# Claude Opus 4.6 vs GPT-4.1

As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Opus 4.6 leads GPT-4.1 in 6 of 6 shared categories: General LLM, Reasoning, Math, Science, Long context, and Factuality.

Claude Opus 4.6: $10 per 1M blended tokens.

GPT-4.1: $3.5 per 1M blended tokens.

Claude Opus 4.6: closed weights.

GPT-4.1: closed weights.

- Which to pick, General LLM: As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Opus 4.6 leads GPT-4.1 in General LLM at #4 against #130.
- Which to pick, Reasoning: As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Opus 4.6 leads GPT-4.1 in Reasoning at #2 against #132.
- Which to pick, Math: As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Opus 4.6 leads GPT-4.1 in Math at #11 against #39.
- Which to pick, Science: As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Opus 4.6 leads GPT-4.1 in Science at #32 against #96.
- Which to pick, Long context: As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Opus 4.6 leads GPT-4.1 in Long context at #2 against #124.
- Which to pick, Factuality: As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Opus 4.6 leads GPT-4.1 in Factuality at #3 against #136.

As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Opus 4.6 is near state of the art, rank #2 in Reasoning (since Oct 15, 2026; sources LMArena Text (style-controlled, hard prompts); methodology v1.0).

As of Oct 15, 2026, GPT-4.1 is a former state-of-the-art holder in Long context (since May 11, 2025; sources LMArena Text (style-controlled, longer query); methodology v1.0).