Compare · 2026-10-14

Claude 3 Opus vs GPT-5.5

As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude 3 Opus leads GPT-5.5 in 1 of 2 shared categories: General LLM.

CategoryClaude 3 OpusGPT-5.5
General LLM
#9 · #9 in General LLM
Margin —
LMArena leaderboard dataset · Sep 27, 2024
#21 · Was SOTA · General LLM
Margin 14.285714285714292
LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026
Reasoning
#— · Not enough data
Margin —
LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 7, 2024
#25 · #25 in Reasoning
Margin 17.808219178082197
LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026
Math—
#— · Not enough data
Margin —
LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026
Science
#138 · #138 in Science
Margin —
Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Feb 29, 2024
#30 · #30 in Science
Margin —
Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Apr 23, 2026
Coding—
#— · Not enough data
Margin —
LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026
Coding › Web dev—
#44 · #44 in Coding › Web dev
Margin 40.18691588785047
LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026
Long context—
#23 · Was SOTA · Long context
Margin 15.646258503401356
LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026
Vision
#— · Not enough data
Margin —
LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 9, 2026
#10 · Was SOTA · Vision
Margin 28.94736842105263
Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Apr 23, 2026
Factuality
#— · Not enough data
Margin —
Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Feb 29, 2024
#5 · Was SOTA · Factuality
Margin 4.477611940298502
LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026
Abstraction (ARC)—
#7 · #7 in Abstraction (ARC)
Margin —
Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Apr 23, 2026
Price per 1M tokens

Claude 3 Opus: price per 1M tokens is unset in the catalog.

GPT-5.5: $11.25 per 1M blended tokens.

Open weights

Claude 3 Opus: closed weights.

GPT-5.5: closed weights.

Which to pick

General LLM: As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude 3 Opus leads GPT-5.5 in General LLM at #9 against #21.

Science: As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-5.5 leads Claude 3 Opus in Science at #30 against #138.

Claude 3 Opus · GPT-5.5

Claude 3 Opus or GPT-5.5?

As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude 3 Opus leads GPT-5.5 in 1 of 2 shared categories: General LLM.

Claude 3 Opus or GPT-5.5 for General LLM?

As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude 3 Opus leads GPT-5.5 in General LLM at #9 against #21.

Claude 3 Opus or GPT-5.5 for Science?

As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-5.5 leads Claude 3 Opus in Science at #30 against #138.