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Comparison · 2 models · Updated Oct 4, 2026

Claude Opus 5.5 vs GPT-5.6 Sol

Claude Opus 5.5 comes out ahead, 70 to 66 on our weighted score.

  1. Our pick

    Anthropic

    Claude Opus 5.5

    Released Sep 22, 2026

    70/100
    • ECI167.4
    • Price$4.00 / $20.00
    • Context1M
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  2. OpenAI

    GPT-5.6 Sol

    Released Jul 9, 2026

    66/100
    • ECI161.8
    • Price$4.00 / $20.00
    • Context1.05M
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01 — Verdict

Claude Opus 5.5 is our pick

Claude Opus 5.5 is the better all-round choice, scoring 70/100 against GPT-5.6 Sol (66). It leads on capability. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.

  • CapabilityClaude Opus 5.5Capabilities Index (ECI): Claude Opus 5.5 167.4 · GPT-5.6 Sol 161.8
  • Lowest priceSame priceClaude Opus 5.5 $8.00 · GPT-5.6 Sol $8.00 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
  • Longest contextGPT-5.6 SolGPT-5.6 Sol 1,050,000 · Claude Opus 5.5 1,000,000 tokens
  • Widest inputsSame inputsClaude Opus 5.5: Text, Images, PDFs · GPT-5.6 Sol: Text, Images, PDFs
  • Self-hostingNo open weightsBoth are available only through APIs
How the score is built
MeasureWeightClaude Opus 5.5GPT-5.6 Sol
CapabilityCapabilities Index (ECI)50%10093
Price25%77
Inputs & features15%8080
Context window10%6061
Overall100%70/10066/100
02 — Side by side

Every spec in one table

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Claude Opus 5.5 vs GPT-5.6 Sol specifications side by side
SpecificationClaude Opus 5.5AnthropicGPT-5.6 SolOpenAI
Capability
Capabilities Index (ECI)167.4 (best)161.8
ECI rank#1 of 148 (best)#8 of 148
GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions90.6%93.5% (best)
FrontierMath Tiers 1–3Research-level mathematics91.2% (best)89.1%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics100%100%
SimpleQA VerifiedShort factual questions72.2% (best)69.7%
Price per million tokens
Input$4.00$4.00
Output$20.00$20.00
Cached input$0.20 (best)$0.40
Blended (3:1)$8.00$8.00
Long-context rateSame rateOver 272K: $8.00 / $30.00
Price sourceOfficial Anthropic APIOfficial OpenAI API
Limits
Context window1,000,000 tokens1,050,000 tokens (best)
Max output128,000 tokens128,000 tokens
Inputs and features
TextYesYes
ImagesYesYes
PDFsYesYes
AudioNoNo
VideoNoNo
ReasoningYeslow · medium · high · xhigh · maxYeslow · medium · high · xhigh · max
Tool callingYesYes
Structured outputYesYes
Availability
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
API model IDclaude-opus-5-5gpt-5.6-sol
API providers2840 (best)
ReleasedSep 22, 2026Jul 9, 2026
Knowledge cutoffJun 2026Feb 16, 2026
03 — Cost

What would a month cost?

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  • Claude Opus 5.5$80.00
  • GPT-5.6 Sol$80.00
04 — Questions

Which should you choose?

Which is better: Claude Opus 5.5 or GPT-5.6 Sol?

Claude Opus 5.5 is the better all-round choice, scoring 70/100 against GPT-5.6 Sol (66). It leads on capability. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.

Which is cheaper, Claude Opus 5.5 or GPT-5.6 Sol?

Claude Opus 5.5 and GPT-5.6 Sol cost the same: $4.00 input / $20.00 output per million tokens.

Which scores higher on benchmarks?

Claude Opus 5.5 scores higher on the Capabilities Index (ECI): Claude Opus 5.5 167.4 (#1 of 148) and GPT-5.6 Sol 161.8 (#8 of 148). The confidence ranges of the top two overlap (164.0–172.0 vs 159.3–165.3), so treat the gap as small. On individual benchmarks: GPQA Diamond — GPT-5.6 Sol 93.5%, Claude Opus 5.5 90.6%; FrontierMath Tiers 1–3 — Claude Opus 5.5 91.2%, GPT-5.6 Sol 89.1%; OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025 — Claude Opus 5.5 100%, GPT-5.6 Sol 100%; SimpleQA Verified — Claude Opus 5.5 72.2%, GPT-5.6 Sol 69.7%.

Which is better for coding?

There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Claude Opus 5.5 and GPT-5.6 Sol yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. On overall capability, Claude Opus 5.5 leads, which tends to carry over to coding, but test on your own codebase. Both support tool calling for agent workflows.

Which has the bigger context window?

GPT-5.6 Sol has the largest context window at 1,050,000 tokens, against 1,000,000 for Claude Opus 5.5. Maximum output per response: Claude Opus 5.5 up to 128,000, GPT-5.6 Sol up to 128,000 tokens.

Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?

Claude Opus 5.5 accepts text, images and PDFs; GPT-5.6 Sol accepts text, images and PDFs. They handle the same number of input types.

Are any of these open source?

No. Claude Opus 5.5 and GPT-5.6 Sol are proprietary and only available through APIs and apps.

Which is newer?

Claude Opus 5.5 is the newest, released Sep 22, 2026. GPT-5.6 Sol came out Jul 9, 2026. Knowledge cutoff: Claude Opus 5.5 Jun 2026, GPT-5.6 Sol Feb 16, 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 Oct 4, 2026.

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