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Claude Opus 4.5 vs o1-preview

Anthropic
Claude Opus 4.5
OpenAI
o1-preview
Overview
CompanyAnthropicOpenAI
Release dateNov 24 2025Sep 12 2024
AccessProprietaryProprietary
Benchmarks
Nonsense detection
BullshitBench v2
90%
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

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

o1-preview was released by OpenAI on Sep 12 2024.

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