# Claude Opus 4.8 vs GPT-4.5 Preview

As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Opus 4.8 leads GPT-4.5 Preview in 5 of 5 shared categories: General LLM, Reasoning, Science, Long context, and Abstraction (ARC).

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

GPT-4.5 Preview: price per 1M tokens is unset in the catalog.

Claude Opus 4.8: closed weights.

GPT-4.5 Preview: closed weights.

- Which to pick, General LLM: As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Opus 4.8 leads GPT-4.5 Preview in General LLM at #21 against #79.
- Which to pick, Reasoning: As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Opus 4.8 leads GPT-4.5 Preview in Reasoning at #10 against #121.
- Which to pick, Science: As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Opus 4.8 leads GPT-4.5 Preview in Science at #27 against #92.
- Which to pick, Long context: As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Opus 4.8 leads GPT-4.5 Preview in Long context at #10 against #93.
- Which to pick, Abstraction (ARC): As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Opus 4.8 leads GPT-4.5 Preview in Abstraction (ARC) at #12 against #83.

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-4.5 Preview is a former state-of-the-art holder in General LLM (since Oct 17, 2025; sources LMArena Text (style-controlled, overall); methodology v1.0).