Claude 4 Sonnet vs GPT-4.1 Nano
Head to head on 16 shared benchmarks, with price, context window, and release dates.
Benchmark scores
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| Claude 4 Sonnet Anthropic | 40.7% | 38.0% | 54.7% | 1480elo | 58.4 | 68.3% | 4.3% | 45.4% | 44.9% | 93.4% | 83.7% | 62.5% | 37.3% | 69.6% | 27.3% | 52.3% | - | - | - | 22.9% | - | 47.8% | - | - | - | 19.8% | - | - | 67.5% | - | - | 64.8% | 77.5% | 54.6% | 44.3% | 72.9% | 70.5% | 69.0% | - | 33.9% | 72.4% | 86.7% | 43.9% | 6.18 | 6.18 | 35.0% | - | 58.3% | 35.6% | 74.6% | - | - | 0.59 | 84.0% | 84.0% | - | - | 55.5% |
| GPT-4.1 Nano OpenAI | 23.7% | 24.0% | 42.1% | 944elo | 32.4 | 51.2% | 3.8% | 32.0% | 32.6% | 84.8% | 65.7% | 52.8% | 25.9% | 60.8% | 3.8% | 17.3% | 8.9% | 10.7% | 1.53 | - | -0.17 | - | 3.3% | 0.0% | 42.5% | - | 1.0% | 0.39 | - | 1.46 | 0.0% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10.8% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.44 | - | - | - | 1.64 | 39.8% | - | - | - | 68.0% | 68.0% | 30.9% |
2 / 2 models
| Attribute | Claude 4 Sonnet Anthropic | GPT-4.1 Nano OpenAI |
|---|---|---|
| Description | Claude 4 Sonnet is an AI model from Anthropic. | GPT-4.1 Nano is an AI model from OpenAI. |
| Family | Claude | GPT |
| Params | - | - |
| Open weights | closed | closed |
| License | proprietary | proprietary |
| Released | 22 May 2025 | 14 Apr 2025 |
| Context | 200,000 | 1,047,576 |
| Input $/1M | $3.00 | $0.10 |
| Output $/1M | $15.00 | $0.40 |
| Cache read $/1M | - | $0.025 |
| Cache write $/1M | - | - |
| Speed | 0 tok/s | 0 tok/s |
| Latency | 0.00 s | 0.00 s |
| Modalities | text, image | image, text, file |
| Providers | - | - |
| Publisher | Anthropic | OpenAI |
| Reported scores |
FAQ
- Is Claude 4 Sonnet or GPT-4.1 Nano better?
- Across the 16 benchmarks both models report on Sophon, Claude 4 Sonnet leads on 16 of them. Which one is "better" depends on the benchmark - the table above shows every shared score.
- How do Claude 4 Sonnet and GPT-4.1 Nano compare on GPQA Diamond?
- Claude 4 Sonnet scores 68.3% and GPT-4.1 Nano scores 51.2% on GPQA Diamond.
- Which is cheaper, Claude 4 Sonnet or GPT-4.1 Nano?
- GPT-4.1 Nano is cheaper at $0.40 per million output tokens against $15.00 for Claude 4 Sonnet - about 37.5x.
- When were Claude 4 Sonnet and GPT-4.1 Nano released?
- Claude 4 Sonnet was released 22 May 2025 by Anthropic. GPT-4.1 Nano was released 14 Apr 2025 by OpenAI.
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