Claude Opus 5 vs Muse Wonder vs GPT-5.6 Sol
Too close to call on our weighted score (Muse Wonder 68, GPT-5.6 Sol 66, Claude Opus 5 66). The right pick depends on what you value most.
AnthropicClaude Opus 5
66/100- ECI164.5
- Price$5.00 / $25.00
- Context1M
MetaMuse Wonder
68/100- ECI161.7
- Price$4.00 / $20.00
- Context1.05M
OpenAIGPT-5.6 Sol
66/100- ECI162.6
- Price$4.00 / $20.00
- Context1.05M
Too close to call
It is close. Our weighted score puts them within 2 points (Muse Wonder 68/100, GPT-5.6 Sol 66/100, Claude Opus 5 66/100), so choose by what matters most for your work: Claude Opus 5 for raw capability and Muse Wonder on price. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.
- CapabilityClaude Opus 5Capabilities Index (ECI): Claude Opus 5 164.5 · GPT-5.6 Sol 162.6 · Muse Wonder 161.7
- Lowest priceMuse Wonder and GPT-5.6 SolMuse Wonder $8.00 · GPT-5.6 Sol $8.00 · Claude Opus 5 $10.00 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
- Longest contextGPT-5.6 Sol and Muse WonderGPT-5.6 Sol 1,050,000 · Muse Wonder 1,048,576 · Claude Opus 5 1,000,000 tokens
- Widest inputsMuse WonderClaude Opus 5: Text, Images, PDFs · Muse Wonder: Text, Images, PDFs, Audio, Video · GPT-5.6 Sol: Text, Images, PDFs
- Self-hostingNo open weightsAll three are available only through APIs
| Measure | Weight | Claude Opus 5 | Muse Wonder | GPT-5.6 Sol |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CapabilityCapabilities Index (ECI) | 50% | 94 | 91 | 92 |
| Price | 25% | 2 | 7 | 7 |
| Inputs & features | 15% | 80 | 100 | 80 |
| Context window | 10% | 60 | 61 | 61 |
| Overall | 100% | 66/100 | 68/100 | 66/100 |
Every spec in one table
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| Specification | Claude Opus 5Anthropic | Muse WonderMeta | GPT-5.6 SolOpenAI |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capability | |||
| Capabilities Index (ECI) | 164.5 (best) | 161.7 | 162.6 |
| ECI rank | #8 of 165 (best) | #13 of 165 | #12 of 165 |
| GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions | 93.9% (best) | — | 93.5% |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1–3Research-level mathematics | 85.6% | 82.1% | 89.1% (best) |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics | 98.9% | 99.4% | 100% (best) |
| SimpleQA VerifiedShort factual questions | 59.9% | — | 69.7% (best) |
| Price per million tokens | |||
| Input | $5.00 | $4.00 (best) | $4.00 (best) |
| Output | $25.00 | $20.00 (best) | $20.00 (best) |
| Cached input | $0.50 | $0.20 (best) | $0.40 |
| Blended (3:1) | $10.00 | $8.00 (best) | $8.00 (best) |
| Long-context rate | Same rate | Same rate | Over 272K: $8.00 / $30.00 |
| Price source | Official Anthropic API | Official Meta API | Official OpenAI API |
| Limits | |||
| Context window | 1,000,000 tokens | 1,048,576 tokens | 1,050,000 tokens (best) |
| Max output | 128,000 tokens | 131,072 tokens (best) | 128,000 tokens |
| Inputs and features | |||
| Text | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Images | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| PDFs | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Audio | No | Yes | No |
| Video | No | Yes | No |
| Reasoning | Yeslow · medium · high · xhigh · max | Yesminimal · low · medium · high · xhigh · max | Yeslow · medium · high · xhigh · max |
| Tool calling | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Structured output | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Availability | |||
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| API model ID | claude-opus-5 | muse-wonder-1.0 | gpt-5.6-sol |
| API providers | 42 | 9 | 49 (best) |
| Released | Jul 24, 2026 | Oct 12, 2026 | Jul 9, 2026 |
| Knowledge cutoff | May 2026 | — | Feb 16, 2026 |
What would a month cost?
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- Claude Opus 5$100.00
- Muse Wonder$80.00
- GPT-5.6 Sol$80.00
Which should you choose?
Which is better: Claude Opus 5, Muse Wonder or GPT-5.6 Sol?
It is close. Our weighted score puts them within 2 points (Muse Wonder 68/100, GPT-5.6 Sol 66/100, Claude Opus 5 66/100), so choose by what matters most for your work: Claude Opus 5 for raw capability and Muse Wonder on price. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.
Which is cheaper, Claude Opus 5, Muse Wonder or GPT-5.6 Sol?
Muse Wonder is cheaper at $4.00 input / $20.00 output per million tokens (official Meta API price). GPT-5.6 Sol costs $4.00 input / $20.00 output per million tokens (official OpenAI API price); Claude Opus 5 costs $5.00 input / $25.00 output per million tokens (official Anthropic API price). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $8.00 per million tokens for Muse Wonder versus $8.00 for GPT-5.6 Sol (1× as much) and $10.00 for Claude Opus 5 (1.3× as much).
Which scores higher on benchmarks?
Claude Opus 5 scores higher on the Capabilities Index (ECI): Claude Opus 5 164.5 (#8 of 165), GPT-5.6 Sol 162.6 (#12 of 165) and Muse Wonder 161.7 (#13 of 165). The confidence ranges of the top two overlap (161.7–168.3 vs 159.6–166.2), so treat the gap as small. On individual benchmarks: FrontierMath Tiers 1–3 — GPT-5.6 Sol 89.1%, Claude Opus 5 85.6%, Muse Wonder 82.1%; OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025 — GPT-5.6 Sol 100%, Muse Wonder 99.4%, Claude Opus 5 98.9%.
Which is better for coding?
There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Claude Opus 5, Muse Wonder and GPT-5.6 Sol yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. On overall capability, Claude Opus 5 leads, which tends to carry over to coding, but test on your own codebase. All three support tool calling for agent workflows.
Which has the bigger context window?
GPT-5.6 Sol and Muse Wonder have the largest context windows (1,050,000 and 1,048,576 tokens), against 1,000,000 for Claude Opus 5. Maximum output per response: Claude Opus 5 up to 128,000, Muse Wonder up to 131,072, GPT-5.6 Sol up to 128,000 tokens.
Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?
Claude Opus 5 accepts text, images and PDFs; Muse Wonder accepts text, images, PDFs, audio and video; GPT-5.6 Sol accepts text, images and PDFs. Muse Wonder handles the widest range of inputs.
Are any of these open source?
No. Claude Opus 5, Muse Wonder and GPT-5.6 Sol are proprietary and only available through APIs and apps.
Which is newer?
Muse Wonder is the newest, released Oct 12, 2026. Claude Opus 5 came out Jul 24, 2026; GPT-5.6 Sol came out Jul 9, 2026. Knowledge cutoff: Claude Opus 5 May 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 Nov 2, 2026.
