Coding Efficiency: GPT-5.4 Pro vs Claude Opus 4.6 (Scenario 5)

GPT-5.4 Pro vs Claude Opus 4.6
Complete Comparison: 50,000 input tokens × 12,500 output tokens
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⚡ 30% Cached

Complete comparison of pricing, performance, and capabilities for 2 leading AI models with 30% Cached.

⚡ Caching Optimized (up to 90% savings) 📊 Batch API
Comparison Criteria GPT-5.4 Pro
OpenAI
Claude Opus 4.6
Anthropic
Calculation Results (Current Inputs) (30% cached)
Input Tokens 50,000 50,000
Output Tokens 12,500 12,500
Cost Breakdown
Input Cost $0.750000Worst $0.062500 (rounded ~ $0.06)Best
Output Cost $1.125000 (rounded ~ $1.13)Worst $0.078125 (rounded ~ $0.08)Best
Unit Cost (Audio/OCR) $0.000000 $0.000000
Service Fees $0.000000 $0.000000
Total Cost $1.672500 (rounded ~ $1.67) Most Expensive $0.123750 (rounded ~ $0.12) Best Value
Processing Time 3 minutes, 11.25 seconds Fastest 3 minutes, 59.02 seconds Slowest
Tokens per Second 350Fastest 280Slowest
Time to First Token 250ms Best 380ms Worst
Cost per 1K tokens $0.026760 (rounded ~ $0.03)Worst $0.001980Best
Tokens per Dollar 37,369Worst Value 505,051Best Value
Cost per 1 Million Tokens (Informational)
Input Cost / 1M (Base) $15.000000Worst $1.250000Best
Output Cost / 1M (Base) $90.000000Worst $6.250000Best
Input Cost / 1M (Optimized) $7.500000Worst
Optimizations: 50.0% batch
$0.625000 (rounded ~ $0.63)Best
Optimizations: 50.0% batch
Output Cost / 1M (Optimized) $45.000000Worst
Optimizations: 50.0% batch
$3.125000 (rounded ~ $3.13)Best
Optimizations: 50.0% batch
Capabilities & Advanced Features
Images Support ✓ Supported ✓ Supported
Caching Support
30
✓ Supported ✓ Supported
Batch API Support ✓ Supported ✓ Supported
Tool Usage Support ✓ Supported ✓ Supported
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GPT-5.4 Pro
OpenAIMax Context: 1,024,000 tokens
$30 / $180 per 1M tokens (Standard)
State-dependent pricing active. Current tier: Standard
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Calculate Token Costs

$1.672500 Total Cost
$0.525000 Input Cost
$1.125000 Output Cost
$0.000000 Unit Cost
$0.000000 Search Cost
$0.000000 Request Fee
$0.000000 Tool Fee
$0.000000 Code Execution
62,500Total Tokens
$0.026760Cost per 1K
37,369Tokens per $
🔄 Cliff Pricing Active: Using Standard pricing (standard) based on token volume.
📊 Advanced Cost Breakdown

Processing Speed

3m 11s Processing Time
350 Tokens/Second
250ms Time to First Token
327 Effective Speed

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Model Information

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🔄 Advanced Options

⚡ Optimization
Flat fee per session (e.g., $0.03 for Code Interpreter)
Hourly storage fee for cached data
First 50 hours free, $0.05/hour after
🧠 Reasoning & Thinking
Manual thinking tokens (billed at output rate)
🔧 Special Modes
Enable 6.0x Fast Mode multiplier
📚 Research & Citations
Enable $1.00/$4.00 rates + $10.00/1k search
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Fee per source cited
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GPT-5.4 Pro OpenAI 1024000

$1.672500 (rounded ~ $1.67)
Total Cost
⚡ 30% Cached 📊 Batch API 🔧 Tools
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Vision/Images
✓ Available
🎧
Audio Processing
✗ Not Available
🎥
Video Analysis
✗ Not Available
🔧
Tool Usage
✓ Available
📄
OCR Support
✗ Not Available
📊
Batch API
✓ Available
⚡
Caching
✓ Available
90% savings

💰 Total Cost Calculation (from Plugin)

Base Cost (No Optimizations) $1.875000 (rounded ~ $1.88) Input: $0.750000
Output: $1.125000 (rounded ~ $1.13)
Optimized Cost $1.672500 (rounded ~ $1.67) Input: $0.750000
Output: $1.125000 (rounded ~ $1.13)
Unit: $0.000000
Fees: $0.000000
Total Savings $0.202500 (rounded ~ $0.20) 10.8% discount

