Document1516—

Multilingual Claude Opus 5 leads

Claude Opus 5: 58.8 (#3), GPT-5.4 nano: 48.8 (#136)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 5GPT-5.4 nano
LMArena Non-English15001359
LMArena Chinese15751391
LMArena French15221396
LMArena German15221368
LMArena Japanese15101342
LMArena Korean15261321
LMArena Russian15071363
LMArena Spanish15191368

Instruction Following Claude Opus 5 leads

Claude Opus 5: 79.3 (#5), GPT-5.4 nano: 72.1 (#139)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 5GPT-5.4 nano
LMArena Instruction Following15161362

Long Context Claude Opus 5 leads

Claude Opus 5: 46.5 (#20), GPT-5.4 nano: 41.6 (#131)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 5GPT-5.4 nano
LMArena Longer Query15161365

Writing & Preference Claude Opus 5 leads

Claude Opus 5: 79.3 (#2), GPT-5.4 nano: 55.9 (#137)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 5GPT-5.4 nano
LMArena Text15061372
LMArena Creative Writing14911313
LMArena Multi-Turn14961382
EQ-Bench Creative Writing2133—
EQ-Bench 41385—

Frequently asked questions

Is Claude Opus 5 better than GPT-5.4 nano?

Claude Opus 5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 67.7 to 41.9 on the Noometry Index. GPT-5.4 nano costs 22× 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 nano?

GPT-5.4 nano is cheaper. It lists at $0.20 per million input tokens and $1.25 per million output tokens; Claude Opus 5 lists at $5 and $25.

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

Claude Opus 5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 67.0 versus 43.1 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 nano share?

35 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude Opus 5 has 57 scored results on Noometry and GPT-5.4 nano has 40.

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