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Claude Opus 4.6 vs o3-mini

Anthropic Claude Opus 4.6 vs OpenAI o3-mini — side-by-side specs.

Anthropic
Claude Opus 4.6
OpenAI
o3-mini
Overview
CompanyAnthropicOpenAI
Release dateFeb 5 2026Jan 31 2025
Model type
Open sourceNoNo
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Coding
SWE-Bench Verified
80.8%
Science
GPQA Diamond
91.3%
Timeline
Release gapo3-mini shipped 370 days before Claude Opus 4.6

Which is better: Claude Opus 4.6 or o3-mini?

Claude Opus 4.6 and o3-mini don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. o3-mini shipped 370 days before Claude Opus 4.6, 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 4.6 and o3-mini don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.

Frequently asked questions

When was Claude Opus 4.6 released?
Claude Opus 4.6 was released by Anthropic on Feb 5 2026.
When was o3-mini released?
o3-mini was released by OpenAI on Jan 31 2025.

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