Claude 3 Opus vs GPT-4 Turbo Comparison

Comparing Claude 3 Opus and GPT-4 Turbo across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

6 benchmarks

Claude 3 Opus outperforms in 3 benchmarks (GPQA, MGSM, MMLU), while GPT-4 Turbo is better at 3 benchmarks (DROP, HumanEval, MATH).

Both models are evenly matched across the benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

GPT-4 Turbo costs less

For input processing, Claude 3 Opus ($15.00/1M tokens) is 1.5x more expensive than GPT-4 Turbo ($10.00/1M tokens).

For output processing, Claude 3 Opus ($75.00/1M tokens) is 2.5x more expensive than GPT-4 Turbo ($30.00/1M tokens).

In conclusion, Claude 3 Opus is more expensive than GPT-4 Turbo.*

* Using a 3:1 ratio of input to output tokens

Lowest available price from all providers

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Claude 3 Opus

Input tokens$15.00

Output tokens$75.00

Best providerAnthropic

GPT-4 Turbo

Input tokens$10.00

Output tokens$30.00

Best providerAzure

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Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Claude 3 Opus accepts 200,000 input tokens compared to GPT-4 Turbo's 128,000 tokens. Claude 3 Opus can generate longer responses up to 200,000 tokens, while GPT-4 Turbo is limited to 4,096 tokens.

Claude 3 Opus

Input200,000 tokens

Output200,000 tokens

GPT-4 Turbo

Input128,000 tokens

Output4,096 tokens

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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Claude 3 Opus supports multimodal inputs, whereas GPT-4 Turbo does not.

Claude 3 Opus can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Claude 3 Opus

Text

Images

Audio

Video

GPT-4 Turbo

Text

Images

Audio

Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Both models are licensed under proprietary licenses.

Both models have usage restrictions defined by their respective organizations.

Claude 3 Opus

Proprietary

Closed source

GPT-4 Turbo

Proprietary

Closed source

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude 3 Opus was released on 2024-02-29, while GPT-4 Turbo was released on 2024-04-09.

GPT-4 Turbo is 1 month newer than Claude 3 Opus.

Claude 3 Opus

Feb 29, 2024

2.1 years ago

GPT-4 Turbo

Apr 9, 2024

2.0 years ago

1mo newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

GPT-4 Turbo has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2023-12-31, while Claude 3 Opus's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm GPT-4 Turbo's training data extends to 2023-12-31, but cannot make a direct comparison without Claude 3 Opus's cutoff date.

Claude 3 Opus

—

GPT-4 Turbo

Dec 2023

Provider Availability

Claude 3 Opus is available from Anthropic, Bedrock, Google. GPT-4 Turbo is available from Azure, OpenAI. The availability of providers can affect quality of the model and reliability.