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Claude Opus 5vs.GPT-6 Sol
Which one is better?
Claude Opus 5 performs better than GPT-6 Sol, but costs 2.5 times as much.
Claude Opus 5
Rank 9
GPT-6 Sol
Rank 13
Claude Opus 5
GPT-6 Sol
Claude Opus 5
GPT-6 Sol
Claude Opus 5
Rank 23 of 785
GPT-6 Sol
Rank 3 of 785
Above 272,000 tokens of context, GPT-6 Sol costs more: $4 input and $15 output per 1M tokens.
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Where is the difference?
Strengths at a glance
Opus 5GPT-6 SolMedian of all ranked models
95 % range: Opus 5 114.4 to 121.6, GPT-6 Sol 112.2 to 117.6.
The same values and verdicts as the bars below. In the close-up the net starts at 95 points, just below the weaker model's lowest value; the reference group average is 100.
Opus 5 is ahead in 7 of 10 areas, GPT-6 Sol in none.
Opus 5 ahead: 7Opus 5 slightly ahead: 1GPT-6 Sol slightly ahead: 2
Bar length shows the gap in index points (full width 15 points, one standard deviation of the reference group). Solid means clearly ahead, hatched not certain yet, a thin grey bar level.
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Bar length shows the gap in index points (full width 15 points, one standard deviation of the reference group). Solid means clearly ahead, hatched not certain yet, a thin grey bar level.
Claude Opus 5 vs. GPT-6 Sol at the same effort
Both models measured at the same reasoning efforts. This shows whether a lead comes from the model or only from more compute.
| Effort | Opus 5 | GPT-6 Sol | Gap | Verdict | Test series |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| max | 117.2 | 110.5 | 2.8 | tied | 11 |
| Overall index (max vs. max) | 117.2 | 110.5 | 6.7 | Opus 5 ahead |
Gap and verdict compare only the Artificial Analysis test series in which both models are measured at that effort. Tied below 3 points, ahead only beyond two standard errors. The single values rest on all test series of each model, so their difference can deviate from the gap.
Which model for which task?
Everyday tasks, translated from the area values above. Each row names the values it rests on.
See for yourself: same task, one attempt
The same prompt for both models. We show the latest attempt without fixes; it does not count toward the overall index.
Claude Opus 5

Oct 1, 2026 · 63 s · $0.14
Test details
- Run date
- Oct 1, 2026
- API provider
- openrouter
- Requested API model
- anthropic/claude-opus-5
- Reasoning setting
- high
- Token limit including reasoning
- 8,192 tokens
- Output tokens
- 5,423 tokens
- Cost of the attempt
- $0.1357
- Response time
- 63 s
- API model reported in response
- anthropic/claude-opus-5
- Pinned endpoint
- Anthropic | anthropic/claude-opus-5-20260723
- Temperature
- Provider default
- Test protocol
- community-visual-tests-v1
- Technical checks
- Passed, not a quality rating
Visually reviewed. This individual test does not establish overall model quality.
Earlier attempts (1)
- Sep 7, 2026API request failedReasoning setting: high
GPT-6 Sol

Oct 1, 2026 · 80 s · $0.04
Test details
- Run date
- Oct 1, 2026
- API provider
- openrouter
- Requested API model
- openai/gpt-6-sol
- Reasoning setting
- high
- Token limit including reasoning
- 8,192 tokens
- Output tokens
- 4,389 tokens
- Cost of the attempt
- $0.0439
- Response time
- 80.5 s
- API model reported in response
- openai/gpt-6-sol
- Pinned endpoint
- OpenAI | openai/gpt-6-sol-20260922
- Temperature
- Provider default
- Test protocol
- community-visual-tests-v1
- Technical checks
- Passed, not a quality rating
Visually reviewed. This individual test does not establish overall model quality.
SVG short test
SVG short test
One SVG task with the same fixed settings for every model, without hidden thinking.
Prompt
Return only one standalone SVG of a pelican riding a bicycle. Use viewBox="0 0 800 600", simple shapes, two clearly visible wheels and a recognizable pelican with a long beak. At most 30 SVG elements and 1800 characters. No Markdown, explanations, comments, scripts, animation, CSS or external resources.
Claude Opus 5
Unavailable in this round
GPT-6 Sol
Unavailable in this round
Claude Opus 5 and GPT-6 Sol in the overall index
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Overall index (Gradually Meta-Score v4)
20 of 92 models
4 models in this view are measured at a lower reasoning effort than max in the overall index. Dashed column: lower reasoning effort than the top.
Popularity compared
How often the models are searched for, used and mentioned, on a scale from 0 to 100.
GPT-6 Sol is more popular than Claude Opus 5: 73 to 63 out of 100.
