Short answer: OpenAI o3 is 5.3x cheaper (0.63¢ vs 3.35¢ a chat). Claude Opus 5 ranks higher overall (#2 vs #5). Claude Opus 5 wins at reasoning, coding, agentic tasks. OpenAI o3 wins at maths. Pick OpenAI o3 for everyday use and Claude Opus 5 when quality matters most.


| Claude Opus 5 | OpenAI o3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Cost per chat (NZD) | 3.35¢ | 0.63¢ |
| Chats per NZ$1 | 29 | 159 |
| Overall rank | #2 | #5 |
| Vendor | Anthropic | OpenAI |
| Speciality | General | Math |
| Reasoning | 89 | 73 |
| Code | 87 | 83 |
| Math | 81 | 89 |
| Agentic | 92 | 71 |
Scores are 0 to 100 percentiles blending LMArena, Epoch AI, Artificial Analysis and CrapGPT's own tests. Updated 2026-10-13.
OpenAI o3 costs 0.63¢ per typical chat versus 3.35¢ for Claude Opus 5 on CrapGPT (NZD, measured token use).
Claude Opus 5 ranks higher overall on CrapGPT's blended benchmark score. By category: Claude Opus 5 leads at reasoning, coding, agentic tasks; OpenAI o3 leads at maths.
Yes. CrapGPT's card battle sends one prompt to two models and lets you pick the winner, paying only for the two replies.
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