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Claude Opus 4.5 vs GPT-4o

Anthropic Claude Opus 4.5 vs OpenAI GPT-4o — side-by-side specs.

Anthropic
Claude Opus 4.5
OpenAI
GPT-4o
Overview
CompanyAnthropicOpenAI
Release dateNov 24 2025May 13 2024
Model type
Open sourceNoNo
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Coding
SWE-Bench Verified
80.9%
Science
GPQA Diamond
87%
Timeline
Release gapGPT-4o shipped 560 days before Claude Opus 4.5

Which is better: Claude Opus 4.5 or GPT-4o?

Claude Opus 4.5 and GPT-4o don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. GPT-4o shipped 560 days before Claude Opus 4.5, 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 4.5 and GPT-4o don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.

Frequently asked questions

When was Claude Opus 4.5 released?
Claude Opus 4.5 was released by Anthropic on Nov 24 2025.
When was GPT-4o released?
GPT-4o was released by OpenAI on May 13 2024.

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