Claude Opus 4.6 vs GPT-5 Image
Prices checked
Claude Opus 4.6 takes 3 of 5 rounds against GPT-5 Image. It is also the cheaper of the two to run, at $8.59 per million tokens against $10.
AnthropicWins 3 roundsClaude Opus 4.6
1M context · tool calling · reads images
$8.59/M tokensCheapest price, at Poe · $3.86 per 1,000 pages
Maker's price in (lower wins)
$5/M
$10/M
Maker's price out (lower wins)
$25/M
$10/M
Cheapest price (lower wins)
$8.59/M at Poe
none below the maker
Maker's price, blended (lower wins)
$10/M
$10/M
Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)
$3.86
$6.60
Context
1M tokens
400k tokens
Open weights
no
not published
Tool calling
yes
no
Structured output
yes
yes
Reads images
yes
yes
Reasoning
yes
yes
Released
4 Feb 2026
14 Oct 2025
Providers selling it
44
3
Price we measure against
the maker's own
the maker's own
Trains on your prompts (no is better)
not published
no provider to check
Providers selling both · 2
Kilo Gateway$10 / $10
OpenRouter$10 / $10
Claude Opus 4.6, then GPT-5 Image, per million tokens.
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Frequently asked
- Which is cheaper, Claude Opus 4.6 or GPT-5 Image?
- Claude Opus 4.6, at $8.59 per million tokens against $10 for GPT-5 Image, blended 3 in : 1 out, read on 31 Oct 2026.
- Where is each one cheapest?
- Claude Opus 4.6: $8.59 at Poe. GPT-5 Image: nobody sells it below the maker's own price with a stated reason, so $10 is the number to beat.
- Can I buy both from one provider?
- Yes. 2 providers sell both: Kilo Gateway, OpenRouter. The cheapest of them for the two together is Kilo Gateway.
- Which holds more context?
- Claude Opus 4.6, at 1M tokens against 400k.
Prices exclude tax, read 31 Oct 2026 from each provider's own catalog. They are per M tokens, blended 3 in : 1 out, and a page is 600 tokens in and 60 out. Bars are scaled to the larger value in each row.
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