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Claude Opus 4.5 vs o4-mini

Anthropic Claude Opus 4.5 vs OpenAI o4-mini — side-by-side specs.

Anthropic
Claude Opus 4.5
OpenAI
o4-mini
Overview
CompanyAnthropicOpenAI
Release dateNov 24 2025Apr 16 2025
Model type
Open sourceNoNo
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Coding
SWE-Bench Verified
80.9%
Science
GPQA Diamond
87%
Timeline
Release gapo4-mini shipped 222 days before Claude Opus 4.5

Which is better: Claude Opus 4.5 or o4-mini?

Claude Opus 4.5 and o4-mini don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. o4-mini shipped 222 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 o4-mini 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 o4-mini released?
o4-mini was released by OpenAI on Apr 16 2025.

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