Which is better: o3 or Claude Opus 4.1?
The better choice depends on your use case. AI Hub compares current catalog data, verified benchmark results where available, pricing and capabilities side by side.
AI Orbit comparison
o3 vs Claude Opus 4.1
A practical side-by-side look at performance, pricing, capabilities and product fit.
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OpenAI
o3
General-purpose AI capabilities with strong instruction following and developer integration. Best use cases: Assistants, reasoning, coding, content, analysis and multimod...
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Claude Opus 4.1
Strong reasoning, writing, coding and long-document analysis. Best use cases: Enterprise assistants, coding, research, analysis and agent workflows. Access/licensing: pro...
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78.2/100 o3
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Side-by-side comparison
Key product data in one view.
| Metric | o3 | Claude Opus 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | OpenAI | Anthropic |
| Benchmark score | 78.2 | 74.5 |
| Version | reasoning | — |
| Context window | — | — |
| Input / 1M tokens | Not verified | Not verified |
| Output / 1M tokens | Not verified | Not verified |
| Status | Active | Active |
| Release date | — | — |
Verified benchmark intelligence
Latest verified results shared by at least one compared item. Different benchmark variants should be interpreted with their source methodology.
| Benchmark | o3 | Claude Opus 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified Verified | 69.10% Verified · Aug 2025 | 74.50% Verified · Aug 2025 |
| MMMU 2025 | 82.90% Verified · Aug 2025 | — |
| GPQA Diamond 2025 | 83.30% Verified · Aug 2025 | — |
Capabilities
What each product is designed to do.
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Quick decision guide
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CHOOSE O3 IF
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General-purpose AI capabilities with strong instruction following and developer integration. Best use cases: Assistants, reasoning, coding, content, analysis and multimodal applications. Access/licensing: proprietary; ap...
CHOOSE CLAUDE OPUS 4.1 IF
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Strong reasoning, writing, coding and long-document analysis. Best use cases: Enterprise assistants, coding, research, analysis and agent workflows. Access/licensing: proprietary; api Cataloged capabilities include API...
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