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Claude Opus 4.5 vs o1

Anthropic
Claude Opus 4.5
OpenAI
o1
Overview
CompanyAnthropicOpenAI
Release dateNov 24 2025Dec 5 2024
AccessProprietaryProprietary
Benchmarks
Nonsense detection
BullshitBench v2
90%
Coding
SWE-Bench Verified
80.9%
Science
GPQA Diamond
87%
Timeline
Release gapo1 shipped 354 days before Claude Opus 4.5

Which is better: Claude Opus 4.5 or o1?

Claude Opus 4.5 and o1 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. o1 shipped 354 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 o1 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.

Frequently asked questions

Claude Opus 4.5 was released by Anthropic on Nov 24 2025.

o1 was released by OpenAI on Dec 5 2024.

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