# Claude Opus 5.5 vs GPT-5.4 nano

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Claude Opus 5.5 and GPT-5.4 nano across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/claude-opus-5-5-vs-gpt-5-4-nano
- Last updated: September 22, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 1
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Claude Opus 5.5 and GPT-5.4 nano share only 1 sourced benchmark row.

## Summary

- Only 1 shared sourced benchmark row is available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- GPT-5.4 nano has the lower published output-token price.
- Claude Opus 5.5 has the larger published context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Claude Opus 5.5 | GPT-5.4 nano |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Anthropic | OpenAI |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 400K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 81.03 | 59.72 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 47 | 18 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $4.00 / $20.00 | $0.20 / $1.25 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Opus 5.5 public-lane score: 82.9 (Supported · #1/157)
- GPT-5.4 nano public-lane score: 35.8 (Supported · #139/157)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 5.5 | GPT-5.4 nano | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 4.0 | 66.40% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench-Science 0.1 | 58.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AutomationBench | 40.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | 67.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld 2.0 | 48.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LAB all-pass (Harvey held-out) | 8.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LAB criterion-pass (Harvey held-out) | 91.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon-Verified | 77.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon Verified Pass@3 | 82.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon Verified Pass³ | 72.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon Verified avg. turns | 26.9 turns | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 46.3% | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | Coming soon | 39% | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | Coming soon | 56.1% | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon | Coming soon | 35.5% | Coming soon |
| τ²-bench results | Coming soon | 92.5% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | Coming soon | 41.6% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Opus 5.5 public-lane score: 80.1 (Supported · #2/159)
- GPT-5.4 nano public-lane score: 37.7 (Supported · #133/159)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 5.5 | GPT-5.4 nano | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierCode 1.1 Main | 54.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| cursorBench40 | 57.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 89.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | 93.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE Multimodal | 61.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | 74.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierCode 1.1 Extended | 63.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierSWE v2 | 62.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ProgramBench | 91.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Vibe Code Bench | Coming soon | 26.10% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | Coming soon | 84.0% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 69.8% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Opus 5.5 public-lane score: 78.5 (#4/17)
- GPT-5.4 nano public-lane score: 73.7 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Opus 5.5 public-lane score: 88.8 (#3/50)
- GPT-5.4 nano public-lane score: 23.8 (#47/50)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 5.5 | GPT-5.4 nano | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Chartography (tools) | 89.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Chartography (no tools) | 64.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BenchCAD Vision2Code (no tools) | 0.730 | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BenchCAD Vision2Code (tools) | 0.962 | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Biomedical image analysis | 71.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OfficeQA | 78.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OfficeQA Pro | 67.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro | Coming soon | 66.1% | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro w/ Python | Coming soon | 69.5% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Opus 5.5 public-lane score: 81.8 (Estimated · #4/189)
- GPT-5.4 nano public-lane score: 47.8 (Supported · #102/189)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 5.5 | GPT-5.4 nano | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| HLE w/o tools | 64.4% | 24.3% | Claude Opus 5.5 |
| HealthBench (raw) | 68.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HealthBench (length-adjusted) | 60.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HealthBench Professional | 65.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HealthBench Professional (raw) | 77.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BioMysteryBench (human-solvable) | 89.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BioMysteryBench (human-difficult) | 50.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SpatialBench Verified | 72.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SingleCellBench | 61.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Morphology-to-molecule matching | 34.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Medicinal chemistry | 63.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Protein Design | 60.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Protein Design library ranking | 56.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| De novo protein-binder design | 82.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Protocols (troubleshooting) | 73.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Protocols (understanding) | 69.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 82.8% | Coming soon |
| HLE | Coming soon | 37.7% | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | Coming soon | 77.5% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | Coming soon | 77.2% | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Opus 5.5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- GPT-5.4 nano public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 5.5 | GPT-5.4 nano | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GMMLU | 94.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MILU | 93.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Opus 5.5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- GPT-5.4 nano public-lane score: 91.9 (#9/124)

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Opus 5.5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- GPT-5.4 nano public-lane score: 43.8 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 5.5 | GPT-5.4 nano | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ArXivMath Aug. 2026 (no tools) | 91.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ArXivMath Aug. 2026 (tools) | 96.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | Coming soon | 25.860% | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | Coming soon | 6.250% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Claude Opus 5.5 and GPT-5.4 nano?

Not yet. The models share only 1 sourced benchmark row, 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.

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- [GPT-5.4 nano vs GPT-5.4](/compare/gpt-5-4-vs-gpt-5-4-nano)
- [Claude Opus 5.5 vs GPT-5.4 mini](/compare/claude-opus-5-5-vs-gpt-5-4-mini)
- [GPT-5.4 nano vs GPT-5.4 mini](/compare/gpt-5-4-mini-vs-gpt-5-4-nano)

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