Claude’s merged chat and Cowork vs. ChatGPT’s Work mode: ChatGPT is faster, Claude is more thorough
The New Stack 3 weeks ago 19
Anthropic merged Claude’s chat and Cowork into one interface that routes multi-step tasks in the same thread instead of forcing users to pick a mode, starting with Pro and Max subscribers. In head-to-head tests, ChatGPT’s Work mode completed API research in 1 minute 17 seconds with 649 output tokens while Claude’s merged app took 1 minute 44 seconds with 1,042 output tokens. Speed favors ChatGPT, while Claude’s merged experience provides more detail (more sources, extra context, and method notes), with both matching accuracy across all tests.