Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs GPT-4o-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 | 65.3% | 1810elo | 87.5% | 33.6% | 56.6% | 78.4% | 80.0% | 63.9% | 77.7% | 67.7% | 50.1% | 77.1% | - | 87.1% | - | - | - | - | 47.2% | 47.6% | - | - | 1.35 | 76.0% | - | 1207elo | 79.9 | 51.0% | 32.4% | - | - | - | 92.2% | - | 76.1% | 86.5% | 86.4% | - | - | - | - | 89.3 | - | 72.1% | 45.0% | 46.6% | - | - | 53.0% | 76.3 | - | 50.6% | 60.6% | 51.5% | - | - | - | - | 75.7% | 64.7% |
| GPT-4o-mini OpenAI | 45.5% | 873elo | 42.6% | 4.2% | 31.0% | 47.2% | 43.0% | 65.8% | 32.9% | 54.5% | 22.9% | 60.5% | 16.7% | - | 3.6% | 11.7% | 14.7% | 50.7% | - | - | 0.29 | 0.0% | - | - | 0.0% | - | - | - | - | 0.0% | 1.54 | 0.0% | - | 72.0% | - | - | - | 23.4% | 78.9% | 62.8% | 64.8% | - | 78.0% | - | - | - | 3.81 | 100.0% | - | - | 0.36 | - | - | - | 0.78 | 83.3% | 54.5% | 22.5% | - | 39.6% |
2 / 2 models
| Attribute | Claude Sonnet 4.6 Anthropic | GPT-4o-mini OpenAI |
|---|---|---|
| Description | Claude Sonnet 4.6 is an AI model from Anthropic. | GPT-4o Mini is an AI model from OpenAI. |
| Family | Claude | GPT |
| Params | - | - |
| Open weights | closed | closed |
| License | proprietary | proprietary |
| Released | 17 Feb 2026 | 18 Jul 2024 |
| Context | 1,000,000 | 128,000 |
| Input $/1M | $3.00 | $0.15 |
| Output $/1M | $15.00 | $0.60 |
| Cache read $/1M | $0.300 | $0.075 |
| Cache write $/1M | $3.750 | - |
| Speed | 0 tok/s | 0 tok/s |
| Latency | 0.00 s | 0.00 s |
| Modalities | text, image, file | text, image, file |
| Providers | - | - |
| Publisher | Anthropic | OpenAI |
| Reported scores |
FAQ
- Is Claude Sonnet 4.6 or GPT-4o-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-4o-mini compare on GPQA Diamond?
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 scores 87.5% and GPT-4o-mini scores 42.6% on GPQA Diamond.
- Which is cheaper, Claude Sonnet 4.6 or GPT-4o-mini?
- GPT-4o-mini is cheaper at $0.60 per million output tokens against $15.00 for Claude Sonnet 4.6 - about 25.0x.
- When were Claude Sonnet 4.6 and GPT-4o-mini released?
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 was released 17 Feb 2026 by Anthropic. GPT-4o-mini was released 18 Jul 2024 by OpenAI.
Other head-to-heads
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