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Claude Opus 4.6 vs Claude Opus 4.6 (Fast) vs GPT-5.3-Codex
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Winner summary
Claude Opus 4.6 wins on 12/18 benchmarks
Claude Opus 4.6 wins 12 of 18 shared benchmarks. Leads in agentic · general · knowledge.
Category leads
agentic·Claude Opus 4.6speed·Claude Opus 4.6 (Fast)arena·Claude Opus 4.6 (Fast)general·Claude Opus 4.6knowledge·Claude Opus 4.6safety·Claude Opus 4.6coding·Claude Opus 4.6
Hype vs Reality
Attention vs performance
Claude Opus 4.6
#136 by perf·#9 by attention
Claude Opus 4.6 (Fast)
#170 by perf·#9 by attention
GPT-5.3-Codex
#73 by perf·#4 by attention
Best value
GPT-5.3-Codex
2.2x better value than Claude Opus 4.6
Claude Opus 4.6
3.2 pts/$
$15.00/M
Claude Opus 4.6 (Fast)
0.5 pts/$
$90.00/M
GPT-5.3-Codex
7.1 pts/$
$7.88/M
Vendor risk
Who is behind the model
Anthropic
$965.0B·Tier 1
Anthropic
$965.0B·Tier 1
OpenAI
$840.0B·Tier 1
Head to head
18 benchmarks · 3 models
Claude Opus 4.6Claude Opus 4.6 (Fast)GPT-5.3-Codex
SWE Atlas · Codebase QnA
Claude Opus 4.6
33.3
Claude Opus 4.6 (Fast)
33.3
GPT-5.3-Codex
32.6
Artificial Analysis · Agentic Index
Claude Opus 4.6 (Fast) leads by +5.4
Artificial Analysis Agentic Index · a composite score measuring how well a model performs in agentic workflows · multi-step tool use, planning, error recovery, and autonomous task completion. Aggregates results from multiple agentic benchmarks including SWE-bench, tool-use tests, and planning evaluations. The canonical single-number metric for "how good is this model as an agent?"
Claude Opus 4.6 (Fast)
67.6
GPT-5.3-Codex
62.2
Artificial Analysis · Coding Index
GPT-5.3-Codex leads by +5.0
Artificial Analysis Coding Index · a composite score that aggregates performance across multiple coding benchmarks into a single index. Tracks code generation quality, debugging ability, multi-language competence, and real-world software engineering tasks. Used by Artificial Analysis to rank model coding capability in a normalized, comparable format. Useful for developers choosing between models for coding-heavy workloads.
Claude Opus 4.6 (Fast)
48.1
GPT-5.3-Codex
53.1
Artificial Analysis · Quality Index
Claude Opus 4.6 (Fast) leads by +20.5
Claude Opus 4.6 (Fast)
53.0
GPT-5.3-Codex
32.5
APEX-Agents
Claude Opus 4.6 leads by +14.6
APEX-Agents · evaluates AI agents on complex, multi-step tasks requiring planning, tool use, and autonomous decision-making in realistic environments.
Claude Opus 4.6
46.3
GPT-5.3-Codex
31.7
Chatbot Arena Elo · Coding
Claude Opus 4.6 (Fast) leads by +5.2
Claude Opus 4.6
1537.0
Claude Opus 4.6 (Fast)
1542.2
Chatbot Arena Elo · Overall
Claude Opus 4.6 (Fast) leads by +6.4
Claude Opus 4.6
1497.3
Claude Opus 4.6 (Fast)
1503.7
Metr Time Horizons
Claude Opus 4.6 leads by +4.3
Claude Opus 4.6
78.9
GPT-5.3-Codex
74.5
PostTrainBench
Claude Opus 4.6 leads by +7.1
Claude Opus 4.6
24.8
GPT-5.3-Codex
17.8
MASK
Claude Opus 4.6
96.3
Claude Opus 4.6 (Fast)
96.3
Professional Reasoning · Finance
Claude Opus 4.6
53.3
Claude Opus 4.6 (Fast)
53.3
Professional Reasoning · Legal
Claude Opus 4.6
52.3
Claude Opus 4.6 (Fast)
52.3
Remote Labor Index (RLI)
Claude Opus 4.6
4.2
Claude Opus 4.6 (Fast)
4.2
SWE Atlas · Test Writing
Claude Opus 4.6
36.7
Claude Opus 4.6 (Fast)
36.7
VisualToolBench (VTB)
Claude Opus 4.6
27.5
Claude Opus 4.6 (Fast)
27.5
SWE-Bench verified
Claude Opus 4.6 leads by +3.9
SWE-bench Verified · 500 human-validated tasks from 12 real Python repositories (Django, Flask, scikit-learn, sympy, and others). Each task requires the model to produce a git patch that resolves a real GitHub issue and passes the test suite. The verified subset eliminates ambiguous tasks from the original SWE-bench. Claude Mythos Preview leads at 93.9%, crossing 90% for the first time in 2026. Opus 4.6 scores 80.8%. The benchmark remains the most-cited evaluation for code-generation capability.
