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Claude Mythos 5 vs GPT-4o

Data verified

Head-to-head evidence from 0 shared benchmark results across 0 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.

No sourced benchmark result is currently shared by both models. This page therefore compares only the available metadata, pricing, and runtime rows; it does not name a quality winner.
83.93/100
Margin
42.4pts
← winning
OpenAI
41.49/100
1 category wins0 category wins

Public leaderboard positions: Claude Mythos 5 #1 (Supported); GPT-4o #165 (Supported). Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.

Evidence parity. Claude Mythos 5 and GPT-4o share 0 comparable benchmark results. 1 of 8 categories are comparable. 15 results are unique to Claude Mythos 5; 13 to GPT-4o.

Updated July 23, 2026
Shared results
0
Claude Mythos 5 only
15
GPT-4o only
13
Comparable categories
1 / 8

Pick Claude Mythos 5 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. GPT-4o only becomes the better choice if you want the cheaper token bill or you would rather avoid the extra latency and token burn of a reasoning model.

Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 0 shared benchmark results across 0 evidence categories; 1 of 8 categories currently have scoreable aggregates for both models. Treat the verdict as directional until coverage is more balanced.

Why this result

Claude Mythos 5 is clearly ahead on the BenchAlign aggregate, 83.93 to 41.49. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Claude Mythos 5's sharpest advantage is in mathematics, where it averages 97.6 against 0.3.

Claude Mythos 5 is also the more expensive model on tokens at $10.00 input / $50.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $2.50 input / $10.00 output per 1M tokens for GPT-4o. That is roughly 5.0x on output cost alone. Claude Mythos 5 is the reasoning model in the pair, while GPT-4o is not. That usually helps on harder chain-of-thought-heavy tests, but it can also mean more latency and more token spend in real use. Claude Mythos 5 gives you the larger context window at 1M+, compared with 128K for GPT-4o.

Operational comparison

Runtime and commercial metrics are compared only when both models have a complete sourced value.

MetricClaude Mythos 5GPT-4oComparison
Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokensClaude Mythos 5$10 input / $50 outputGPT-4o$2.5 input / $10 outputGPT-4o has the lower combined listed price.
Generation speedtokens per secondClaude Mythos 5Not availableGPT-4o131 tok/sA complete speed comparison is not available.
First-answer latencyseconds to first tokenClaude Mythos 5Not availableGPT-4o0.81 sA complete latency comparison is not available.
Context windowmaximum listed tokensClaude Mythos 51M+GPT-4o128KClaude Mythos 5 lists the larger context window.

Benchmark Deep Dive

Agentic
BenchmarkClaude Mythos 5GPT-4oResult
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 88%Not comparable
OSWorld-VerifiedSource 85%Not comparable
BrowseCompSource 88%Not comparable
ExploitGymSource 17.5%Not comparable
τ²-bench resultsSource 25.1%Not comparable
Coding
BenchmarkClaude Mythos 5GPT-4oResult
SWE-bench VerifiedSource 95.5%Not comparable
SWE-bench ProSource 80.3%Not comparable
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 88.0%Not comparable
AA-SciCodeSource 33.3%Not comparable
Reasoning
BenchmarkClaude Mythos 5GPT-4oResult
AA-LCRSource 0.0%Not comparable
CritPtSource 0.0%Not comparable
Knowledge
BenchmarkClaude Mythos 5GPT-4oResult
GPQASource 94.1%Not comparable
HLESource 64.5%Not comparable
HLE w/o toolsSource 59%Not comparable
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource 11.2%Not comparable
AA-GPQA DiamondSource 54.3%Not comparable
AA-HLESource 3.3%Not comparable
AA-Omniscience IndexSource -10.7%Not comparable
AA-Omniscience AccuracySource 19.7%Not comparable
AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource 37.9%Not comparable
MathClaude Mythos 5 wins
BenchmarkClaude Mythos 5GPT-4oResult
USAMO 2026Source 97.6%Not comparable
FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3)Source 0.345%Not comparable
Multilingual
BenchmarkClaude Mythos 5GPT-4oResult
SWE MultilingualSource 92.2%Not comparable
Multimodal
BenchmarkClaude Mythos 5GPT-4oResult
SWE-bench MultimodalSource 54.9%Not comparable
CharXivSource 93.5%Not comparable
CharXiv w/o toolsSource 88.9%Not comparable
Design Arena WebsiteSource 861Not comparable
Inst. Following
BenchmarkClaude Mythos 5GPT-4oResult
AA-IFBenchSource 34.3%Not comparable
Frequently Asked Questions (2)

Which is better, Claude Mythos 5 or GPT-4o?

Claude Mythos 5 is ahead on BenchLM's BenchAlign leaderboard, 83.93 to 41.49.

Which is better for math, Claude Mythos 5 or GPT-4o?

Claude Mythos 5 has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 97.6 versus 0.3. GPT-4o stays close enough that the answer can still flip depending on your workload.

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Last updated: July 23, 2026

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