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Claude Opus 4.1 vs o4-mini

Anthropic Claude Opus 4.1 vs OpenAI o4-mini — side-by-side specs.

Anthropic
Claude Opus 4.1
OpenAI
o4-mini
Overview
CompanyAnthropicOpenAI
Release dateAug 5 2025Apr 16 2025
Model type
Open sourceNoNo
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Coding
SWE-Bench Verified
74.5%
Science
GPQA Diamond
80.9%
Timeline
Release gapo4-mini shipped 111 days before Claude Opus 4.1

Which is better: Claude Opus 4.1 or o4-mini?

Claude Opus 4.1 and o4-mini don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. o4-mini shipped 111 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 o4-mini don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.

Frequently asked questions

When was Claude Opus 4.1 released?
Claude Opus 4.1 was released by Anthropic on Aug 5 2025.
When was o4-mini released?
o4-mini was released by OpenAI on Apr 16 2025.

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