# Claude Opus 4.6 vs GPT-5 Mini

As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Opus 4.6 leads GPT-5 Mini 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-5 Mini: $0.6875 per 1M blended tokens.

Claude Opus 4.6: closed weights.

GPT-5 Mini: closed weights.

- Which to pick, General LLM: As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Opus 4.6 leads GPT-5 Mini in General LLM at #4 against #128.
- Which to pick, Reasoning: As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Opus 4.6 leads GPT-5 Mini in Reasoning at #2 against #130.
- Which to pick, Math: As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Opus 4.6 leads GPT-5 Mini in Math at #11 against #21.
- Which to pick, Science: As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Opus 4.6 leads GPT-5 Mini in Science at #32 against #81.
- Which to pick, Long context: As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Opus 4.6 leads GPT-5 Mini in Long context at #2 against #146.
- Which to pick, Factuality: As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Opus 4.6 leads GPT-5 Mini in Factuality at #3 against #110.

As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Opus 4.6 is near state of the art, rank #2 in Reasoning (since Oct 14, 2026; sources LMArena Text (style-controlled, hard prompts); methodology v1.0).

As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-5 Mini is a former state-of-the-art holder in Math (since Sep 29, 2025; sources Humanity's Last Exam; methodology v1.0).