# Claude 4 Opus vs GPT-4.1 mini

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Claude 4 Opus and GPT-4.1 mini across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/claude-4-opus-vs-gpt-4-1-mini
- Last updated: October 14, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 2
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Claude 4 Opus and GPT-4.1 mini share only 2 sourced benchmark rows.

## Summary

- Only 2 shared sourced benchmark rows are available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- GPT-4.1 mini has the larger published context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Claude 4 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) | null | 29.46 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 5 | 5 |
| Pricing (input/output) | N/A | $0.40 / $1.60 |

## Category Breakdown

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude 4 Opus public-lane score: Coming soon
- GPT-4.1 mini public-lane score: 16.3 (Estimated · #129/148)

| Benchmark | Claude 4 Opus | GPT-4.1 mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 72.5% | 23.6% | Claude 4 Opus |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude 4 Opus public-lane score: Coming soon
- GPT-4.1 mini public-lane score: 56.1 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude 4 Opus public-lane score: Coming soon
- GPT-4.1 mini public-lane score: 51 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

| Benchmark | Claude 4 Opus | GPT-4.1 mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU | 73.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude 4 Opus public-lane score: Coming soon
- GPT-4.1 mini public-lane score: 31.5 (Supported · #147/181)

| Benchmark | Claude 4 Opus | GPT-4.1 mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 74.9% | 64.2% | Claude 4 Opus |
| MMMLU | 87.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU | Coming soon | 87.5% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude 4 Opus public-lane score: Coming soon
- GPT-4.1 mini public-lane score: 44.2 (#96/128)

| Benchmark | Claude 4 Opus | GPT-4.1 mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | Coming soon | 88.5% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude 4 Opus public-lane score: Coming soon
- GPT-4.1 mini public-lane score: 27 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

| Benchmark | Claude 4 Opus | GPT-4.1 mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2025 | 33.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | Coming soon | 6.667% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Claude 4 Opus and GPT-4.1 mini?

Not yet. The models share only 2 sourced benchmark rows, so this mirror reports the available measurements and metadata without naming a broad winner.

### What can I compare safely on this page?

Published pricing, context windows, model type, and individual shared benchmark rows are directly comparable. Independent overall scores and non-overlapping benchmark coverage are labeled separately and should not be read as a controlled head-to-head result.

## Related Comparisons

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

## Explore More

- [Claude 4 Opus profile](/models/claude-4-opus)
- [GPT-4.1 mini profile](/models/gpt-4-1-mini)
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