Claude Opus 4.5 vs GPT-6.1 Sol
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Data updated on September 30, 2026· 217 models
Claude Opus 4.5 is Anthropic’s frontier reasoning model optimized for complex software engineering, agentic workflows, and long-horizon computer use.
- Reasoning estimated
- ▲
- Speed estimated
- Input
- Output
- Context
- 200 K tokens
- Max output
- 64 K
- Input, $ per 1M tokens
- $5.00
- Output, $ per 1M tokens
- $25.00
- Cache read, $ per 1M
- $0.500
- Batch (input / output)
- $2.50 / $12.50
- Tool calling
- Yes
- Released
- 11/24/2025
- Knowledge cutoff
- —
- API id
- anthropic/claude-opus-4.5
GPT-6.1 Sol is an upgrade to GPT-6 Sol from OpenAI, positioned below the flagship GPT-6 Astra in the GPT-6 series.
- Reasoning estimated
- Speed estimated
- ▲
- Input
- Output
- Context
- ▲1.1 M tokens
- Max output
- ▲128 K
- Input, $ per 1M tokens
- ▲$2.00
- Output, $ per 1M tokens
- ▲$10.00
- Cache read, $ per 1M
- $0.100
- Batch (input / output)
- $1.00 / $5.00
- Tool calling
- Yes
- Released
- ▲09/29/2026
- Knowledge cutoff
- 2026-04-30
- API id
- openai/gpt-6.1-sol
Which is the better API choice: Claude Opus 4.5 vs GPT-6.1 Sol?
- GPT-6.1 Sol: cheapest input (60% less than Claude Opus 4.5)
- GPT-6.1 Sol: cheapest output
- GPT-6.1 Sol: largest context (1.1 M)
- GPT-6.1 Sol: the newest (09/29/2026)
- Claude Opus 4.5: most reasoning (estimated)
- GPT-6.1 Sol: the fastest (estimated)
GPT-6.1 Sol costs 60% less on input and 60% less on output than Claude Opus 4.5 ($2.00 / $10.00 versus $5.00 / $25.00 per million tokens). GPT-6.1 Sol accepts more context (1.1 M). Claude Opus 4.5 and GPT-6.1 Sol offer a batch tier at half price for jobs that do not need an immediate answer.
What would your product cost?
Estimate the monthly cost with your app's real volume. List prices, no cache or batch discounts.
With GPT-6.1 Sol you save $105.00 a month versus Claude Opus 4.5 (60% less).
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Paste your prompt: tokens and cost per model
Rough estimate (about 4 characters per token). Nothing is sent to any server.
Cost of sending it 1,000 times (input only)
- 1GPT-6.1 Sol OpenAI$0.152
- 2Claude Sonnet 5.5 Anthropic$0.152
- 3Claude Sonnet 5 Anthropic$0.152
- 4Claude Opus 5.5 Anthropic$0.304
- 5Claude Opus 4.5 Anthropic$0.380
- 6Claude Opus 5 Anthropic$0.380
- 7Claude Fable 5.1 Anthropic$0.760
- 8Claude Fable 5 Anthropic$0.760
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Frequently asked questions
Which is the better API choice: Claude Opus 4.5 vs GPT-6.1 Sol?
GPT-6.1 Sol costs 60% less on input and 60% less on output than Claude Opus 4.5 ($2.00 / $10.00 versus $5.00 / $25.00 per million tokens). GPT-6.1 Sol accepts more context (1.1 M). Claude Opus 4.5 and GPT-6.1 Sol offer a batch tier at half price for jobs that do not need an immediate answer.
Which is cheaper: Claude Opus 4.5 and GPT-6.1 Sol?
GPT-6.1 Sol is cheaper: $2.00 per million input tokens and $10.00 per million output tokens, versus $5.00 / $25.00 for Claude Opus 4.5.
Which has more context: Claude Opus 4.5 and GPT-6.1 Sol?
GPT-6.1 Sol accepts 1.1 M tokens of context; Claude Opus 4.5 accepts 200 K.
Which is newer: Claude Opus 4.5 and GPT-6.1 Sol?
GPT-6.1 Sol was released on 09/29/2026; Claude Opus 4.5 on 11/24/2025.
What would 10,000 requests a month cost with Claude Opus 4.5 and GPT-6.1 Sol?
With 1,500 input and 400 output tokens per request: Claude Opus 4.5: $175.00; GPT-6.1 Sol: $70.00 a month, at list price.
Where do the prices come from and how often are they updated?
From the public catalogs of OpenRouter, models.dev and LiteLLM, which publish each provider's list prices. They sync once a day and the last update date is shown above the comparison.
What does price per million tokens mean?
It is what the provider charges per million tokens you send (input) or the model generates (output). A token is roughly 4 characters. Output almost always costs more than input.
Sources: OpenRouter, models.dev and LiteLLM. Prices in USD per million tokens, list price, no volume discounts. Prompt tokens are an estimate; each provider's tokenizer may differ.