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Claude Opus 4.5 vs o1-preview

Anthropic Claude Opus 4.5 vs OpenAI o1-preview — side-by-side specs.

Anthropic
Claude Opus 4.5
OpenAI
o1-preview
Overview
CompanyAnthropicOpenAI
Release dateNov 24 2025Sep 12 2024
Model type
Open sourceNoNo
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Coding
SWE-Bench Verified
80.9%
Science
GPQA Diamond
87%
Timeline
Release gapo1-preview shipped 438 days before Claude Opus 4.5

Which is better: Claude Opus 4.5 or o1-preview?

Claude Opus 4.5 and o1-preview don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. o1-preview shipped 438 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-preview 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 o1-preview released?
o1-preview was released by OpenAI on Sep 12 2024.

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