Advanced Cost Breakdown (from Plugin)

📊 Batch API
50.0% off
Asynchronous processing discount
📊 Cliff Pricing
Standard
standard pricing (threshold: 272,000)

Detailed Cost Analysis (from Plugin)

For 50,000 input tokens and 12,500 output tokens:

  • Input Cost: $0.750000
  • Output Cost: $1.125000 (rounded ~ $1.13)
  • Total Cost: $1.672500 (rounded ~ $1.67)
  • Cost per 1K tokens: $0.026760 (rounded ~ $0.03)
  • Tokens per dollar: 37,369 tokens
  • Context Window: 1024000 tokens

Speed & Performance Analysis

With a processing speed of 350 tokens per second and 250ms time to first token:

  • Processing Time: 3 minutes, 11.25 seconds
  • Latency: 250 milliseconds to first token
  • Base Throughput: 350 tokens/second
  • Effective Throughput: 327 tokens/second (temperature-adjusted)

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Claude Opus 4.6 Anthropic 1000000

$0.123750 (rounded ~ $0.12)
Total Cost
⚡ 30% Cached 📊 Batch API 🔧 Tools
👁️
Vision/Images
✓ Available
🎧
Audio Processing
✗ Not Available
🎥
Video Analysis
✗ Not Available
🔧
Tool Usage
✓ Available
📄
OCR Support
✗ Not Available
📊
Batch API
✓ Available
⚡
Caching
✓ Available
90% savings

💰 Total Cost Calculation (from Plugin)

Base Cost (No Optimizations) $0.140625 Input: $0.062500 (rounded ~ $0.06)
Output: $0.078125 (rounded ~ $0.08)
Optimized Cost $0.123750 (rounded ~ $0.12) Input: $0.062500 (rounded ~ $0.06)
Output: $0.078125 (rounded ~ $0.08)
Unit: $0.000000
Fees: $0.000000
Total Savings $0.016875 (rounded ~ $0.02) 12.0% discount

Advanced Cost Breakdown (from Plugin)

📊 Batch API
50.0% off
Asynchronous processing discount

Detailed Cost Analysis (from Plugin)

For 50,000 input tokens and 12,500 output tokens:

  • Input Cost: $0.062500 (rounded ~ $0.06)
  • Output Cost: $0.078125 (rounded ~ $0.08)
  • Total Cost: $0.123750 (rounded ~ $0.12)
  • Cost per 1K tokens: $0.001980
  • Tokens per dollar: 505,051 tokens
  • Context Window: 1000000 tokens

Speed & Performance Analysis

With a processing speed of 280 tokens per second and 380ms time to first token:

  • Processing Time: 3 minutes, 59.02 seconds
  • Latency: 380 milliseconds to first token
  • Base Throughput: 280 tokens/second
  • Effective Throughput: 262 tokens/second (temperature-adjusted)

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✨ Market Recommendations AI Model Registry

