Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
o4-mini leads with 4.8% higher average benchmark score. Claude 3.7 Sonnet offers 28.0K more tokens in context window than o4-mini. o4-mini is $12.50 cheaper per million tokens. Claude 3.7 Sonnet is available on 4 providers. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
Anthropic
Claude 3.7 Sonnet represents Anthropic's first hybrid reasoning model, capable of producing near-instant responses or extended step-by-step thinking that is visible to users. Developed with particularly strong improvements in coding and front-end web development, it allows users to control thinking budgets and balances real-world task performance with reasoning capabilities for enterprise applications.
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.
1 month newer

Claude 3.7 Sonnet
Anthropic
2025-02-24

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

Claude 3.7 Sonnet

o4-mini
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 7 common benchmarks

Claude 3.7 Sonnet

o4-mini
Performance comparison across key benchmark categories

Claude 3.7 Sonnet

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

Claude 3.7 Sonnet
Anthropic
Bedrock
ZeroEval

Claude 3.7 Sonnet

o4-mini

Claude 3.7 Sonnet

o4-mini

o4-mini
OpenAI