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Claude Instant 1.2 vs o1-preview

Anthropic Claude Instant 1.2 vs OpenAI o1-preview — side-by-side specs.

Anthropic
Claude Instant 1.2
OpenAI
o1-preview
Overview
CompanyAnthropicOpenAI
Release dateAug 9 2023Sep 12 2024
Model type
Open sourceNoNo
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapClaude Instant 1.2 shipped 400 days before o1-preview

Which is better: Claude Instant 1.2 or o1-preview?

Claude Instant 1.2 and o1-preview do not have directly comparable benchmark scores published on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU. Claude Instant 1.2 shipped 400 days before o1-preview, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Published specifications for these two models are limited — see each model page for the latest details.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — at least one of these models has not published scores on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU.

Frequently asked questions

When was Claude Instant 1.2 released?
Claude Instant 1.2 was released by Anthropic on Aug 9 2023.
When was o1-preview released?
o1-preview was released by OpenAI on Sep 12 2024.

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