Claude Opus 5 vs GPT-6 Sol

Anthropic's Claude Opus 5 against OpenAI's GPT-6 Sol — price, context and what each is best at. Both are available through one OpenAI-compatible API.

AnyModel — you pay	Claude Opus 5	GPT-6 Sol
Vendor	Anthropic	OpenAI
Input / 1M	$0.3	$0.1
Output / 1M	$0.3	$0.1
Context	1M	1M
Best for	Hardest coding tasks	Codex CLI

Claude Opus 5

The newest experimental Opus, in limited availability.

Claude Opus 5 is Anthropic's newest experimental flagship for sustained coding, multi-file work, multi-agent coordination and precise code review. AnyModel serves it only on capacity where live inference has been verified.

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GPT-6 Sol

OpenAI's GPT-6 workhorse for coding and everyday work.

GPT-6 Sol is the everyday tier of the GPT-6 line, trained with the same methods as Astra: OpenAI's workhorse for agentic coding and day-to-day engineering, with long autonomous sessions, repo-scale edits, reliable tool calling and reasoning effort up to max, at a fifth of Astra's vendor price. The default pick for most Codex work; reach for Astra when the task is unusually hard.

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Quick take: GPT-6 Sol is cheaper on output tokens ($0.1 vs $0.3 per 1M). Compare their strengths and context for your task; you can switch the model id at any time.

FAQ

Which is cheaper, Claude Opus 5 or GPT-6 Sol?

GPT-6 Sol is cheaper on output tokens ($0.1 vs $0.3 per 1M).

Which has a larger context window, Claude Opus 5 or GPT-6 Sol?

Claude Opus 5: 1M; GPT-6 Sol: 1M.