Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Both models show comparable benchmark performance. Claude 3.5 Sonnet offers 100.0K more tokens in context window than o3-mini. o3-mini is $12.50 cheaper per million tokens. Claude 3.5 Sonnet supports multimodal inputs. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
Anthropic
This upgraded version of Claude 3.5 Sonnet was released with significant improvements in coding and agentic tool use. Built to deliver enhanced performance in software engineering tasks, it brought substantial gains in reasoning and problem-solving while introducing the groundbreaking computer use capability in public beta, allowing it to interact with computer interfaces like a human.
OpenAI
o3-mini was created as an efficient variant of the o3 reasoning model, designed to provide advanced thinking capabilities with reduced computational requirements. Built to make next-generation reasoning accessible to a broader range of applications, it balances analytical depth with practical speed and cost considerations.
3 months newer

Claude 3.5 Sonnet
Anthropic
2024-10-22

o3-mini
OpenAI
2025-01-30
Cost per million tokens (USD)

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

o3-mini
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 7 common benchmarks

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

o3-mini
Performance comparison across key benchmark categories

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

o3-mini
o3-mini
2023-09-30
Available providers and their performance metrics

Claude 3.5 Sonnet
Anthropic
Bedrock

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

o3-mini

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

o3-mini

o3-mini
Azure
OpenAI