Compare/Claude 4.1 Opus (Reasoning) vs o1

Claude 4.1 Opus (Reasoning)vso1

Side-by-side comparison of pricing, 12 benchmarks, and generation speed.

Anthropic

Claude 4.1 Opus (Reasoning)

Input
$15/M
Output
$75/M
Speed
40 tok/s
TTFT
9.31s
OpenAI

o1

Input
$15/M
Output
$60/M
Speed
113 tok/s
TTFT
20.72s

Winner by Category

Cheaper
o1
Faster (tok/s)
o1
Lower Latency
Claude 4.1 Opus (Reasoning)
Benchmarks (9-3)
Claude 4.1 Opus (Reasoning)

Pricing Comparison

MetricClaude 4.1 Opus (Reasoning)o1
Input ($/M tokens)$15$15
Output ($/M tokens)$75$60
Cost for 1M input + 100K output tokens:
Claude 4.1 Opus (Reasoning)$22.50
o1$21.00

Speed Comparison

Output Speed (tokens/s) — higher is better
Claude 4.1 Opus (Reasoning)
40 tok/s
o1
113 tok/s
Time to First Token (seconds) — lower is better
Claude 4.1 Opus (Reasoning)
9.31s
o1
20.72s

Benchmark Comparison

Data from Artificial Analysis API — 12 benchmarks

Intelligence Index
42.030.8
Coding Index
36.520.5
Math Index
80.3
GPQA Diamond
80.9%74.7%
MMLU-Pro
88.0%84.1%
LiveCodeBench
65.4%67.9%
AIME 2025
80.3%
MATH-500
97.0%
Humanity's Last Exam
11.9%7.7%
SciCode
40.9%35.8%
IFBench
55.4%70.3%
TerminalBench
34.3%12.9%
Claude 4.1 Opus (Reasoning)9 wins
3 winso1

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is cheaper, Claude 4.1 Opus (Reasoning) or o1?

o1 is cheaper overall. Its blended price (3:1 input/output ratio) is $26.25/M tokens vs $30.00/M for Claude 4.1 Opus (Reasoning).

Which model performs better on benchmarks?

Claude 4.1 Opus (Reasoning) wins 9 out of 12 benchmarks compared to 3 for o1. See the detailed benchmark chart above for per-category results.

Which is faster for real-time applications?

o1 generates tokens faster at 113 tok/s vs 40 tok/s. Claude 4.1 Opus (Reasoning) also has lower time-to-first-token (9.31s vs 20.72s).

When should I use Claude 4.1 Opus (Reasoning) vs o1?

Choose based on your priorities: o1 for lower cost, Claude 4.1 Opus (Reasoning) for stronger benchmark performance, and o1 for faster generation. For latency-sensitive apps, check the TTFT comparison above.