GPT Chat Latest vs Claude Opus 5.5 compared — price per token, context window, multimodality, openness and which to choose. Full 2026 breakdown.
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| Spec | GPT Chat Latest | Claude Opus 5.5 | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maker | OpenAI | Anthropic | – |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary | – |
| Context window | 400K tokens | 1M tokens | |
| Input price | $5/M | $4/M | |
| Output price | $30/M | $20/M | |
| Vision / multimodal | Yes | Yes | = Tie |
| Tool / function calling | Yes | Yes | = Tie |
| Self-hostable | No (API only) | No (API only) | – |
| License | Proprietary | Proprietary | – |
Claude Opus 5.5 is ~1.5× cheaper than GPT Chat Latest on output tokens ($20 vs $30 per M tokens).
| Capability | GPT Chat Latest | Claude Opus 5.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Open weights (downloadable) | ✗ | ✗ |
| Self-hostable | ✗ | ✗ |
| Runs fully offline | ✗ | ✗ |
| Vision / multimodal | ✓ | ✓ |
| Tool / function calling | ✓ | ✓ |
| 1M+ context window | ✗ | ✓ |
Independent benchmark scores measured by Artificial Analysis. Higher is better (except latency).
Benchmark data by Artificial Analysis.
| Criterion | GPT Chat Latest | Claude Opus 5.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Cost-efficiency | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Context window | 4.5 | 5.0 |
| Openness | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| Self-hosting | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Multimodality | 5.0 | 5.0 |
Scores come from live data — output price (cost), context length, open vs closed weights (openness & self-hosting) and vision/tool support (multimodality). Raw task quality isn't scored here; it depends on your benchmark — see the verdict.
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Claude Opus 5.5 is cheaper on output ($20/M vs $30/M).
Claude Opus 5.5 offers the larger context window (1M tokens).
Choose Claude Opus 5.5 for the lower output price ($20/M vs $30/M). It also gives you the larger 1M context window.
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