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Claude 4.1 Opus Thinking vs o3-pro

Data verified

Head-to-head evidence from 2 shared benchmark results across 1 category. Overall scores shown here use BenchLM's provisional ranking lane.

40/100
Margin
15.0pts
winning →
OpenAI
55/100
0 category wins0 category wins

Evidence parity. Claude 4.1 Opus Thinking and o3-pro share 2 comparable benchmark results. 0 of 8 categories are comparable. 8 results are unique to Claude 4.1 Opus Thinking; 0 to o3-pro.

Updated July 14, 2026
Shared results
2
Claude 4.1 Opus Thinking only
8
o3-pro only
0
Comparable categories
0 / 8

Benchmark data for Claude 4.1 Opus Thinking and o3-pro is coming soon on BenchLM.

Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 2 shared benchmark results across 1 evidence category; 0 of 8 categories currently have scoreable aggregates for both models. Treat the verdict as directional until coverage is more balanced.

Why this result

BenchLM has partial data for these models, but not enough overlapping benchmark coverage to produce a fair score-level comparison yet.

Category breakdown

Exact category averages are shown below. Not measured means BenchLM does not have enough sourced public coverage for that model and category.

Operational comparison

Runtime and commercial metrics are compared only when both models have a complete sourced value.

MetricClaude 4.1 Opus Thinkingo3-proComparison
Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokensClaude 4.1 Opus ThinkingNot availableo3-pro$20 input / $80 outputA complete price comparison is not available.
Generation speedtokens per secondClaude 4.1 Opus Thinking29 tok/so3-pro27 tok/sClaude 4.1 Opus Thinking has the higher measured throughput.
First-answer latencyseconds to first tokenClaude 4.1 Opus Thinking15.00 so3-pro84.93 sClaude 4.1 Opus Thinking reaches the first token sooner.
Context windowmaximum listed tokensClaude 4.1 Opus Thinking200Ko3-pro200KListed context windows are equal.

Benchmark Deep Dive

Agentic
BenchmarkClaude 4.1 Opus Thinkingo3-proResult
Tau2-TelecomSource 71.4%Not comparable
Coding
BenchmarkClaude 4.1 Opus Thinkingo3-proResult
Terminal-Bench HardSource 34.3%Not comparable
AA-SciCodeSource 40.9%Not comparable
Reasoning
BenchmarkClaude 4.1 Opus Thinkingo3-proResult
AA-LCRSource 66.3%Not comparable
CritPtSource 0.0%Not comparable
Knowledge
BenchmarkClaude 4.1 Opus Thinkingo3-proResult
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource 33.7%32.5%Claude 4.1 Opus Thinking leads
AA-GPQA DiamondSource 80.9%84.5%o3-pro leads
AA-HLESource 11.9%Not comparable
Multimodal
BenchmarkClaude 4.1 Opus Thinkingo3-proResult
AA-MMMU-ProSource 67.9%Not comparable
Inst. Following
BenchmarkClaude 4.1 Opus Thinkingo3-proResult
AA-IFBenchSource 55.4%Not comparable
Frequently Asked Questions (3)

Can I compare Claude 4.1 Opus Thinking and o3-pro on BenchLM yet?

Not fully yet. BenchLM is tracking both models, but the sourced benchmark breakdown for this comparison is still coming soon.

Why does this comparison show “coming soon”?

BenchLM only shows category winners and benchmark-level calls when we have sourced results that can be compared fairly. For these models, the public benchmark coverage is not complete enough yet.

What data is available for Claude 4.1 Opus Thinking and o3-pro today?

Claude 4.1 Opus Thinking: Pricing unavailable o3-pro: $20.00 input / $80.00 output per 1M tokens Both model pages still include creator, context window, reasoning mode, and other metadata while benchmark coverage fills in.

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Last updated: July 14, 2026

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