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Claude Opus 4.5 vs o3-mini-high

Anthropic Claude Opus 4.5 vs OpenAI o3-mini-high — side-by-side specs.

Anthropic
Claude Opus 4.5
OpenAI
o3-mini-high
Overview
CompanyAnthropicOpenAI
Release dateNov 24 2025Jan 31 2025
Model type
Open sourceNoNo
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Coding
SWE-Bench Verified
80.9%
Science
GPQA Diamond
87%
Timeline
Release gapo3-mini-high shipped 297 days before Claude Opus 4.5

Which is better: Claude Opus 4.5 or o3-mini-high?

Claude Opus 4.5 and o3-mini-high don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. o3-mini-high shipped 297 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 o3-mini-high 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 o3-mini-high released?
o3-mini-high was released by OpenAI on Jan 31 2025.

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