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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| Claude Sonnet 4.6 Anthropic | 1.35 | 65.3% | 1805elo | 32.4% | 79.7% | 11.2% | 42.4% | 67.7% | 44.1% | 77.1% | 42.4% | 78.9% | - | 87.1% | - | - | - | - | 47.2% | - | 47.6% | - | - | 78.0% | - | 1207elo | 79.9 | 51.0% | - | 92.2% | 78.4% | 80.0% | 76.1% | 63.9% | 77.7% | 86.5% | 86.4% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 89.3 | - | 72.1% | 45.0% | 46.6% | - | - | - | - | 76.3 | 50.6% | 60.6% | 51.5% | - | - | 62.8% |
| GPT-4.1 OpenAI | 1.55 | 63.1% | 1417elo | 5.5% | 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% | - | 1.64 | 83.7% | - | 12.4% | - | - | - | 60.9% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 45.7% | 70.8% | 0.49 | 0.49 | 91.3% | 32.1% | 32.1% | 69.4% | 80.6% | - | 50.5% | - | - | - | 8.57 | 31.1% | 39.6% | 10.0% | - | - | - | - | 92.0% | 92.0% | 48.0% |
2 / 2 models
| Attribute | Claude Sonnet 4.6 Anthropic | GPT-4.1 OpenAI |
|---|---|---|
| Description | Claude Sonnet 4.6 is an AI model from Anthropic. | GPT-4.1 is an AI model from OpenAI. |
| Family | Claude | GPT |
| Params | - | - |
| Open weights | closed | closed |
| License | proprietary | proprietary |
| Released | 17 Feb 2026 | 14 Apr 2025 |
| Context | 1,000,000 | 1,047,576 |
| Input $/1M | $3.00 | $2.00 |
| Output $/1M | $15.00 | $8.00 |
| Cache read $/1M | $0.300 | $0.500 |
| Cache write $/1M | $3.750 | - |
| Speed | 45 tok/s | 0 tok/s |
| Latency | 1.12 s | 0.00 s |
| Modalities | text, image, file | image, text, file |
| Providers | - | - |
| Publisher | Anthropic | OpenAI |
| Reported scores | GPQA Diamond79.7% (AA) Humanity's Last Exam (HLE)11.2% (AA) IFBench42.4% (AA) SciCode44.1% (AA) τ²-bench (Tau²-bench)78.9% (AA) | ScholarSearch8.57 Social Sciences & Humanities (%) GPQA Diamond66.6% (AA) Humanity's Last Exam (HLE)4.2% (AA) IFBench43.0% (AA) |
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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