Claude Opus 4.5 is Anthropic’s frontier reasoning model optimized for complex software engineering, agentic workflows, and long-horizon computer use. It offers strong multimodal capabilities, competitive performance across real-world coding…
Model details →Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5 vs OpenAI: o3 Deep Research
Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5 wins on 2 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
o3-deep-research is OpenAI's advanced model for deep research, designed to tackle complex, multi-step research tasks. Note: This model always uses the 'web_search' tool which adds additional cost.
Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5 | OpenAI: o3 Deep Research | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 200K | 200K | Tie |
| Input price (per 1M) Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider. | $5.00 | $10.00 | 🏆 Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5 |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $25.00 | $40.00 | 🏆 Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5 |
| Tool / function calling First-class support for emitting structured tool calls. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| Vision input Accepts image inputs alongside text. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| Reasoning mode Internal chain-of-thought / extended-thinking support. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
Frequently asked questions
Is Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5 better than OpenAI: o3 Deep Research?
Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5 wins on 2 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
What's the price difference between Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5 and OpenAI: o3 Deep Research?
Input: $5.00 vs $10.00 per 1M tokens. Output: $25.00 vs $40.00 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5 and OpenAI: o3 Deep Research support?
Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5 supports up to 200K tokens. OpenAI: o3 Deep Research supports up to 200K tokens.
Do both Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5 and OpenAI: o3 Deep Research support tool calling?
Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5: yes. OpenAI: o3 Deep Research: yes.