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Discover how OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra and Anthropic's Claude Opus 5 stack up against each other in this comprehensive comparison of two leading AI language models. Released in September 2026 and July 2026 respectively, these models represent significant advancements in artificial intelligence, with GPT-6 Astra offering a 1,050,000-token context window and Claude Opus 5 offering a 1,000,000-token context window.

Explore their capabilities, pricing, and performance metrics, with GPT-6 Astra achieving 1,480 on LMArena Elo and Claude Opus 5 scoring 1,493, making this comparison essential for developers and organizations seeking the right AI solution for their specific needs.

Models Overview

OpenAI GPT-6 Astra
Anthropic Claude Opus 5

Provider

The company that provides the model.
OpenAIAnthropic

Context Length

Maximum number of tokens the model can process
1.05M1M

Maximum Output

Maximum number of tokens the model can generate in one response
128K128K

Release Date

When the model was first released.
03-09-202624-07-2026

Knowledge Cutoff

When the model's training data ends.
2026-04-302026-05

Open Source

Whether the model weights are openly available.
FALSEFALSE

Pricing Comparison

Compare the pricing of OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra and Anthropic's Claude Opus 5 to determine the most cost-effective solution for your AI needs. Prices are the standard API tier per million tokens, as published by each provider as of September 2026.

OpenAI GPT-6 Astra
Anthropic Claude Opus 5

Input Cost

Cost per million input tokens
$10 / 1M tokens$5 / 1M tokens

Output Cost

Cost per million tokens generated
$50 / 1M tokens$25 / 1M tokens

Comparing Benchmarks and Performance

Compare the performances of OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra and Anthropic's Claude Opus 5 on industry benchmarks. Scores are the ones the providers and public leaderboards report; a benchmark neither reports is left out.

OpenAI GPT-6 Astra
Anthropic Claude Opus 5

LMArena Elo

Crowd-sourced blind preference rating on the LMArena text leaderboard.
1,4801,493

Humanity's Last Exam

Expert-written questions at the frontier of human knowledge.
Benchmark not available56.3%

Sources — GPT-6 Astra: developers.openai.com, arena.ai; Claude Opus 5: platform.claude.com, arena.ai, anthropic.com.

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