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Anthropic Claude vs GPT-4 Turbo Preview

This page is context-first: how much text each model can take in one request. Full specs adds capabilities and limits; the pricing matrix below is only about $/million tokens from hosts that list both models.

Anthropic

Model

Anthropic Claude

Context window

100K

100,000 tokens · ~75K words

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Openai

Model

GPT-4 Turbo Preview

Tool calling

Context window

128K

128,000 tokens · ~96K words

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Context window · side by side

Bar length is relative to the larger of the two windows (100% = max of this pair). This is not pricing.

Anthropic Claude100K
GPT-4 Turbo Preview128K

GPT-4 Turbo Preview has about 1.3× the context window of the other in this pair.

Token calculator →Memory savings →

GPT-4 Turbo Preview has 28% more context capacity (128K vs 100K tokens). Anthropic Claude is 20% cheaper on input.

Quick verdicts

Short takeaways — validate with your own workloads.

  • Long document processing

    Use GPT-4 Turbo Preview. Its 128K context fits entire documents without chunking (vs 100K).

  • RAG / high-volume retrieval

    Use Anthropic Claude. Input tokens are 20% cheaper — critical when sending large retrieved contexts.

  • Long output (reports, code files)

    Use Anthropic Claude. Its 8K max output lets you generate complete artifacts in one request.

Full specs

Context, output, capabilities, and dates. Green highlights the favorable value where we compute a winner.

SpecAnthropic ClaudeGPT-4 Turbo Preview
Context window100,000 tokens (100K)128,000 tokens (128K)
Max output tokens8,191 tokens (8K)4,096 tokens (4K)
Speed tierBalancedBalanced
VisionNoNo
Function callingNoYes
Extended thinkingNoNo
Prompt cachingNoNo
Batch APIYesYes
Release dateN/AJan 2024

Pricing matrix

Dollar rates only: hosts that list both models, per 1M tokens. For how much text fits, use the context section above — not this table.

ProviderAnthropic Claude inAnthropic Claude outGPT-4 Turbo Preview inGPT-4 Turbo Preview out
Aws Bedrock$8.00/M$24.00/M——
Openai——$10.00/M$30.00/M

Frequently asked questions

GPT-4 Turbo Preview has a larger context window: 128K tokens vs 100K. For long documents, large codebases, or extended agent sessions, the larger context window reduces the need to chunk inputs or summarize history.

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