# Claude 3 Opus vs GPT-4.1 mini

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Claude 3 Opus and GPT-4.1 mini across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/claude-3-opus-vs-gpt-4-1-mini
- Last updated: September 23, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 0
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.6

## Quick Verdict

No benchmark verdict yet: there is no shared sourced benchmark row for Claude 3 Opus and GPT-4.1 mini.

## Summary

- Claude 3 Opus and GPT-4.1 mini do not currently share a sourced benchmark row. The mirror therefore compares metadata, pricing, context windows, and each model's separately reported coverage without naming a benchmark winner.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Claude 3 Opus | GPT-4.1 mini |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Anthropic | OpenAI |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Non-Reasoning |
| Context | 200K | 1M |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 28.62 | 28.68 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 0 | 5 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $15.00 / $75.00 | $0.40 / $1.60 |

## Category Breakdown

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude 3 Opus public-lane score: 20.9 (Estimated · #124/135)
- GPT-4.1 mini public-lane score: 24.9 (Estimated · #111/135)

| Benchmark | Claude 3 Opus | GPT-4.1 mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 23.6% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude 3 Opus public-lane score: Coming soon
- GPT-4.1 mini public-lane score: 51.3 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude 3 Opus public-lane score: Coming soon
- GPT-4.1 mini public-lane score: 46.6 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude 3 Opus public-lane score: 22.4 (Estimated · #154/160)
- GPT-4.1 mini public-lane score: 29.8 (Supported · #128/160)

| Benchmark | Claude 3 Opus | GPT-4.1 mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU | Coming soon | 87.5% | Coming soon |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 64.2% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude 3 Opus public-lane score: Coming soon
- GPT-4.1 mini public-lane score: 42.8 (#94/124)

| Benchmark | Claude 3 Opus | GPT-4.1 mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | Coming soon | 88.5% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude 3 Opus public-lane score: Coming soon
- GPT-4.1 mini public-lane score: 28.4 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

| Benchmark | Claude 3 Opus | GPT-4.1 mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | Coming soon | 4.483% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Can I compare Claude 3 Opus and GPT-4.1 mini on BenchLM yet?

Not fully yet. BenchLM is tracking both models, but sourced benchmark coverage is still incomplete for a fair score-level comparison.

### Why does this page show "coming soon" values?

BenchLM only calls winners when public benchmark coverage is available on both sides of the comparison.

## Related Comparisons

- [Claude 3 Opus vs GPT-4.1](/compare/claude-3-opus-vs-gpt-4-1)
- [GPT-4.1 mini vs GPT-4.1](/compare/gpt-4-1-vs-gpt-4-1-mini)
- [Claude 3 Opus vs GPT-4.1 nano](/compare/claude-3-opus-vs-gpt-4-1-nano)
- [GPT-4.1 mini vs GPT-4.1 nano](/compare/gpt-4-1-mini-vs-gpt-4-1-nano)

## Explore More

- [Claude 3 Opus profile](/models/claude-3-opus)
- [GPT-4.1 mini profile](/models/gpt-4-1-mini)
- [Compare Pricing](/llm-pricing)
- [Alternative Finder](/tools/alternative-finder)
- [LLM Selector](/tools/llm-selector)
- [Overall Rankings](/best/overall)