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Claude Opus 5 vs GPT-6.1 Sol
2 of 5Language Models · verified 1 Oct 2026
Claude Opus 5Anthropiccurrent
GPT-6.1 SolOpenAIcurrent| Specification | Claude Opus 5 | GPT-6.1 Sol |
|---|---|---|
| Summary | Complex agentic coding and enterprise work at half the cost of Fable 5. | Astra's score on DeepSWE, at a fifth of Astra's cost. |
| Context | 1M | 1.05M |
| Input ($/Mtok) | $5 | $2 |
| Output ($/Mtok) | $25 | $10 |
| Licence | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Max output | 128K | 128K |
| Parameters | — | Not published |
| Released | 24 Jul 2026 | 29 Sep 2026 |
| Model ID | claude-opus-5 | gpt-6.1-sol |
| Category | Language Models | Language Models |
| Official | Anthropic ↗ | OpenAI ↗ |
Highlighted rows are where these differ.
Claude Opus 5
- Thinking on by default — a step change over Opus 4.8
- 512-token prompt-cache minimum, down from 1024
- Separate rate-limit bucket from the Opus 4.x pool
Best for agentic coding.
GPT-6.1 Sol
- Matches GPT-6 Astra on DeepSWE v1.1 at roughly a fifth of the cost
- $5.47 per Terminal-Bench Science task against $23.80 for Astra
- Above 272K tokens a prompt bills at 2x input and 1.5x output for the whole request
Best for coding and agent work at volume.