Claude Opus 4.7 (2026-04-16) vs GPT 5.4 (2026-03-05)
Claude Opus 4.7 (2026-04-16) vs GPT 5.4 (2026-03-05): GPT 5.4 (2026-03-05) is cheaper by 42%. Claude Opus 4.7 (2026-04-16) from Anthropic (1,000,000-token context) vs. GPT 5.4 (2026-03-05) from Azure OpenAI (1,050,000-token context). Use Agent Command Center to A/B both in shadow mode and pick the winner per workload.
Side-by-side cost
Live workload comparison
Same workload run through both models. The cheaper one is highlighted.
3,000
01,050,000
400
0128,000
5,000
01,000,000
At this workload, GPT 5.4 (2026-03-05) is 46% cheaper than Claude Opus 4.7 (2026-04-16) — a savings of $1,750/month ($21,002/year).
Production recipe — Agent Command Center
strategy: cost-optimized
primary:
model: gpt-5-4-2026-03-05
provider: azure-openai
fallback:
model: claude-opus-4-7-20260416
provider: anthropic
shadow: { sample_rate: 0.05 } # mirror 5% of traffic to compare quality live| Claude Opus 4.7 (2026-04-16) | GPT 5.4 (2026-03-05) | |
|---|---|---|
| Input price | $5.00/M | $2.50/M |
| Output price | $25.00/M | $15.00/M |
| Context window | 1,000,000 | 1,050,000 |
| Max output | 128,000 | 128,000 |
| Function calling | ✓ | ✓ |
| Vision | ✓ | ✓ |
| Audio input | — | — |
| Reasoning | ✓ | ✓ |
| Prompt caching | ✓ | ✓ |
| Structured output | ✓ | ✓ |
| Pricing verified | May 16, 2026 | May 16, 2026 |