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Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs GPT-4.1

Head to head on 12 shared benchmarks, with price, context window, and release dates.

Benchmark scores

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Model
Claude Sonnet 4.6

Anthropic

1.3565.3%1805elo32.4%79.7%11.2%42.4%67.7%44.1%77.1%42.4%78.9%-87.1%----47.2%-47.6%--78.0%-1207elo79.951.0%-92.2%78.4%80.0%76.1%63.9%77.7%86.5%86.4%---------89.3-72.1%45.0%46.6%----76.350.6%60.6%51.5%--62.8%
GPT-4.1

OpenAI

1.5563.1%1417elo5.5%66.6%4.2%43.0%65.9%38.1%75.1%13.6%47.1%0.0%-52.4%43.7%34.7%26.7%-61.5%-1.6483.7%-12.4%---60.9%--------45.7%70.8%0.490.4991.3%32.1%32.1%69.4%80.6%-50.5%---8.5731.1%39.6%10.0%----92.0%92.0%48.0%
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AttributeClaude Sonnet 4.6

Anthropic

GPT-4.1

OpenAI

DescriptionClaude Sonnet 4.6 is an AI model from Anthropic.GPT-4.1 is an AI model from OpenAI.
FamilyClaudeGPT
Params--
Open weightsclosedclosed
Licenseproprietaryproprietary
Released17 Feb 202614 Apr 2025
Context1,000,0001,047,576
Input $/1M$3.00$2.00
Output $/1M$15.00$8.00
Cache read $/1M$0.300$0.500
Cache write $/1M$3.750-
Speed45 tok/s0 tok/s
Latency1.12 s0.00 s
Modalitiestext, image, fileimage, text, file
Providers--
PublisherAnthropicOpenAI
Reported scores

FAQ

Is Claude Sonnet 4.6 or GPT-4.1 better?
Across the 12 benchmarks both models report on Sophon, Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads on 10 of them. Which one is "better" depends on the benchmark - the table above shows every shared score.
How do Claude Sonnet 4.6 and GPT-4.1 compare on GPQA Diamond?
Claude Sonnet 4.6 scores 79.7% and GPT-4.1 scores 66.6% on GPQA Diamond.
Which is cheaper, Claude Sonnet 4.6 or GPT-4.1?
GPT-4.1 is cheaper at $8.00 per million output tokens against $15.00 for Claude Sonnet 4.6 - about 1.9x.
When were Claude Sonnet 4.6 and GPT-4.1 released?
Claude Sonnet 4.6 was released 17 Feb 2026 by Anthropic. GPT-4.1 was released 14 Apr 2025 by OpenAI.

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