Claude 3 Opus vs GPT-4.1
As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude 3 Opus leads GPT-4.1 in 1 of 2 shared categories: General LLM.
Claude 3 Opus
#9 Best recorded rank: #9 in General LLM, as of Oct 14, 2026.
GPT-4.1
It used to be. Was SOTA in Long context.
| Category | Claude 3 Opus | GPT-4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| General LLM | #9 · #9 in General LLM Margin — LMArena leaderboard dataset · Sep 27, 2024 | #101 · #101 in General LLM Margin 68.70748299319727 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 |
| Reasoning | #— · Not enough data Margin — LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 7, 2024 | #102 · #102 in Reasoning Margin 70.54794520547945 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 |
| Math | — | #39 · #39 in Math Margin 86.66666666666667 Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Apr 14, 2025 |
| Science | #138 · #138 in Science Margin — Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Feb 29, 2024 | #96 · #96 in Science Margin — Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Apr 14, 2025 |
| Coding | — | #— · Not enough data Margin — Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Apr 14, 2025 |
| Long context | — | #95 · Was SOTA · Long context Margin 64.62585034013605 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 |
| Vision | #— · Not enough data Margin — LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 9, 2026 | #— · Not enough data Margin — LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 9, 2026 |
| Factuality | #— · Not enough data Margin — Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Feb 29, 2024 | #103 · #103 in Factuality Margin 77.61194029850746 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 |
| Abstraction (ARC) | — | #85 · #85 in Abstraction (ARC) Margin — Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Apr 14, 2025 |
Claude 3 Opus: price per 1M tokens is unset in the catalog.
GPT-4.1: $3.5 per 1M blended tokens.
Claude 3 Opus: closed weights.
GPT-4.1: closed weights.
General LLM: As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude 3 Opus leads GPT-4.1 in General LLM at #9 against #101.
Science: As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-4.1 leads Claude 3 Opus in Science at #96 against #138.
Claude 3 Opus or GPT-4.1?
As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude 3 Opus leads GPT-4.1 in 1 of 2 shared categories: General LLM.
Claude 3 Opus or GPT-4.1 for General LLM?
As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude 3 Opus leads GPT-4.1 in General LLM at #9 against #101.
Claude 3 Opus or GPT-4.1 for Science?
As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-4.1 leads Claude 3 Opus in Science at #96 against #138.