Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Claude 3.5 Sonnet supports multimodal inputs. Claude 3.5 Sonnet is available on 3 providers. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
Anthropic
Claude 3.5 Sonnet, updated by Anthropic in October 2024 (originally released June 2024), is a large language model from the Claude 3.5 family that delivered strong performance in coding, reasoning, and instruction-following at its release. It supports a 200K token context window, 8K maximum output tokens, and native image understanding including screenshot analysis and document comprehension. Claude 3.5 Sonnet targets general-purpose development tasks, document analysis, and applications requiring reliable instruction following with visual input support.
OpenAI
GPT-5.1 Codex Max, released by OpenAI in November 2025, is an enhanced coding variant from the GPT-5.1 Codex line, designed for more complex software engineering tasks requiring additional reasoning depth. It targets large-scale code generation, automated refactoring, and sophisticated agentic development workflows.
1 year newer

Claude 3.5 Sonnet
Anthropic
2024-10-22

GPT-5.1 Codex Max
OpenAI
2025-11
Context window and performance specifications
Claude 3.5 Sonnet
2024-04
Available providers and their performance metrics
Claude 3.5 Sonnet
Anthropic
AWS Bedrock
Google Cloud Vertex AI
GPT-5.1 Codex Max
Claude 3.5 Sonnet
GPT-5.1 Codex Max
Claude 3.5 Sonnet
GPT-5.1 Codex Max