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Model comparison

Claude 4.1 Opus vs GPT-5.1

Data verified

Head-to-head evidence from 2 shared benchmark results across 2 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.

45.88/100
Margin
7.8pts
winning →
OpenAI
53.65/100
0 category wins0 category wins

Public leaderboard positions: Claude 4.1 Opus #142 (Supported); GPT-5.1 #94 (Estimated). Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.

Evidence parity. Claude 4.1 Opus and GPT-5.1 share 2 comparable benchmark results. 0 of 8 categories are comparable. 2 results are unique to Claude 4.1 Opus; 19 to GPT-5.1.

Updated July 20, 2026
Shared results
2
Claude 4.1 Opus only
2
GPT-5.1 only
19
Comparable categories
0 / 8

Benchmark data for Claude 4.1 Opus and GPT-5.1 is coming soon on BenchLM.

Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 2 shared benchmark results across 2 evidence categories; 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.

Claude 4.1 Opus is priced at $15.00 input / $75.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $1.25 input / $10.00 output per 1M tokens for GPT-5.1.

Category breakdown

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

Category scores and score margins for Claude 4.1 Opus and GPT-5.1
CategoryClaude 4.1 OpusΔGPT-5.1
CodingClaude 4.1 Opus74.5MarginNo overlapGPT-5.1Not measured
MathClaude 4.1 OpusNot measuredMarginNo overlapGPT-5.126.4

Operational comparison

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

MetricClaude 4.1 OpusGPT-5.1Comparison
Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokensClaude 4.1 Opus$15 input / $75 outputGPT-5.1$1.25 input / $10 outputGPT-5.1 has the lower combined listed price.
Generation speedtokens per secondClaude 4.1 Opus29 tok/sGPT-5.1111 tok/sGPT-5.1 has the higher measured throughput.
First-answer latencyseconds to first tokenClaude 4.1 Opus1.66 sGPT-5.157.47 sClaude 4.1 Opus reaches the first token sooner.
Context windowmaximum listed tokensClaude 4.1 Opus200KGPT-5.1200KListed context windows are equal.

Benchmark Deep Dive

Agentic
BenchmarkClaude 4.1 OpusGPT-5.1Result
JobBenchSource 21.9%Not comparable
AA Agentic IndexSource 21.0%Not comparable
τ²-bench resultsSource 81.9%Not comparable
Gert LabsSource 41.24%Not comparable
GDPval-AASource 24.4%Not comparable
GDPval-AASource 987Not comparable
Coding
BenchmarkClaude 4.1 OpusGPT-5.1Result
SWE-bench VerifiedSource 74.5%Not comparable
Vibe Code BenchSource 24.61%Not comparable
AA Coding IndexSource 49.4%Not comparable
AA-SciCodeSource 43.3%Not comparable
Reasoning
BenchmarkClaude 4.1 OpusGPT-5.1Result
AA-LCRSource 75.0%Not comparable
CritPtSource 4.9%Not comparable
Knowledge
BenchmarkClaude 4.1 OpusGPT-5.1Result
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource 28.2%36.9%GPT-5.1 leads
AA-GPQA DiamondSource 87.3%Not comparable
AA-HLESource 26.5%Not comparable
AA-Omniscience IndexSource 5.6%Not comparable
AA-Omniscience AccuracySource 37.6%Not comparable
AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource 51.3%Not comparable
Math
BenchmarkClaude 4.1 OpusGPT-5.1Result
FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3)Source 31.034%Not comparable
FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4)Source 12.500%Not comparable
Multimodal
BenchmarkClaude 4.1 OpusGPT-5.1Result
Design Arena WebsiteSource 12091220GPT-5.1 leads
AA-MMMU-ProSource 75.5%Not comparable
Inst. Following
BenchmarkClaude 4.1 OpusGPT-5.1Result
AA-IFBenchSource 72.9%Not comparable
Frequently Asked Questions (3)

Can I compare Claude 4.1 Opus and GPT-5.1 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 and GPT-5.1 today?

Claude 4.1 Opus: $15.00 input / $75.00 output per 1M tokens GPT-5.1: $1.25 input / $10.00 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 20, 2026

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