Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
o4-mini leads with 11.5% higher average benchmark score. Claude 3.5 Sonnet offers 100.0K more tokens in context window than o4-mini. o4-mini is $12.50 cheaper per million tokens. Claude 3.5 Sonnet is available on 3 providers. Overall, o4-mini is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
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
o4-mini was created as part of the next generation of OpenAI's reasoning models, designed to continue advancing the balance between analytical capability and operational efficiency. Built to bring cutting-edge reasoning techniques to applications requiring quick turnaround, it represents the evolution of compact reasoning-focused models.
5 months newer

Claude 3.5 Sonnet
Anthropic
2024-10-22

o4-mini
OpenAI
2025-04-16
Cost per million tokens (USD)

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

o4-mini
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 6 common benchmarks

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

o4-mini
Performance comparison across key benchmark categories

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

o4-mini
o4-mini
2024-05-31
Available providers and their performance metrics

Claude 3.5 Sonnet
Anthropic
Bedrock

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

o4-mini

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

o4-mini

o4-mini
OpenAI