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Claude Opus 4.1 vs o1

Anthropic
Claude Opus 4.1
OpenAI
o1
Overview
CompanyAnthropicOpenAI
Release dateAug 5 2025Dec 5 2024
AccessProprietaryProprietary
Benchmarks
Nonsense detection
BullshitBench v2
43%
Coding
SWE-Bench Verified
74.5%
Science
GPQA Diamond
80.9%
Timeline
Release gapo1 shipped 243 days before Claude Opus 4.1

Which is better: Claude Opus 4.1 or o1?

Claude Opus 4.1 and o1 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. o1 shipped 243 days before Claude Opus 4.1, 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 — Claude Opus 4.1 and o1 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.

Frequently asked questions

Claude Opus 4.1 was released by Anthropic on Aug 5 2025.

o1 was released by OpenAI on Dec 5 2024.

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