Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
GPT-5 leads with 18.2% higher average benchmark score. GPT-5 offers 168.8K more tokens in context window than Claude 3.7 Sonnet. Claude 3.7 Sonnet is $132.00 cheaper per million tokens. Claude 3.7 Sonnet is available on 3 providers. Overall, GPT-5 is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
Anthropic
Claude Sonnet 3.7, released by Anthropic in February 2025, is a large language model from the Claude 3 family featuring hybrid reasoning with configurable extended thinking. It supports a 200K token context window, 64K maximum output tokens (128K in beta), and native image understanding. Sonnet 3.7 targets complex coding, mathematics, and scientific reasoning tasks where extended chain-of-thought processing provides meaningful improvements in output quality.
OpenAI
GPT-5, released by OpenAI on August 7, 2025, is a large language model that combines direct generation and extended reasoning in a single unified system with a built-in routing mechanism. It features a 400K token context window, 128K maximum output tokens, native multimodal support (text, image, audio, video), and demonstrated strong results across coding, mathematics, visual understanding, and health benchmarks at release. GPT-5 targets complex multi-step tasks including advanced coding, mathematical problem solving, and long-context analysis.
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Claude 3.7 Sonnet
Anthropic
2025-02-24

GPT-5
OpenAI
2025-08-07
Cost per million tokens (USD)
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GPT-5
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 1 common benchmarks
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Performance comparison across key benchmark categories
Claude 3.7 Sonnet
GPT-5
Claude 3.7 Sonnet
2024-10
GPT-5
2025-05
Available providers and their performance metrics
Claude 3.7 Sonnet
Anthropic
AWS Bedrock
Google Cloud Vertex AI
GPT-5
Claude 3.7 Sonnet
GPT-5
Claude 3.7 Sonnet
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OpenAI