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Model comparison

Claude Opus 5 vs GPT-5.1

Data verified

Head-to-head evidence from 14 shared benchmark results across 5 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.

Anthropic
85.88/100
Margin
33.2pts
← winning
OpenAI
52.66/100
0 category wins0 category wins

Public leaderboard positions: Claude Opus 5 #1 (Estimated); GPT-5.1 #101 (Estimated). Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.

Evidence parity. Claude Opus 5 and GPT-5.1 share 14 comparable benchmark results. 0 of 8 categories are comparable. 65 results are unique to Claude Opus 5; 7 to GPT-5.1.

Updated July 24, 2026
Shared results
14
Claude Opus 5 only
65
GPT-5.1 only
7
Comparable categories
0 / 8

Benchmark data for Claude Opus 5 and GPT-5.1 is coming soon on BenchLM.

Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 14 shared benchmark results across 5 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 Opus 5 is priced at $5.00 input / $25.00 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 Opus 5 and GPT-5.1
CategoryClaude Opus 5ΔGPT-5.1
AgenticClaude Opus 590.8MarginNo overlapGPT-5.1Not measured
CodingClaude Opus 589.5MarginNo overlapGPT-5.1Not measured
ReasoningClaude Opus 590.4MarginNo overlapGPT-5.1Not measured
KnowledgeClaude Opus 564.7MarginNo overlapGPT-5.1Not measured
MathClaude Opus 5Not measuredMarginNo overlapGPT-5.126.4
MultimodalClaude Opus 566.9MarginNo overlapGPT-5.1Not measured

Operational comparison

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

MetricClaude Opus 5GPT-5.1Comparison
Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokensClaude Opus 5$5 input / $25 outputGPT-5.1$1.25 input / $10 outputGPT-5.1 has the lower combined listed price.
Generation speedtokens per secondClaude Opus 5Not availableGPT-5.1111 tok/sA complete speed comparison is not available.
First-answer latencyseconds to first tokenClaude Opus 5Not availableGPT-5.157.47 sA complete latency comparison is not available.
Context windowmaximum listed tokensClaude Opus 5Not availableGPT-5.1200KA complete context comparison is not available.

