Claude vs GPT vs Gemini (top tier)

The flagships of each major lab, head to head.

When the choice is between the top-of-line model from each major lab — Claude Opus 4.5, GPT-4.1, Gemini 2.5 Pro — the winner depends on the work. Each leads on a different axis: Opus on reasoning depth, GPT-4.1 on tool use breadth, Gemini on context window.

OpenAI: GPT-4.1
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Context
1048K
Max output
Input
$2.00/Mtok
Output
$8.00/Mtok
Modalities
image, text, file

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