Claude Opus 4.1 vs GPT-5.4 mini
Anthropic Claude Opus 4.1 | OpenAI GPT-5.4 mini | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Company | Anthropic | OpenAI |
| Release date | Aug 5 2025 | Mar 17 2026 |
| Access | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Specifications | ||
Context window | — | 400k |
| Benchmarks | ||
Nonsense detection BullshitBench v2Given a confidently-worded but nonsensical prompt, does the AI spot that it makes no sense and push back — instead of playing along and inventing an answer? The score is how often it clearly called out the nonsense. Higher is better. | 43%Best | 32% |
Coding SWE-Bench VerifiedReal coding tasks pulled from open-source projects — the AI has to find and fix actual bugs. A human-checked version of the original SWE-Bench. Higher is better. | 74.5% | — |
Science GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions in biology, physics, and chemistry — hard enough that subject-matter PhDs score around 65%. Higher is better. | 80.9% | — |
| Timeline | ||
| Release gap | Claude Opus 4.1 shipped 224 days before GPT-5.4 mini | |
Which is better: Claude Opus 4.1 or GPT-5.4 mini?
Claude Opus 4.1 leads GPT-5.4 mini on 1 of the 1 benchmark they both report (BullshitBench v2). Claude Opus 4.1 shipped 224 days before GPT-5.4 mini, 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.
On BullshitBench v2, Claude Opus 4.1 leads at 43% vs GPT-5.4 mini at 32%.
Frequently asked questions
Claude Opus 4.1 was released by Anthropic on Aug 5 2025.
GPT-5.4 mini was released by OpenAI on Mar 17 2026.
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