Opus 4.6 is Anthropic’s strongest model for coding and long-running professional tasks. It is built for agents that operate across entire workflows rather than single prompts, making it especially effective...
Model details →Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6 (batch) vs OpenAI: GPT-3.5 Turbo 16k
Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6 (batch) wins on 4 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
This model offers four times the context length of gpt-3.5-turbo, allowing it to support approximately 20 pages of text in a single request at a higher cost. Training data: up...
Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6 (batch) | OpenAI: GPT-3.5 Turbo 16k | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 1M | 16K | 🏆 Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6 (batch) |
| Input price (per 1M) Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider. | $2.50 | $3.00 | 🏆 Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6 (batch) |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $12.50 | $4.00 | 🏆 OpenAI: GPT-3.5 Turbo 16k |
| Tool / function calling First-class support for emitting structured tool calls. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| Vision input Accepts image inputs alongside text. | Yes | — | 🏆 Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6 (batch) |
| Reasoning mode Internal chain-of-thought / extended-thinking support. | Yes | — | 🏆 Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6 (batch) |
Frequently asked questions
Is Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6 (batch) better than OpenAI: GPT-3.5 Turbo 16k?
Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6 (batch) wins on 4 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
What's the price difference between Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6 (batch) and OpenAI: GPT-3.5 Turbo 16k?
Input: $2.50 vs $3.00 per 1M tokens. Output: $12.50 vs $4.00 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6 (batch) and OpenAI: GPT-3.5 Turbo 16k support?
Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6 (batch) supports up to 1M tokens. OpenAI: GPT-3.5 Turbo 16k supports up to 16K tokens.
Do both Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6 (batch) and OpenAI: GPT-3.5 Turbo 16k support tool calling?
Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6 (batch): yes. OpenAI: GPT-3.5 Turbo 16k: yes.