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Claude Opus 4.1 (batch) vs GPT-5.6 Sol

Side-by-side API pricing and Artificial Analysis performance for Claude Opus 4.1 (batch) (Anthropic) and GPT-5.6 Sol (OpenAI). Green cells mark the better value in each row.

Prices updated Sep 18, 2026, 10:48 AM UTC · refreshed hourly

Claude Opus 4.1 (batch)

Anthropic

GPT-5.6 Sol

OpenAI

Pricing
Input $/1M$7.50$2.00
Output $/1M$37.50$10.00
Blended $/1M (3:1)$15.00$4.00
RAG example (30K in / 2K out)$0.3$0.08
Quality & speed
Intelligence Index47.1
Coding Index77.4
Agentic Index50.5
Output speed (tok/s)70
Time to first token71.20s
Specs
Context window200K1.05M
Input modalitiesimage, text, filefile, image, text

FAQ

Which is cheaper, Claude Opus 4.1 (batch) or GPT-5.6 Sol?

GPT-5.6 Sol has the lower blended API price at $4.00 per 1M tokens (3:1 input:output mix), versus $15.00 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), GPT-5.6 Sol costs about $0.08 per request versus $0.3. Also compare context windows: Claude Opus 4.1 (batch) offers 200K and GPT-5.6 Sol offers 1.05M.

Which scores higher on Artificial Analysis benchmarks?

GPT-5.6 Sol leads on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index (47.1 vs —). Check coding and agentic indices on this page for workload-specific tradeoffs.