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Comparison · 2 models · Updated Oct 4, 2026

Claude Opus 4.1 vs Aya Vision 32B

Claude Opus 4.1 comes out ahead, 55 to 15 on our weighted score, and it is the cheaper option too.

  1. Our pick

    Anthropic

    Claude Opus 4.1

    Released Aug 5, 2025

    55/100
    • ECI144.1
    • Price$15.00 / $75.00
    • Context200K
  2. Cohere

    Aya Vision 32B

    Released Mar 4, 2025

    15/100
    • ECI—
    • Price—
    • Context16K
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01 — Verdict

Claude Opus 4.1 is our pick

Claude Opus 4.1 is the better all-round choice, scoring 55/100 against Aya Vision 32B (15). It leads on inputs & features and context window. 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 Opus 4.1Claude Opus 4.1 $30.00 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend) · Aya Vision 32B unpriced
  • Longest contextClaude Opus 4.1Claude Opus 4.1 200,000 · Aya Vision 32B 16,000 tokens
  • Widest inputsClaude Opus 4.1Claude Opus 4.1: Text, Images, PDFs · Aya Vision 32B: Text, Images
  • Self-hostingAya Vision 32BPublishes downloadable weights (CC-BY-NC-4.0)
How the score is built
MeasureWeightClaude Opus 4.1Aya Vision 32B
Inputs & features60%7025
Context window40%320
Overall100%55/10015/100

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.

Claude Opus 4.1 vs Aya Vision 32B specifications side by side
SpecificationClaude Opus 4.1AnthropicAya Vision 32BCohere
Capability
Capabilities Index (ECI)144.1—
ECI rank#81 of 148—
GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions77.3%—
FrontierMath Tiers 1–3Research-level mathematics12.6%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics68.9%—
SWE-bench VerifiedFixing real GitHub issues73.4%—
Price per million tokens
Input$15.00—
Output$75.00—
Cached input——
Blended (3:1)$30.00—
Long-context rateSame rate—
Price sourceMedian of 14 providers—
Limits
Context window200,000 tokens (best)16,000 tokens
Max output32,000 tokens (best)4,000 tokens
Inputs and features
TextYesYes
ImagesYesYes
PDFsYesNo
AudioNoNo
VideoNoNo
ReasoningYesNo
Tool callingYesNo
Structured outputNoNo
Availability
WeightsProprietaryOpenCC-BY-NC-4.0
API model ID—c4ai-aya-vision-32b
API providers14 (best)1
ReleasedAug 5, 2025Mar 4, 2025
Knowledge cutoffMar 31, 2025—
03 — Cost

What would a month cost?

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  • Claude Opus 4.1$300.00
  • Aya Vision 32B—
04 — Questions

Which should you choose?

Which is better: Claude Opus 4.1 or Aya Vision 32B?

Claude Opus 4.1 is the better all-round choice, scoring 55/100 against Aya Vision 32B (15). It leads on inputs & features and context window. 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, Claude Opus 4.1 or Aya Vision 32B?

Claude Opus 4.1 is cheaper at $15.00 input / $75.00 output per million tokens (median across 14 API providers). . At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $30.00 per million tokens for Claude Opus 4.1 versus . Aya Vision 32B has no published per-token price.

Which scores higher on benchmarks?

There is no independent benchmark that covers both models yet. Claude Opus 4.1 has an ECI of 144.1 and Aya Vision 32B has not been scored yet.

Which is better for coding?

There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Aya Vision 32B yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. Test both on a sample of your own tasks. Note that Aya Vision 32B does not support tool calling, which most coding agents need.

Which has the bigger context window?

Claude Opus 4.1 has the largest context window at 200,000 tokens, against 16,000 for Aya Vision 32B. Maximum output per response: Claude Opus 4.1 up to 32,000, Aya Vision 32B up to 4,000 tokens.

Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?

Claude Opus 4.1 accepts text, images and PDFs; Aya Vision 32B accepts text and images. Claude Opus 4.1 handles the widest range of inputs.

Are any of these open source?

Aya Vision 32B publishes its weights (CC-BY-NC-4.0) and can be self-hosted; Claude Opus 4.1 is proprietary.

Which is newer?

Claude Opus 4.1 is the newest, released Aug 5, 2025. Aya Vision 32B came out Mar 4, 2025. Knowledge cutoff: Claude Opus 4.1 Mar 31, 2025.

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 Oct 4, 2026.