Claude Opus 4.7 vs GPT 5.4 (2026-03-05)

Claude Opus 4.7 vs GPT 5.4 (2026-03-05): GPT 5.4 (2026-03-05) is cheaper by 42%. Claude Opus 4.7 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
Anthropic
$3,805/mo
Input $5.00/M · Output $25.00/M
Azure OpenAI
$2,055/mo
Input $2.50/M · Output $15.00/M
At this workload, GPT 5.4 (2026-03-05) is 46% cheaper than Claude Opus 4.7 — 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
  provider: anthropic
shadow: { sample_rate: 0.05 }   # mirror 5% of traffic to compare quality live
Claude Opus 4.7 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
Cheaper option
~42% cheaper than the priciest in this pair
Larger context
1,050,000 tokens
More capabilities
5 of 6 capability flags advertised

Benchmark comparison

Side-by-side public benchmark scores. Greener bar = winner.

Chatbot Arena ELOgeneral
Claude Opus 4.7
1,491
GPT 5.4 (2026-03-05)
GPQA Diamondreasoning
Claude Opus 4.7
94.2%
GPT 5.4 (2026-03-05)
MMMUmultimodal
Claude Opus 4.7
91.5%
GPT 5.4 (2026-03-05)
SWE-bench Verifiedagent
Claude Opus 4.7
87.6%
GPT 5.4 (2026-03-05)
SWE-benchagent
Claude Opus 4.7
64.3%
GPT 5.4 (2026-03-05)
Humanity's Last Examreasoning
Claude Opus 4.7
46.9%
GPT 5.4 (2026-03-05)