Claude 4 Sonnet vs GPT-4o
Head to head on 20 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% | 19.8% | 68.3% | 4.3% | 45.4% | 64.8% | 77.5% | 44.3% | 72.9% | 44.9% | 93.4% | 83.7% | 62.5% | 37.3% | 74.6% | 69.6% | 27.3% | 52.3% | - | - | - | 22.9% | 47.8% | - | 1480elo | 58.4 | - | 67.5% | - | - | 54.6% | 70.5% | 69.0% | 33.9% | - | 72.4% | 86.7% | 43.9% | - | 6.18 | 6.18 | 35.0% | - | 58.3% | 35.6% | - | - | 0.59 | 84.0% | 84.0% | - | 55.5% |
| GPT-4o OpenAI | 15.0% | 6.0% | 45.9% | 6.1% | 54.3% | 2.4% | 34.3% | 55.1% | 46.1% | 70.1% | 49.0% | 30.9% | 75.9% | 74.8% | 57.4% | 33.3% | 21.6% | 74.5% | 8.3% | 25.1% | 18.2% | 38 | 0.0% | - | - | 0.33 | - | - | 0.3% | - | 96.1 | 0.0% | - | - | - | - | 10.8% | - | - | - | 54.0% | - | - | - | 5.71 | - | - | 61.2 | 0.98 | - | - | - | 32.5% | 33.4% |
2 / 2 models
| Attribute | Claude 4 Sonnet Anthropic | GPT-4o OpenAI |
|---|---|---|
| Description | Claude 4 Sonnet is an AI model from Anthropic. | GPT-4o is an AI model from OpenAI. |
| Family | Claude | GPT |
| Params | - | - |
| Open weights | closed | closed |
| License | proprietary | proprietary |
| Released | 22 May 2025 | 20 Nov 2024 |
| Context | 200,000 | 128,000 |
| Input $/1M | $3.00 | $2.50 |
| Output $/1M | $15.00 | $10.00 |
| Cache read $/1M | - | $1.250 |
| Cache write $/1M | - | - |
| Speed | 0 tok/s | 0 tok/s |
| Latency | 0.00 s | 0.00 s |
| Modalities | text, image | text, image, file |
| Providers | - | - |
| Publisher | Anthropic | OpenAI |
| Reported scores | Taubench61.2 pass^1 GSM8K96.1 Accuracy ScholarSearch5.71 Social Sciences & Humanities (%) MortgageTax57.4% AIME202438 pass@1 |
FAQ
- Is Claude 4 Sonnet or GPT-4o better?
- Across the 20 benchmarks both models report on Sophon, Claude 4 Sonnet leads on 18 of them. Which one is "better" depends on the benchmark - the table above shows every shared score.
- How do Claude 4 Sonnet and GPT-4o compare on GPQA Diamond?
- Claude 4 Sonnet scores 68.3% and GPT-4o scores 54.3% on GPQA Diamond.
- Which is cheaper, Claude 4 Sonnet or GPT-4o?
- GPT-4o is cheaper at $10.00 per million output tokens against $15.00 for Claude 4 Sonnet - about 1.5x.
- When were Claude 4 Sonnet and GPT-4o released?
- Claude 4 Sonnet was released 22 May 2025 by Anthropic. GPT-4o was released 20 Nov 2024 by OpenAI.
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