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Comparison · 3 models · Updated Nov 2, 2026

GPT-5.6 Cyber vs Claude Mythos 5.1 vs Claude Mythos 5

Too close to call on our weighted score (Claude Mythos 5.1 66, Claude Mythos 5 66, GPT-5.6 Cyber 60). The right pick depends on what you value most.

  1. OpenAI

    GPT-5.6 Cyber

    Released Aug 7, 2026

    60/100
    • ECI—
    • Price$12.50 / $75.00
    • Context400K
  2. Anthropic

    Claude Mythos 5.1

    Released Sep 1, 2026

    66/100
    • ECI—
    • Price—
    • Context1M
  3. Anthropic

    Claude Mythos 5

    Released Jun 9, 2026

    66/100
    • ECI—
    • Price$10.00 / $50.00
    • Context1M
01 — Verdict

Too close to call

It is close. Our weighted score puts them within a point (Claude Mythos 5.1 66/100, Claude Mythos 5 66/100, GPT-5.6 Cyber 60/100), so choose by what matters most for your work: Claude Mythos 5 on price. The score weighs inputs & features 60%, context window 40%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.

  • CapabilityNot enough dataNo independent benchmark covers every model here yet
  • Lowest priceClaude Mythos 5Claude Mythos 5 $20.00 · GPT-5.6 Cyber $28.13 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend) · Claude Mythos 5.1 unpriced
  • Longest contextClaude Mythos 5.1 and Claude Mythos 5Claude Mythos 5.1 1,000,000 · Claude Mythos 5 1,000,000 · GPT-5.6 Cyber 400,000 tokens
  • Widest inputsClaude Mythos 5.1 and Claude Mythos 5GPT-5.6 Cyber: Text, Images · Claude Mythos 5.1: Text, Images, PDFs · Claude Mythos 5: Text, Images, PDFs
  • Self-hostingNo open weightsAll three are available only through APIs
How the score is built
MeasureWeightGPT-5.6 CyberClaude Mythos 5.1Claude Mythos 5
Inputs & features60%707070
Context window40%446060
Overall100%60/10066/10066/100

Left out because at least one model lacks the data: capability and price. The remaining weights were rescaled.

02 — Side by side

Every spec in one table

Highlighted cells lead their row. Dashes mean the data is not published.

GPT-5.6 Cyber vs Claude Mythos 5.1 vs Claude Mythos 5 specifications side by side
SpecificationGPT-5.6 CyberOpenAIClaude Mythos 5.1AnthropicClaude Mythos 5Anthropic
Capability
Capabilities Index (ECI)———
ECI rank———
Price per million tokens
Input$12.50—$10.00 (best)
Output$75.00—$50.00 (best)
Cached input$1.25——
Blended (3:1)$28.13—$20.00 (best)
Long-context rateSame rate—Same rate
Price sourceOfficial OpenAI API—Median of 2 providers
Limits
Context window400,000 tokens1,000,000 tokens (best)1,000,000 tokens (best)
Max output128,000 tokens128,000 tokens128,000 tokens
Inputs and features
TextYesYesYes
ImagesYesYesYes
PDFsNoYesYes
AudioNoNoNo
VideoNoNoNo
ReasoningYeslow · medium · high · xhigh · maxYesYes
Tool callingYesYesYes
Structured outputYesNoNo
Availability
WeightsProprietaryProprietaryProprietary
API model IDgpt-daybreak-red-latest——
API providers1—2 (best)
ReleasedAug 7, 2026Sep 1, 2026Jun 9, 2026
Knowledge cutoffFeb 16, 2026Jun 2026Jan 31, 2026
03 — Cost

What would a month cost?

Enter your expected volume in millions of tokens. List prices only; caching and batch discounts would lower these.

  • GPT-5.6 Cyber$275.00
  • Claude Mythos 5.1—
  • Claude Mythos 5$200.00
04 — Questions

Which should you choose?

Which is better: GPT-5.6 Cyber, Claude Mythos 5.1 or Claude Mythos 5?

It is close. Our weighted score puts them within a point (Claude Mythos 5.1 66/100, Claude Mythos 5 66/100, GPT-5.6 Cyber 60/100), so choose by what matters most for your work: Claude Mythos 5 on price. The score weighs inputs & features 60%, context window 40%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.

Which is cheaper, GPT-5.6 Cyber, Claude Mythos 5.1 or Claude Mythos 5?

Claude Mythos 5 is cheaper at $10.00 input / $50.00 output per million tokens (median across 2 API providers). GPT-5.6 Cyber costs $12.50 input / $75.00 output per million tokens (official OpenAI API price). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $20.00 per million tokens for Claude Mythos 5 versus $28.13 for GPT-5.6 Cyber (1.4× as much). Claude Mythos 5.1 has no published per-token price.

Which scores higher on benchmarks?

There is no independent benchmark that covers all three models yet. GPT-5.6 Cyber has not been scored yet, Claude Mythos 5.1 has not been scored yet and Claude Mythos 5 has not been scored yet.

Which is better for coding?

There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for GPT-5.6 Cyber, Claude Mythos 5.1 and Claude Mythos 5 yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. Test both on a sample of your own tasks. All three support tool calling for agent workflows.

Which has the bigger context window?

Claude Mythos 5.1 and Claude Mythos 5 have the largest context windows (1,000,000 and 1,000,000 tokens), against 400,000 for GPT-5.6 Cyber. Maximum output per response: GPT-5.6 Cyber up to 128,000, Claude Mythos 5.1 up to 128,000, Claude Mythos 5 up to 128,000 tokens.

Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?

GPT-5.6 Cyber accepts text and images; Claude Mythos 5.1 accepts text, images and PDFs; Claude Mythos 5 accepts text, images and PDFs. Claude Mythos 5.1 handles the widest range of inputs.

Are any of these open source?

No. GPT-5.6 Cyber, Claude Mythos 5.1 and Claude Mythos 5 are proprietary and only available through APIs and apps.

Which is newer?

Claude Mythos 5.1 is the newest, released Sep 1, 2026. GPT-5.6 Cyber came out Aug 7, 2026; Claude Mythos 5 came out Jun 9, 2026. Knowledge cutoff: GPT-5.6 Cyber Feb 16, 2026, Claude Mythos 5.1 Jun 2026, Claude Mythos 5 Jan 31, 2026.

How do you decide the winner?

Each model gets a 0–100 score on capability (50%, independent benchmark results); price (25%, blended price per million tokens (3 input : 1 output), log scale); inputs & features (15%, image, PDF, audio and video input, tool calling, structured output and reasoning); context window (10%, maximum tokens per request, log scale). Dimensions missing for any model are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so every model is judged on the same evidence. Specs and prices come from public model listings and the labs’ own API pages; capability scores come from independent benchmark runs. Data updated Nov 2, 2026.