Comparing 2 models

Claude Opus 4.6 vs GPT-5.6 Sol

Facts first, then task-specific rankings. A highlighted cell is better only for that row, not universally.

metric

Model 1Claude Opus 4.6

Model 2GPT-5.6 Sol

Best for

a General Assistant (#1)

Massive Context (#1)

Provider

anthropic

openai

Context

1.1MBest

Input / 1M

$5Best

Output / 1M

$25Best

$30

Tool use

yesBest

Vision

yesBest

Reasoning

yesBest

Open-weight

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Released

Feb 5, 2026

Jul 9, 2026

task evidence

How they place when the question changes

Lower ranks are better. “Best” marks the strongest option in this shortlist for that task.

Best LLM for Computer & Browser Use —#2Best

Best LLM for Business Writing #1Best —

Best Value LLM #1Best —

Best LLM for Charts & Diagrams #3Best —

Cheapest Capable LLM #2Best —

Best LLM for Frontend & UI —#2Best

Best LLM for Math & Reasoning #1Best —

Best LLM for Chat & Roleplay #1Best —

Best LLM for Roleplay & Character #1Best —

Best LLM for Document Parsing #2Best —

Best LLM for Marketing Copy #1Best —

Best LLM for Logic & Problem Solving #1Best —

Best LLM for Literary Translation #1Best —

Best LLM for Competition Math #1Best —

Best LLM for Everyday Translation #1Best —

Best LLM for Code Completion —#3Best

Best LLM for Image Understanding #3Best —

Best LLM for Grounded RAG #1Best —

Best LLM for JSON & Schema Output #1Best —

Best LLM for Autonomous Agents —#3Best

Best LLM for Massive Context #2 #1Best

Best LLM for Creative Writing #1Best —

Best LLM for High-Volume Extraction #1Best —

Best LLM for Structured Data Extraction #1Best —

Best LLM for Tool & Function Calling —#2Best

Best LLM for Writing #1Best —

Best LLM for AI Agents —#2Best

Best LLM for Summarization #1Best —

Best LLM for a General Assistant #1Best —

Best LLM for RAG & Long Context #2Best #4

Best LLM for Vision & Documents #3Best —

Best LLM for Translation #1Best —

Best LLM for Document Summarization #1Best —

Best LLM for Agentic Coding —#4Best

Best LLM for OCR & Documents #3Best —

Best LLM for Fast Summaries #1Best —

Best LLM for Coding —#2Best