Compare/Claude Opus 4.5 (Non-reasoning) vs GPT-4o (May '24)

Claude Opus 4.5 (Non-reasoning)vsGPT-4o (May '24)

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

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Claude Opus 4.5 (Non-reasoning)

Input
$5/M
Output
$25/M
Speed
62 tok/s
TTFT
1.15s
OpenAI

GPT-4o (May '24)

Input
$5/M
Output
$15/M
Speed
78 tok/s
TTFT
0.54s

Winner by Category

Cheaper
GPT-4o (May '24)
Faster (tok/s)
GPT-4o (May '24)
Lower Latency
GPT-4o (May '24)
Benchmarks (11-1)
Claude Opus 4.5 (Non-reasoning)

Pricing Comparison

MetricClaude Opus 4.5 (Non-reasoning)GPT-4o (May '24)
Input ($/M tokens)$5$5
Output ($/M tokens)$25$15
Cost for 1M input + 100K output tokens:
Claude Opus 4.5 (Non-reasoning)$7.50
GPT-4o (May '24)$6.50

Speed Comparison

Output Speed (tokens/s) — higher is better
Claude Opus 4.5 (Non-reasoning)
62 tok/s
GPT-4o (May '24)
78 tok/s
Time to First Token (seconds) — lower is better
Claude Opus 4.5 (Non-reasoning)
1.15s
GPT-4o (May '24)
0.54s

Benchmark Comparison

Data from Artificial Analysis API — 12 benchmarks

Intelligence Index
43.114.5
Coding Index
42.924.2
Math Index
62.7
GPQA Diamond
81.0%52.6%
MMLU-Pro
88.9%74.0%
LiveCodeBench
73.8%33.4%
AIME 2025
62.7%
MATH-500
79.1%
Humanity's Last Exam
12.9%2.8%
SciCode
47.0%30.9%
IFBench
43.0%
TerminalBench
40.9%
Claude Opus 4.5 (Non-reasoning)11 wins
1 winsGPT-4o (May '24)

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is cheaper, Claude Opus 4.5 (Non-reasoning) or GPT-4o (May '24)?

GPT-4o (May '24) is cheaper overall. Its blended price (3:1 input/output ratio) is $7.50/M tokens vs $10.00/M for Claude Opus 4.5 (Non-reasoning).

Which model performs better on benchmarks?

Claude Opus 4.5 (Non-reasoning) wins 11 out of 12 benchmarks compared to 1 for GPT-4o (May '24). See the detailed benchmark chart above for per-category results.

Which is faster for real-time applications?

GPT-4o (May '24) generates tokens faster at 78 tok/s vs 62 tok/s. However, GPT-4o (May '24) has lower time-to-first-token (0.54s vs 1.15s).

When should I use Claude Opus 4.5 (Non-reasoning) vs GPT-4o (May '24)?

Choose based on your priorities: GPT-4o (May '24) for lower cost, Claude Opus 4.5 (Non-reasoning) for stronger benchmark performance, and GPT-4o (May '24) for faster generation. For latency-sensitive apps, check the TTFT comparison above.