GPT-5.5 vs Claude Opus 4.8
How GPT-5.5 (OpenAI) and Claude Opus 4.8 (Anthropic) compare on price, context window and best-fit use case.
In short: GPT-5.5 is best for Highest-stakes reasoning, complex agents, and frontier coding tasks where capability outweighs cost, while Claude Opus 4.8 suits Complex coding agents, long-horizon tasks, and workloads needing top reliability and reasoning. On price it's $5.00 vs $5.00 per 1M input tokens; on context, ~1.05M tokens (128K max output) vs 1M tokens.
| Spec | GPT-5.5 | Claude Opus 4.8 |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | OpenAI | Anthropic |
| Context window | ~1.05M tokens (128K max output) | 1M tokens |
| Input price /1M | $5.00 | $5.00 |
| Output price /1M | $30.00 | $25.00 |
| Modalities | text, image | text, image |
| Best for | Highest-stakes reasoning, complex agents, and frontier coding tasks where capability outweighs cost. | Complex coding agents, long-horizon tasks, and workloads needing top reliability and reasoning. |
GPT-5.5
- State-of-the-art reasoning and agentic workflows
- 1M+ context window
- Strong coding and tool use
- Multimodal (text + image input)
Claude Opus 4.8
- Best-in-class coding and agentic tasks
- Adaptive reasoning with effort controls
- 1M context at flat rate
- Strong instruction following and safety