Compare · 2026-10-14

Claude Opus 5 vs O1

As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Opus 5 leads O1 in 5 of 5 shared categories: General LLM, Reasoning, Science, Long context, and Abstraction (ARC).

CategoryClaude Opus 5O1
General LLM
#11 · Was SOTA · General LLM
Margin 7.482993197278915
LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026
#112 · Was SOTA · General LLM
Margin 76.19047619047619
LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026
Reasoning
#9 · Was SOTA · Reasoning
Margin 6.849315068493155
LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026
#117 · Was SOTA · Reasoning
Margin 80.82191780821918
LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026
Math
#— · Not enough data
Margin —
LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026
#34 · #34 in Math
Margin 75.55555555555556
Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Dec 17, 2024
Science
#12 · #12 in Science
Margin —
Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Jul 24, 2026
#77 · #77 in Science
Margin —
Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Dec 17, 2024
Coding
#4 · #4 in Coding
Margin 22.727272727272734
Terminal-Bench Harbor Hub · Oct 6, 2026
#— · Not enough data
Margin —
LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026
Coding › Agentic
#4 · #4 in Coding › Agentic
Margin 22.727272727272734
Terminal-Bench Harbor Hub · Oct 6, 2026
—
Coding › Web dev
#6 · Was SOTA · Coding › Web dev
Margin 4.672897196261687
LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026
—
Long context
#9 · Was SOTA · Long context
Margin 6.122448979591837
LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026
#108 · Was SOTA · Long context
Margin 73.46938775510205
LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026
Vision
#12 · #12 in Vision
Margin 36.8421052631579
Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Jul 24, 2026
#— · Not enough data
Margin —
LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 9, 2026
Factuality
#4 · Near-SOTA · Factuality
Margin 3.731343283582092
LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026
#— · Not enough data
Margin —
Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Dec 17, 2024
Abstraction (ARC)
#3 · #3 in Abstraction (ARC)
Margin —
Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Jul 24, 2026
#57 · #57 in Abstraction (ARC)
Margin —
Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Dec 17, 2024
Price per 1M tokens

Claude Opus 5: $10 per 1M blended tokens.

O1: $26.25 per 1M blended tokens.

Open weights

Claude Opus 5: closed weights.

O1: closed weights.

Which to pick

General LLM: As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Opus 5 leads O1 in General LLM at #11 against #112.

Reasoning: As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Opus 5 leads O1 in Reasoning at #9 against #117.

Science: As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Opus 5 leads O1 in Science at #12 against #77.

Long context: As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Opus 5 leads O1 in Long context at #9 against #108.

Abstraction (ARC): As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Opus 5 leads O1 in Abstraction (ARC) at #3 against #57.

Claude Opus 5 · O1

Claude Opus 5 or O1?

As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Opus 5 leads O1 in 5 of 5 shared categories: General LLM, Reasoning, Science, Long context, and Abstraction (ARC).

Claude Opus 5 or O1 for General LLM?

As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Opus 5 leads O1 in General LLM at #11 against #112.

Claude Opus 5 or O1 for Reasoning?

As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Opus 5 leads O1 in Reasoning at #9 against #117.

Claude Opus 5 or O1 for Science?

As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Opus 5 leads O1 in Science at #12 against #77.