Claude vs GPT-5: Which AI Model for Your Chatbot?
Compare Claude from Anthropic and GPT-5 from OpenAI on intelligence, safety, cost, and applications. Discover which LLM best fits your AI assistant.
Claude (Anthropic)
An AI model from Anthropic focused on safety, longer context windows, and nuanced responses. Available as Claude Opus, Sonnet, and Haiku.
GPT-5 (OpenAI)
The latest language model from OpenAI with improved reasoning, multi-modal capabilities, and broad tooling integration.
Comparison table
| Feature | Claude (Anthropic) | GPT-5 (OpenAI) |
|---|---|---|
| Reasoning | Excellent — strong in analysis and nuance | Excellent — improved chain-of-thought reasoning |
| Context window | Up to 200K tokens — ideal for long documents | Up to 128K tokens — large but smaller than Claude |
| Safety | Constitutional AI — focus on safe outputs | RLHF-trained with guardrails |
| API costs | Competitive — Haiku very affordable for simple tasks | Variable — GPT-5 mini cheap, GPT-5 more expensive |
| Multi-modal | Text and images (vision) | Text, images, audio, and video |
Verdict
Both models are absolute top-tier. Claude excels in safety and longer context, GPT-5 in multi-modal capabilities and broad tooling. For an AI assistant, both are excellent choices — the best option depends on your specific use case.
Our recommendation
OpenClaw Installeren supports both Claude and GPT-5. We recommend Claude as the default model for customer service due to its safe, nuanced outputs. GPT-5 is an excellent choice for multi-modal applications. The beauty of OpenClaw is that you can easily switch.
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