Is OpenAI o4 Mini or Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5 cheaper?

OpenAI o4 Mini is cheaper on output tokens ($4.40 vs $25.00 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, OpenAI o4 Mini or Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5?

Both models offer a similar context window.

OpenAI o4 Mini vs Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5

OpenAI o4 Mini is cheaper on output tokens. Choose OpenAI o4 Mini or Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5 based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	OpenAI o4 Mini	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5
Provider	Helicone	Helicone
Input / 1M tokens	$1.10	$5.00
Output / 1M tokens	$4.40	$25.00
Context window	200K	200K
Parameters	—	—
Open weights	No	No
Released	Jun 2024	Nov 2025

OpenAI o4 Mini details →Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5 details →

FAQ

Pricing is indicative — confirm with the provider before production use. Highlighted values indicate the better figure for that row.