Over time
Weekly values from October 18, 2026 to November 7, 2026
Claude Opus 5GPT-6 Sol
All data side by side
The better value is bold. For the overall index only when the gap is clear.
| Metric | Claude Opus 5 | GPT-6 Sol |
|---|---|---|
| Intelligence | ||
| Overall indexpoints, 100 = reference group average, higher is better | 117.2 | 110.5 |
| Rank | Rank 9 of 92 | Rank 13 of 92 |
| Price per 1M tokens | ||
| Inputwhat you send | $5 | $2above 272,000 tokens: $4 |
| Outputwhat the model writes | $25 | $10above 272,000 tokens: $15 |
| Cost per task (own tests)average of 3 original-protocol tasks both models passed (SVG short test not included) | $0.14 | $0.044 |
| Speed | ||
| Tokens per second | 66 | 111 |
| Popularity | ||
| Popularitysearch, usage and mentions, 0 to 100 | 63Rank 23 of 785 | 73Rank 3 of 785 |
| Technical | ||
| Context windowhow much text the model reads at once | 1 M tokens≈ 1,500 A4 pages | 1.05 M tokens≈ 1,580 A4 pages |
| Knowledge cutoff | May 2026 | Apr 20, 2026 |
| Released | Jul 24, 2026 | Sep 22, 2026 |
| Availability | Active | Active |
| Open weights | no | no |
Prices without caching or batch discounts · Page count as a rule of thumb from Artificial Analysis
Is there a better choice?
Overall index 126.1, rank 1$4 input and $20 output per 1M tokens
GPT-6 Sol vs. Claude Opus 5.5Overall index 119.2, rank 7$2 input and $10 output per 1M tokens
Opus 5 vs. GPT-6.1 SolOverall index 122.8, rank 4$2 input and $10 output per 1M tokens
Opus 5 vs. Claude Sonnet 5.5Shared benchmarks
Single results from the same benchmark version, task and metric. A value is bold only with the same test setup and a clear gap.
A: Claude Opus 5B: GPT-6 Sol
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- 1GPT-6 Sol vs. GPT-5.6 Sol
- 2GPT-6 Sol vs. DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash
- 3GPT-6 Sol vs. Gemini 3.8 Flash
- 4Claude Sonnet 5.5 vs. Claude Opus 5
- 5GPT-6 Sol vs. GPT-5.6 Terra
- 6GPT-6 Astra vs. GPT-6 Sol
- 7Claude Opus 5 vs. DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash
- 8Claude Opus 5 vs. Gemini 3.8 Flash
- 9Claude Opus 5 vs. GLM-5.3-Flash
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- 10GPT-6 Sol vs. GLM-5.3-Flash
- 11Claude Sonnet 5.5 vs. GPT-6 Sol
- 12Claude Opus 5 vs. DeepSeek-V4-Pro
- 13Claude Opus 5 vs. GPT-6 Astra
- 14GPT-6 Sol vs. Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
- 15Claude Opus 4.8 vs. GPT-6 Sol
- 16Claude Opus 5 vs. Kimi K3
- 17GPT-6 Sol vs. GPT-5.4
- 18GPT-6 Sol vs. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
- 19GPT-6 Sol vs. Qwen 3.8 27B
- 20Claude Opus 5 vs. Mistral Large 4
- 21GPT-6 Sol vs. GPT-6 Luna
- 22Claude Opus 5 vs. GPT-6.1 Sol
- 23GPT-6 Sol vs. Kimi K3.1 Pro
- 24Claude Opus 5 vs. Muse Spark 1.3
- 25Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs. GPT-6 Sol
- 26Claude Opus 5 vs. Grok 4.6
- 27Claude Haiku 5.5 vs. Claude Opus 5
- 28Claude Opus 5 vs. Qwen 3.8 27B
- 29GPT-6 Sol vs. Grok 4.7
- 30Claude Opus 5 vs. GLM-5.3
- 31Claude Haiku 5.5 vs. GPT-6 Sol
- 32Claude Opus 5.5 vs. GPT-6 Sol
- 33GPT-6 Sol vs. Qwen 3.8 Max 0902
- 34Claude Sonnet 5 vs. GPT-6 Sol
- 35GPT-6 Sol vs. Kimi K3
- 36Claude Fable 5.1 vs. GPT-6 Sol
- 37Claude Opus 5 vs. GPT-5.6 Terra
- 38Claude Opus 5 vs. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
- 39GPT-6 Sol vs. DeepSeek-V4-Pro
- 40GPT-6 Sol vs. GPT-5.6 Luna
- 41Claude Opus 5 vs. Grok 4.7
- 42Claude Opus 5 vs. Claude Sonnet 5
- 43Claude Opus 5 vs. GPT-5.6 Luna
- 44Claude Opus 5 vs. Claude Sonnet 4.5
- 45GPT-6 Sol vs. Mistral Large 4
- 46GPT-6 Sol vs. Gemini 4 Argon
- 47GPT-6 Sol vs. Gemini 3.6 Flash
- 48Claude Opus 4.6 vs. GPT-6 Sol
- 49GPT-6 Sol vs. Muse Wonder
- 50Claude Haiku 4.5 vs. GPT-6 Sol
- 51GPT-6 Sol vs. GPT-5.5
- 52GPT-6.1 Terra vs. GPT-6 Sol
- 53Claude Opus 5 vs. Gemini 4 Carbon
- 54Claude Opus 5 vs. Gemini 4 Argon
- 55Claude Opus 5 vs. Kimi K3.1 Pro
- 56GPT-6 Sol vs. Gemini 4 Carbon
- 57Claude Opus 5 vs. Muse Wonder Full
- 58Claude Opus 5 vs. GPT-6.1 Terra