Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs GPT-4.1 Mini
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 Mini OpenAI | 1.45 | 57.9% | 1144elo | 4.5% | 66.4% | 5.0% | 38.3% | 65.5% | 40.4% | 71.9% | 7.6% | 52.9% | -0.17 | 60.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | - | 3 | 32.4% | 43.0% | 46.3% | 98.2% | - | 0.0% | 28.2% | -1 | 1.07 | 62.3% | 89.9% | - | 100 | 83.62 | 0.79 | 0.0% | -0.04 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1.11 | 1.11 | 1.01 | 204.5 | 40.0% | 41.7% | 34.5% | 13.0% | 53.6% | 3.6% | - | 17.4% | 3.3% | 9.0% | 80.0% | 80.0% | 83.4% | 48.6% | - | - | 43.3% | 100.0% | - | 58.2% | 52.9% | 0.0% | 1.5% | 18.7% | 50.0% | 65.0% | 56.8% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 3.47 | 3.47 | 1.55 | 100.0% | 63.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 67.5% | 40.2% | 83.5% | - | 6.7% | 62.4% | 43.8% | 26.7% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 48.3% | 45.4% | 80.0% | 0.35 | 100.0% | 93.3% | 100.0% | 92.5% | 2.61 | 0.0% | 100.0% | 77.9% | 5 | 0.0% | 64.0% | 64.0% | 20.0% | 26.7% | 78.1% | - | 54.5% | 20.0% | 20.0% | 30.0% | 19.5% | 96.5% | 52.0% | - | 30.0% | 30.0% | - | 60.0% | 0.0% | 46.8% | 93.0% | 40.6% | - | 100.0% | 88.2% | 100.0% | 20.0% | 33.3% | 100.0% | 73.3% | 100.0% | 1.14 | 56.72 | 0 | 10.0% | 23.9% | 100.0% | 100.0% | - | 0.0% | 100.0% | 37.6% | 1.04 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 45.6% | - | - | 93.3% | 100.0% | - | 29.0% | 90.0% | 29.0% | 82.0% | 82.0% | 50.8% |
2 / 2 models
| Attribute | Claude Sonnet 4.6 Anthropic | GPT-4.1 Mini OpenAI |
|---|---|---|
| Description | Claude Sonnet 4.6 is an AI model from Anthropic. | GPT-4.1 Mini 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 | $0.40 |
| Output $/1M | $15.00 | $1.60 |
| Cache read $/1M | $0.300 | $0.100 |
| 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) |
FAQ
- Is Claude Sonnet 4.6 or GPT-4.1 Mini better?
- Across the 12 benchmarks both models report on Sophon, Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads on 11 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 Mini compare on GPQA Diamond?
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 scores 79.7% and GPT-4.1 Mini scores 66.4% on GPQA Diamond.
- Which is cheaper, Claude Sonnet 4.6 or GPT-4.1 Mini?
- GPT-4.1 Mini is cheaper at $1.60 per million output tokens against $15.00 for Claude Sonnet 4.6 - about 9.4x.
- When were Claude Sonnet 4.6 and GPT-4.1 Mini released?
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 was released 17 Feb 2026 by Anthropic. GPT-4.1 Mini was released 14 Apr 2025 by OpenAI.
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