# Claude Opus 4.8 vs GPT-4.1

As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Opus 4.8 leads GPT-4.1 in 6 of 6 shared categories: General LLM, Reasoning, Science, Long context, Factuality, and Abstraction (ARC).

Claude Opus 4.8: $10 per 1M blended tokens.

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

Claude Opus 4.8: closed weights.

GPT-4.1: closed weights.

- Which to pick, General LLM: As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Opus 4.8 leads GPT-4.1 in General LLM at #20 against #101.
- Which to pick, Reasoning: As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Opus 4.8 leads GPT-4.1 in Reasoning at #10 against #102.
- Which to pick, Science: As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Opus 4.8 leads GPT-4.1 in Science at #27 against #96.
- Which to pick, Long context: As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Opus 4.8 leads GPT-4.1 in Long context at #10 against #95.
- Which to pick, Factuality: As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Opus 4.8 leads GPT-4.1 in Factuality at #21 against #103.
- Which to pick, Abstraction (ARC): As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Opus 4.8 leads GPT-4.1 in Abstraction (ARC) at #12 against #85.

As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Opus 4.8 is a former state-of-the-art holder in Coding › Web dev (since Jun 5, 2026; sources LMArena WebDev; 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).