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📋 Active Input Parameters
Input Tokens: 50,000
Output Tokens: 12,500
Batch API: Enabled (50% discount)
Cached Tokens: 30%
Tools: Enabled
Rank AI Model & Provider Total Cost vs GPT-5.4 Pro vs Claude Opus 4.6
🏆 Mistral Small 3
Mistral AI
 $0.001850 Best Value ↓ 99.9% cheaper ↓ 98.5% cheaper
🥈 Grok Code Fast 1
xAI
 $0.006513 (rounded ~ $0.01) ↓ 99.6% cheaper ↓ 94.7% cheaper
🥉 Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite
Google
 $0.006969 (rounded ~ $0.01) ↓ 99.6% cheaper ↓ 94.4% cheaper
#4 Mistral Large 3
Mistral AI
 $0.009250 ↓ 99.4% cheaper ↓ 92.5% cheaper
#5 Gemini 2.5 Flash
Google
 $0.010550 ↓ 99.4% cheaper ↓ 91.5% cheaper
#6 Grok 4.3
xAI
 $0.019219 ↓ 98.9% cheaper ↓ 84.5% cheaper
#7 GPT-5.4 mini
OpenAI
 $0.020906 ↓ 98.8% cheaper ↓ 83.1% cheaper
#8 o4-mini Deep Research
OpenAI
 $0.021625 (rounded ~ $0.02) ↓ 98.7% cheaper ↓ 82.5% cheaper
#9 o4-mini
OpenAI
 $0.023788 (rounded ~ $0.02) ↓ 98.6% cheaper ↓ 80.8% cheaper
#10 Claude Haiku 4.5
Anthropic
 $0.024750 (rounded ~ $0.02) ↓ 98.5% cheaper ↓ 80% cheaper
#11 Gemini 3.1 Flash
Google
 $0.027875 (rounded ~ $0.03) ↓ 98.3% cheaper ↓ 77.5% cheaper
#12 Grok 4.20 Beta
xAI
 $0.037000 (rounded ~ $0.04) ↓ 97.8% cheaper ↓ 70.1% cheaper
#13 Gemini 3.5 Flash
Google
 $0.041813 (rounded ~ $0.04) ↓ 97.5% cheaper ↓ 66.2% cheaper
#14 GPT-5.3 Codex Spark
OpenAI
 $0.059719 ↓ 96.4% cheaper ↓ 51.7% cheaper
#15 GPT-5.3 Instant
OpenAI
 $0.059719 ↓ 96.4% cheaper ↓ 51.7% cheaper
#16 Claude Sonnet 4.6
Anthropic
 $0.074250 (rounded ~ $0.07) ↓ 95.6% cheaper ↓ 40% cheaper
#17 Gemini 2.5 Pro
Google
 $0.085313 (rounded ~ $0.09) ↓ 94.9% cheaper ↓ 31.1% cheaper
#18 Gemini 3.1 Pro
Google
 $0.111500 (rounded ~ $0.11) ↓ 93.3% cheaper ↓ 9.9% cheaper
#19 Claude Opus 4.7
Anthropic
 $0.123750 (rounded ~ $0.12) ↓ 92.6% cheaper Same price
#20 Claude Opus 4.8
Anthropic
 $0.123750 (rounded ~ $0.12) ↓ 92.6% cheaper Same price
#21 Claude Opus 4.6
Anthropic
 $0.123750 (rounded ~ $0.12) ↓ 92.6% cheaper Same price
#22 GPT-5.4
OpenAI
 $0.139375 ↓ 91.7% cheaper ↑ 12.6% more
#23 GPT-5.4 Thinking
OpenAI
 $0.139375 ↓ 91.7% cheaper ↑ 12.6% more
#24 GPT-5.5 Instant
OpenAI
 $0.139375 ↓ 91.7% cheaper ↑ 12.6% more
#25 o3 Deep Research
OpenAI
 $0.216250 (rounded ~ $0.22) ↓ 87.1% cheaper ↑ 74.7% more
#26 GPT-5.5
OpenAI
 $0.278750 (rounded ~ $0.28) ↓ 83.3% cheaper ↑ 125.3% more
#27 o3 Pro
OpenAI
 $0.432500 (rounded ~ $0.43) ↓ 74.1% cheaper ↑ 249.5% more
#28 o3 Pro
OpenAI
 $0.432500 (rounded ~ $0.43) ↓ 74.1% cheaper ↑ 249.5% more
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Mistral Small 3
Mistral AI

$0.001850
vs GPT-5.4 Pro: ↓ 99.9%
vs Claude Opus 4.6: ↓ 98.5%
🥈

Grok Code Fast 1
xAI

$0.006513 (rounded ~ $0.01)
vs GPT-5.4 Pro: ↓ 99.6%
vs Claude Opus 4.6: ↓ 94.7%
🥉

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite
Google

$0.006969 (rounded ~ $0.01)
vs GPT-5.4 Pro: ↓ 99.6%
vs Claude Opus 4.6: ↓ 94.4%
#4

Mistral Large 3
Mistral AI

$0.009250
vs GPT-5.4 Pro: ↓ 99.4%
vs Claude Opus 4.6: ↓ 92.5%
#5

Gemini 2.5 Flash
Google

$0.010550
vs GPT-5.4 Pro: ↓ 99.4%
vs Claude Opus 4.6: ↓ 91.5%
#6

Grok 4.3
xAI

$0.019219
vs GPT-5.4 Pro: ↓ 98.9%
vs Claude Opus 4.6: ↓ 84.5%
#7

GPT-5.4 mini
OpenAI

$0.020906
vs GPT-5.4 Pro: ↓ 98.8%
vs Claude Opus 4.6: ↓ 83.1%
#8

o4-mini Deep Research
OpenAI

$0.021625 (rounded ~ $0.02)
vs GPT-5.4 Pro: ↓ 98.7%
vs Claude Opus 4.6: ↓ 82.5%
#9

o4-mini
OpenAI

$0.023788 (rounded ~ $0.02)
vs GPT-5.4 Pro: ↓ 98.6%
vs Claude Opus 4.6: ↓ 80.8%
#10

