# Claude Opus 4.6 vs GPT-4.1

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Claude Opus 4.6 and GPT-4.1 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/claude-opus-4-6-vs-gpt-4-1
- Last updated: September 29, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 5
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

Pick Claude Opus 4.6 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. GPT-4.1 only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Claude Opus 4.6 leads overall 63.49 to 39.74.
- The clearest category separation is in mathematics, where the averages are 58.5 for Claude Opus 4.6 and 28 for GPT-4.1.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Gert Labs in Agentic, with scores of 61.85% and 25.65%.
- GPT-4.1 is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Claude Opus 4.6 | GPT-4.1 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Anthropic | OpenAI |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Non-Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Overall Score | 63.49 | 39.74 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 34 | 7 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $5.00 / $25.00 | $2.00 / $8.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Opus 4.6 public-lane score: 44.5 (Supported · #44/117)
- GPT-4.1 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 | GPT-4.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 65.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 83.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | 72.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | 70.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSearchQA | 73.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CyberGym | 66.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | 61.85% | 25.65% | Claude Opus 4.6 |
| ResearchClawBench | 19.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| JobBench | 36.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ApprenticeBench | 5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Opus 4.6 public-lane score: 49.7 (Supported · #42/143)
- GPT-4.1 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 | GPT-4.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 80.8% | 54.6% | Claude Opus 4.6 |
| SWE-bench Verified* | 75.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench Pro | 70.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 53.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-Rebench | 65.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| React Native Evals | 84.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Vibe Code Bench | 57.57% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierCode 1.1 Main | 26.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Opus 4.6 public-lane score: 68.3 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- GPT-4.1 public-lane score: 69.2 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Opus 4.6 public-lane score: 60.6 (#30/50)
- GPT-4.1 public-lane score: 51.3 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 | GPT-4.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | 77.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ERQA | 51.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ScreenSpot Pro | 83.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MedXpertQA (MM) | 64.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Directional only
- Claude Opus 4.6 public-lane score: 58.4 (Estimated · #43/169)
- GPT-4.1 public-lane score: 35.5 (Supported · #116/169)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 | GPT-4.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 91.3% | 66.3% | Claude Opus 4.6 |
| GPQA-D | 89.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | 95% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | 82% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Arcee) | 89.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 53% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | 40% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HealthBench Hard | 14.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MedXpertQA (Text) | 52.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU | Coming soon | 90.2% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Directional only
- Claude Opus 4.6 public-lane score: 51 (#79/124)
- GPT-4.1 public-lane score: 48.9 (#83/124)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 | GPT-4.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | Coming soon | 87.4% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Opus 4.6 public-lane score: 58.5 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- GPT-4.1 public-lane score: 28 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 | GPT-4.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME25 (Arcee) | 99.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 40.700% | 5.517% | Claude Opus 4.6 |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 22.900% | 0.000% | Claude Opus 4.6 |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Claude Opus 4.6 or GPT-4.1?

Claude Opus 4.6 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Claude Opus 4.6 and GPT-4.1?

The widest category gap is in mathematics, where the averages are 58.5 for Claude Opus 4.6 and 28 for GPT-4.1.

### How many benchmarks does Claude Opus 4.6 cover on BenchLM?

Claude Opus 4.6 currently has 34 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does GPT-4.1 cover on BenchLM?

GPT-4.1 currently has 7 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

## Related Comparisons

- [Claude Opus 4.6 vs Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive)](/compare/claude-opus-4-6-vs-claude-opus-4-6-thinking)
- [GPT-4.1 vs Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive)](/compare/claude-opus-4-6-thinking-vs-gpt-4-1)
- [Claude Opus 4.6 vs GPT-4.1 mini](/compare/claude-opus-4-6-vs-gpt-4-1-mini)
- [GPT-4.1 vs GPT-4.1 mini](/compare/gpt-4-1-vs-gpt-4-1-mini)

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