# Claude Opus 4.8 vs GPT-5.2

As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Opus 4.8 leads GPT-5.2 in 6 of 7 shared categories: General LLM, Reasoning, Coding › Web dev, Long context, Factuality, and Abstraction (ARC).

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

GPT-5.2: $4.8125 per 1M blended tokens.

Claude Opus 4.8: closed weights.

GPT-5.2: closed weights.

- Which to pick, General LLM: As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Opus 4.8 leads GPT-5.2 in General LLM at #20 against #74.
- Which to pick, Reasoning: As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Opus 4.8 leads GPT-5.2 in Reasoning at #10 against #70.
- Which to pick, Science: As of Oct 15, 2026, GPT-5.2 leads Claude Opus 4.8 in Science at #26 against #27.
- Which to pick, Coding › Web dev: As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Opus 4.8 leads GPT-5.2 in Coding › Web dev at #33 against #67.
- Which to pick, Long context: As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Opus 4.8 leads GPT-5.2 in Long context at #10 against #80.
- Which to pick, Factuality: As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Opus 4.8 leads GPT-5.2 in Factuality at #21 against #65.
- Which to pick, Abstraction (ARC): As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Opus 4.8 leads GPT-5.2 in Abstraction (ARC) at #12 against #24.

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-5.2 is ranked #14 in Math (since Oct 15, 2026; sources Humanity's Last Exam; methodology v1.0).