Benchmark Deep Dive

Agentic
BenchmarkClaude Opus 5GPT-5.1Result
FrontierBench v0.1Source 43.3%Not comparable
BrowseCompSource 90.8%Not comparable
HLE w/ toolsSource 64.7%Not comparable
DeepSearchQASource 95.0%Not comparable
DRACOSource 88.6%Not comparable
BrowseComp (10-agent, prerelease)Source 93.6%Not comparable
OSWorld 2.0Source 70.6%Not comparable
MCP AtlasSource 85.8%Not comparable
MCP-Atlas claim coverageSource 89.1%Not comparable
LAB all-pass (Anthropic harness)Source 23.58%Not comparable
LAB criterion-pass (Anthropic harness)Source 93.74%Not comparable
LAB all-pass (Harvey held-out)Source 11.7%Not comparable
LAB criterion-pass (Harvey held-out)Source 94.1%Not comparable
GDPval-AASource 1861988Claude Opus 5 leads
Toolathlon-VerifiedSource 80.6%Not comparable
Toolathlon Verified Pass@3Source 87.0%Not comparable
Toolathlon Verified Pass³Source 73.1%Not comparable
Toolathlon Verified avg. turnsSource 23.5 turnsNot comparable
AutomationBenchSource 26.0%Not comparable
AA Agentic IndexSource 55.3%21.0%Claude Opus 5 leads
GDPval-AASource 68.0%24.4%Claude Opus 5 leads
AA Tau3 BankingSource 30.3%Not comparable
AA BriefcaseSource 1720Not comparable
aaTerminalBench21Source 89.1%Not comparable
τ²-bench resultsSource 81.9%Not comparable
Gert LabsSource 41.24%Not comparable
Coding
BenchmarkClaude Opus 5GPT-5.1Result
SWE-bench VerifiedSource 96%Not comparable
SWE-bench ProSource 79.2%Not comparable
SWE MultilingualSource 89.5%Not comparable
SWE MultimodalSource 59.4%Not comparable
deepSweSource 68.8%Not comparable
FrontierCode 1.1 MainSource 53.4%Not comparable
FrontierCode 1.1 ExtendedSource 63.6%Not comparable
ProgramBench (episode 1)Source 83.0%Not comparable
ProgramBenchSource 93.0%Not comparable
cursorBench32Source 70.0%Not comparable
AA Coding IndexSource 78.0%49.4%Claude Opus 5 leads
AA-SciCodeSource 55.7%43.3%Claude Opus 5 leads
Vibe Code BenchSource 24.61%Not comparable
Reasoning
BenchmarkClaude Opus 5GPT-5.1Result
ARC-AGI-1Source 97.50%Not comparable
ARC-AGI-2Source 90.4%Not comparable
ARC-AGI-3Source 30.2%Not comparable
AA-LCRSource 70.0%75.0%GPT-5.1 leads
CritPtSource 29.1%4.9%Claude Opus 5 leads
Knowledge
BenchmarkClaude Opus 5GPT-5.1Result
HLESource 64.7%Not comparable
HLE w/o toolsSource 56.3%Not comparable
HealthBench (raw)Source 67.1%Not comparable
HealthBench (length-adjusted)Source 57.8%Not comparable
HealthBench ProfessionalSource 59.8%Not comparable
HealthBench Professional (raw)Source 73.4%Not comparable
BioMysteryBench (human-solvable)Source 90.1%Not comparable
BioMysteryBench (human-difficult)Source 49.4%Not comparable
SpatialBench VerifiedSource 72.5%Not comparable
SingleCellBenchSource 60.6%Not comparable
ProteinGym HardSource 47.7%Not comparable
Protein DesignSource 42.5%Not comparable
Organic chemistry V2Source 61.6%Not comparable
Protocols (troubleshooting)Source 61.1%Not comparable
Protocols (understanding)Source 78.4%Not comparable
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource 60.7%36.9%Claude Opus 5 leads
AA-GPQA DiamondSource 93.2%87.3%Claude Opus 5 leads
AA-HLESource 52.6%26.5%Claude Opus 5 leads
AA-Omniscience IndexSource 31.3%5.6%Claude Opus 5 leads
AA-Omniscience AccuracySource 54.2%37.6%Claude Opus 5 leads
AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource 50.1%51.3%Claude Opus 5 leads
Math
BenchmarkClaude Opus 5GPT-5.1Result
IMO 2026Source 42/42Not comparable
RiemannBench (no tools)Source 60.0%Not comparable
RiemannBench (tools)Source 79.0%Not comparable
ArXivMath Jun. 2026 (no tools)Source 90.8%Not comparable
ArXivMath Jun. 2026 (tools)Source 91.3%Not comparable
FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3)Source 31.034%Not comparable
FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4)Source 12.500%Not comparable
Multilingual
BenchmarkClaude Opus 5GPT-5.1Result
GMMLUSource 92.5%Not comparable
MILUSource 92.1%Not comparable
INCLUDESource 89.8%Not comparable
Multimodal
BenchmarkClaude Opus 5GPT-5.1Result
Chartography (no tools)Source 29.6%Not comparable
Chartography (tools)Source 83.0%Not comparable
BenchCAD Vision2Code (no tools)Source 0.366Not comparable
BenchCAD Vision2Code (tools)Source 0.821Not comparable
GDP.pdf (no tools)Source 83.4%Not comparable
GDP.pdf (tools)Source 85.5%Not comparable
OfficeQASource 78.1%Not comparable
OfficeQA ProSource 66.9%Not comparable
AA-MMMU-ProSource 84.7%75.5%Claude Opus 5 leads
Design Arena WebsiteSource 1217Not comparable
Inst. Following
BenchmarkClaude Opus 5GPT-5.1Result
AA-IFBenchSource 72.9%Not comparable
Frequently Asked Questions (3)

Can I compare Claude Opus 5 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 Opus 5 and GPT-5.1 today?

Claude Opus 5: $5.00 input / $25.00 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 24, 2026