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Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.1 vs OpenAI: GPT-5 Nano

OpenAI: GPT-5 Nano wins on 3 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.

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CapabilityAnthropic: Claude Opus 4.1OpenAI: GPT-5 NanoWinner
Context window
Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request.
200K400K🏆 OpenAI: GPT-5 Nano
Input price (per 1M)
Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider.
$15.00$0.05🏆 OpenAI: GPT-5 Nano
Output price (per 1M)
Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider.
$75.00$0.40🏆 OpenAI: GPT-5 Nano
Tool / function calling
First-class support for emitting structured tool calls.
YesYesTie
Vision input
Accepts image inputs alongside text.
YesYesTie
Reasoning mode
Internal chain-of-thought / extended-thinking support.
YesYesTie

Frequently asked questions

Is Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.1 better than OpenAI: GPT-5 Nano?

OpenAI: GPT-5 Nano wins on 3 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.

What's the price difference between Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.1 and OpenAI: GPT-5 Nano?

Input: $15.00 vs $0.05 per 1M tokens. Output: $75.00 vs $0.40 per 1M tokens.

What context windows do Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.1 and OpenAI: GPT-5 Nano support?

Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.1 supports up to 200K tokens. OpenAI: GPT-5 Nano supports up to 400K tokens.

Do both Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.1 and OpenAI: GPT-5 Nano support tool calling?

Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.1: yes. OpenAI: GPT-5 Nano: yes.

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