Claude Opus 4.6
78.7
GPT-5.3-Codex
74.8
Terminal Bench
Claude Opus 4.6 leads by +1.4
Terminal-Bench 2.0 · evaluates AI agents on real terminal-based coding tasks · writing scripts, debugging, running tests, and managing projects entirely through command-line interaction. Tests both code quality and terminal fluency. Claude Opus 4.7 scores 69.4%, demonstrating significant agentic terminal competence.
Claude Opus 4.6
79.8
GPT-5.3-Codex
78.4
WeirdML
GPT-5.3-Codex leads by +1.3
WeirdML · tests models on unusual and adversarial machine learning tasks that require creative problem-solving beyond standard patterns.
Claude Opus 4.6
78.0
GPT-5.3-Codex
79.3
Full benchmark table
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 | Claude Opus 4.6 (Fast) | GPT-5.3-Codex |
|---|---|---|---|
SWE Atlas · Codebase QnA | 33.3 | 33.3 | 32.6 |
Artificial Analysis · Agentic Index Artificial Analysis Agentic Index · a composite score measuring how well a model performs in agentic workflows · multi-step tool use, planning, error recovery, and autonomous task completion. Aggregates results from multiple agentic benchmarks including SWE-bench, tool-use tests, and planning evaluations. The canonical single-number metric for "how good is this model as an agent?" | — | 67.6 | 62.2 |
Artificial Analysis · Coding Index Artificial Analysis Coding Index · a composite score that aggregates performance across multiple coding benchmarks into a single index. Tracks code generation quality, debugging ability, multi-language competence, and real-world software engineering tasks. Used by Artificial Analysis to rank model coding capability in a normalized, comparable format. Useful for developers choosing between models for coding-heavy workloads. | — | 48.1 | 53.1 |
Artificial Analysis · Quality Index | — | 53.0 | 32.5 |
APEX-Agents APEX-Agents · evaluates AI agents on complex, multi-step tasks requiring planning, tool use, and autonomous decision-making in realistic environments. | 46.3 | — | 31.7 |
Chatbot Arena Elo · Coding | 1537.0 | 1542.2 | — |
Chatbot Arena Elo · Overall | 1497.3 | 1503.7 | — |
Metr Time Horizons | 78.9 | — | 74.5 |
PostTrainBench | 24.8 | — | 17.8 |
MASK | 96.3 | 96.3 | — |
Professional Reasoning · Finance | 53.3 | 53.3 | — |
Professional Reasoning · Legal | 52.3 | 52.3 | — |
Remote Labor Index (RLI) | 4.2 | 4.2 | — |
SWE Atlas · Test Writing | 36.7 | 36.7 | — |
VisualToolBench (VTB) | 27.5 | 27.5 | — |
SWE-Bench verified SWE-bench Verified · 500 human-validated tasks from 12 real Python repositories (Django, Flask, scikit-learn, sympy, and others). Each task requires the model to produce a git patch that resolves a real GitHub issue and passes the test suite. The verified subset eliminates ambiguous tasks from the original SWE-bench. Claude Mythos Preview leads at 93.9%, crossing 90% for the first time in 2026. Opus 4.6 scores 80.8%. The benchmark remains the most-cited evaluation for code-generation capability. | 78.7 | — | 74.8 |
Terminal Bench Terminal-Bench 2.0 · evaluates AI agents on real terminal-based coding tasks · writing scripts, debugging, running tests, and managing projects entirely through command-line interaction. Tests both code quality and terminal fluency. Claude Opus 4.7 scores 69.4%, demonstrating significant agentic terminal competence. | 79.8 | — | 78.4 |
WeirdML WeirdML · tests models on unusual and adversarial machine learning tasks that require creative problem-solving beyond standard patterns. | 78.0 | — | 79.3 |
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
| Model | Input | Output | Context | Projected $/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $5.00 | $25.00 | 1.0M tokens (~500 books) | $100.00 | |
| $30.00 | $150.00 | 1.0M tokens (~500 books) | $600.00 | |
| $1.75 | $14.00 | 400K tokens (~200 books) | $48.13 |