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Real data comparison

Claude Opus 5 (batch) vs OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Sol (batch)

On quality, Claude Opus 5 (batch) leads (63.1 vs 60.9). On price, Claude Opus 5 (batch) is cheaper ($10.00 vs $11.25 per 1M). In real production usage, Claude Opus 5 (batch) is used more (rank #16 vs #28 of 291).

  • Claude Opus 5 (batch)
  • OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Sol (batch)
Quality (Intelligence Index)63.1 / 60.9
Price ($/1M blended)$10.00 / $11.25
Average usage share1.68% / 0.81%
Best provider uptime99.9% / 100.0%
Coding index78 / 77.4
Agentic index59.2 / 57.8
Context window1,000,000 / 1,050,000
Quality per dollar6.3 pts/$ / 5.4 pts/$

Usage share over time

2.36%1.77%1.18%0.59%0.00%Share of usageJul 10Jul 24Aug 8
  • Claude Opus 5 (batch)
  • OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Sol (batch)

Frequently asked questions

Claude Opus 5 (batch) vs OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Sol (batch): which is better quality?

Claude Opus 5 (batch) scores higher on Artificial Analysis's Intelligence Index (63.1 vs 60.9).

Claude Opus 5 (batch) vs OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Sol (batch): which is cheaper?

Claude Opus 5 (batch) is cheaper at $10.00/1M vs $11.25/1M.

Claude Opus 5 (batch) vs OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Sol (batch): which is used more?

Claude Opus 5 (batch) has higher real OpenRouter usage share (rank #16 vs #28 of 291).

Source: OpenRouter (openrouter.ai/rankings), as of August 9, 2026.

Benchmark scores: Artificial Analysis (artificialanalysis.ai) via OpenRouter (openrouter.ai/rankings).

Methodology: smophy.ai/benchmark/methodology

Token counts originate from each provider's own tokenizer and are not directly comparable across providers.