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OpenAI GPT Latest vs Claude Opus 4.6

Side-by-side API pricing and Artificial Analysis performance for OpenAI GPT Latest (~openai) and Claude Opus 4.6 (Anthropic). Green cells mark the better value in each row.

Prices updated Jul 22, 2026, 1:45 AM UTC · refreshed hourly

OpenAI GPT Latest

~openai

Claude Opus 4.6

Anthropic

Pricing
Input $/1M$5.00$5.00
Output $/1M$30.00$25.00
Blended $/1M (3:1)$11.25$10.00
RAG example (30K in / 2K out)$0.21$0.2
Quality & speed
Intelligence Index37.8
Coding Index
Agentic Index
Output speed (tok/s)57
Time to first token1.85s
Specs
Context window1.05M1M
Input modalitiesfile, image, texttext, image, file

FAQ

Which is cheaper, OpenAI GPT Latest or Claude Opus 4.6?

Claude Opus 4.6 has the lower blended API price at $10.00 per 1M tokens (3:1 input:output mix), versus $11.25 for the other model. Prices are live from OpenRouter and refresh about hourly.

Which is better for RAG workloads?

For a typical RAG request (30K input / 2K output tokens), Claude Opus 4.6 costs about $0.2 per request versus $0.21. Also compare context windows: OpenAI GPT Latest offers 1.05M and Claude Opus 4.6 offers 1M.

Which scores higher on Artificial Analysis benchmarks?

Claude Opus 4.6 leads on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index (37.8 vs —). Check coding and agentic indices on this page for workload-specific tradeoffs.