Claude Haiku 4.5
Anthropic

$0.024750 (rounded ~ $0.02)
vs GPT-5.4 Pro: ↓ 98.5%
vs Claude Opus 4.6: ↓ 80%
#11

Gemini 3.1 Flash
Google

$0.027875 (rounded ~ $0.03)
vs GPT-5.4 Pro: ↓ 98.3%
vs Claude Opus 4.6: ↓ 77.5%
#12

Grok 4.20 Beta
xAI

$0.037000 (rounded ~ $0.04)
vs GPT-5.4 Pro: ↓ 97.8%
vs Claude Opus 4.6: ↓ 70.1%
#13

Gemini 3.5 Flash
Google

$0.041813 (rounded ~ $0.04)
vs GPT-5.4 Pro: ↓ 97.5%
vs Claude Opus 4.6: ↓ 66.2%
#14

GPT-5.3 Codex Spark
OpenAI

$0.059719
vs GPT-5.4 Pro: ↓ 96.4%
vs Claude Opus 4.6: ↓ 51.7%
#15

GPT-5.3 Instant
OpenAI

$0.059719
vs GPT-5.4 Pro: ↓ 96.4%
vs Claude Opus 4.6: ↓ 51.7%
#16

Claude Sonnet 4.6
Anthropic

$0.074250 (rounded ~ $0.07)
vs GPT-5.4 Pro: ↓ 95.6%
vs Claude Opus 4.6: ↓ 40%
#17

Gemini 2.5 Pro
Google

$0.085313 (rounded ~ $0.09)
vs GPT-5.4 Pro: ↓ 94.9%
vs Claude Opus 4.6: ↓ 31.1%
#18

Gemini 3.1 Pro
Google

$0.111500 (rounded ~ $0.11)
vs GPT-5.4 Pro: ↓ 93.3%
vs Claude Opus 4.6: ↓ 9.9%
#19

Claude Opus 4.7
Anthropic

$0.123750 (rounded ~ $0.12)
vs GPT-5.4 Pro: ↓ 92.6%
vs Claude Opus 4.6: Same
#20

Claude Opus 4.8
Anthropic

$0.123750 (rounded ~ $0.12)
vs GPT-5.4 Pro: ↓ 92.6%
vs Claude Opus 4.6: Same
#21

Claude Opus 4.6
Anthropic

$0.123750 (rounded ~ $0.12)
vs GPT-5.4 Pro: ↓ 92.6%
vs Claude Opus 4.6: Same
#22

GPT-5.4
OpenAI

$0.139375
vs GPT-5.4 Pro: ↓ 91.7%
vs Claude Opus 4.6: ↑ 12.6%
#23

GPT-5.4 Thinking
OpenAI

$0.139375
vs GPT-5.4 Pro: ↓ 91.7%
vs Claude Opus 4.6: ↑ 12.6%
#24

GPT-5.5 Instant
OpenAI

$0.139375
vs GPT-5.4 Pro: ↓ 91.7%
vs Claude Opus 4.6: ↑ 12.6%
#25

o3 Deep Research
OpenAI

$0.216250 (rounded ~ $0.22)
vs GPT-5.4 Pro: ↓ 87.1%
vs Claude Opus 4.6: ↑ 74.7%
#26

GPT-5.5
OpenAI

$0.278750 (rounded ~ $0.28)
vs GPT-5.4 Pro: ↓ 83.3%
vs Claude Opus 4.6: ↑ 125.3%
#27

o3 Pro
OpenAI

$0.432500 (rounded ~ $0.43)
vs GPT-5.4 Pro: ↓ 74.1%
vs Claude Opus 4.6: ↑ 249.5%
#28

o3 Pro
OpenAI

$0.432500 (rounded ~ $0.43)
vs GPT-5.4 Pro: ↓ 74.1%
vs Claude Opus 4.6: ↑ 249.5%
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