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Claude Opus 4.8 vs GPT-6 Astra
2 of 5Language Models · verified 5 Sept 2026
Claude Opus 4.8Anthropiccurrent
GPT-6 AstraOpenAIcurrent| Specification | Claude Opus 4.8 | GPT-6 Astra |
|---|---|---|
| Summary | Previous Opus flagship — warmer prose, strong long-horizon work. | Saturates three of the benchmarks it reports, and ships disabled for enterprise. |
| Context | 1M | 1.05M |
| Input ($/Mtok) | $5 | $10 |
| Output ($/Mtok) | $25 | $50 |
| Licence | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Max output | 128K | 128K |
| Parameters | — | Not published |
| Released | — | 3 Sep 2026 |
| Model ID | claude-opus-4-8 | gpt-6-astra |
| Category | Language Models | Language Models |
| Official | Anthropic ↗ | — |
Highlighted rows are where these differ.
Claude Opus 4.8
- Mid-session system messages supported
- Adaptive thinking only — budget_tokens removed
Best for long-horizon agents.
GPT-6 Astra
- 97.6% on FrontierMath Tier 4, 99.9% on ARC-AGI-3 and 100% on ExploitBench
- Above 272K input tokens the whole request reprices: input and cache at 2x, output at 1.5x
- Rolls out to OpenAI's Daybreak cyber programme first, and arrives switched off for enterprise
Best for hard reasoning and computer use.