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GPT-5.4 Pro vs Claude Opus 4.6
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Winner summary
GPT-5.4 Pro wins on 8/8 benchmarks
GPT-5.4 Pro wins 8 of 8 shared benchmarks. Leads in reasoning · knowledge · math.
Category leads
reasoning·GPT-5.4 Proknowledge·GPT-5.4 Promath·GPT-5.4 Pro
Hype vs Reality
Attention vs performance
GPT-5.4 Pro
#24 by perf·no signal
Claude Opus 4.6
#54 by perf·#4 by attention
Best value
Claude Opus 4.6
6.0x better value than GPT-5.4 Pro
GPT-5.4 Pro
0.6 pts/$
$105.00/M
Claude Opus 4.6
3.8 pts/$
$15.00/M
Vendor risk
Who is behind the model
OpenAI
$840.0B·Tier 1
Anthropic
$380.0B·Tier 1
Head to head
8 benchmarks · 2 models
GPT-5.4 ProClaude Opus 4.6
ARC-AGI
GPT-5.4 Pro leads by +0.5
ARC-AGI · the original Abstraction and Reasoning Corpus, testing whether AI can solve novel visual pattern recognition tasks without memorization.
GPT-5.4 Pro
94.5
Claude Opus 4.6
94.0
ARC-AGI-2
GPT-5.4 Pro leads by +14.2
ARC-AGI-2 · the second iteration of the Abstraction and Reasoning Corpus, testing novel pattern recognition and abstract reasoning without prior training data.
GPT-5.4 Pro
83.3
Claude Opus 4.6
69.2
Chess Puzzles
GPT-5.4 Pro leads by +41.6
Chess Puzzles · tests strategic and tactical reasoning by having models solve chess puzzle positions, evaluating lookahead and pattern recognition abilities.
GPT-5.4 Pro
58.6
Claude Opus 4.6
17.0
FrontierMath-2025-02-28-Private
GPT-5.4 Pro leads by +9.3
FrontierMath (Feb 2025) · original research-level math problems created by mathematicians, testing capabilities at the boundary of current AI mathematical reasoning.
GPT-5.4 Pro
50.0
Claude Opus 4.6
40.7
FrontierMath-Tier-4-2025-07-01-Private
GPT-5.4 Pro leads by +14.6
FrontierMath Tier 4 (Jul 2025) · the most challenging tier of frontier mathematics, containing problems that push the absolute limits of AI mathematical reasoning.
GPT-5.4 Pro
37.5
Claude Opus 4.6
22.9
GPQA diamond
GPT-5.4 Pro leads by +5.4
Graduate-Level Google-Proof QA (Diamond set) · expert-crafted questions in physics, biology, and chemistry that are difficult even for domain PhDs.
GPT-5.4 Pro
92.8
Claude Opus 4.6
87.4
SimpleBench
GPT-5.4 Pro leads by +7.8
SimpleBench · tests fundamental reasoning capabilities with straightforward problems designed to expose gaps in basic logical and spatial thinking.
GPT-5.4 Pro
68.9
Claude Opus 4.6
61.1
SimpleQA Verified
GPT-5.4 Pro leads by +1.3
SimpleQA Verified · short factual questions with verified answers, measuring factual accuracy and the tendency to hallucinate or provide incorrect information.
GPT-5.4 Pro
47.8
Claude Opus 4.6
46.5
Full benchmark table
| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 Pro | Claude Opus 4.6 |
|---|---|---|
ARC-AGI ARC-AGI · the original Abstraction and Reasoning Corpus, testing whether AI can solve novel visual pattern recognition tasks without memorization. | 94.5 | 94.0 |
ARC-AGI-2 ARC-AGI-2 · the second iteration of the Abstraction and Reasoning Corpus, testing novel pattern recognition and abstract reasoning without prior training data. | 83.3 | 69.2 |
Chess Puzzles Chess Puzzles · tests strategic and tactical reasoning by having models solve chess puzzle positions, evaluating lookahead and pattern recognition abilities. | 58.6 | 17.0 |
FrontierMath-2025-02-28-Private FrontierMath (Feb 2025) · original research-level math problems created by mathematicians, testing capabilities at the boundary of current AI mathematical reasoning. | 50.0 | 40.7 |
FrontierMath-Tier-4-2025-07-01-Private FrontierMath Tier 4 (Jul 2025) · the most challenging tier of frontier mathematics, containing problems that push the absolute limits of AI mathematical reasoning. | 37.5 | 22.9 |
GPQA diamond Graduate-Level Google-Proof QA (Diamond set) · expert-crafted questions in physics, biology, and chemistry that are difficult even for domain PhDs. | 92.8 | 87.4 |
SimpleBench SimpleBench · tests fundamental reasoning capabilities with straightforward problems designed to expose gaps in basic logical and spatial thinking. | 68.9 | 61.1 |
SimpleQA Verified SimpleQA Verified · short factual questions with verified answers, measuring factual accuracy and the tendency to hallucinate or provide incorrect information. | 47.8 | 46.5 |
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
| Model | Input | Output | Context | Projected $/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPT-5.4 Pro | $30.00 | $180.00 | 1.1M tokens (~525 books) | $675.00 |
| Claude Opus 4.6 | $5.00 | $25.00 | 1.0M tokens (~500 books) | $100.00 |