Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Claude Sonnet 4.5 leads with 36.0% higher average benchmark score. GPT-5 nano offers 264.0K more tokens in context window than Claude Sonnet 4.5. GPT-5 nano is $17.55 cheaper per million tokens. Overall, Claude Sonnet 4.5 is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
Anthropic
Claude Sonnet 4.5 is a multimodal language model developed by Anthropic. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 75.8% across 9 benchmarks. It excels particularly in MMMLU (89.1%), AIME 2025 (87.0%), TAU-bench Retail (86.2%). It supports a 264K token context window for handling large documents. The model is available through 2 API providers. As a multimodal model, it can process and understand text, images, and other input formats seamlessly. Released in 2025, it represents Anthropic's latest advancement in AI technology.
OpenAI
GPT-5 nano is a multimodal language model developed by OpenAI. The model shows competitive results across 5 benchmarks. It excels particularly in AIME 2025 (85.2%), HMMT 2025 (75.6%), GPQA (71.2%). It supports a 528K token context window for handling large documents. The model is available through 2 API providers. As a multimodal model, it can process and understand text, images, and other input formats seamlessly. Released in 2025, it represents OpenAI's latest advancement in AI technology.
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GPT-5 nano
OpenAI
2025-08-07
Claude Sonnet 4.5
Anthropic
2025-09-29
Cost per million tokens (USD)
Claude Sonnet 4.5
GPT-5 nano
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 12 common benchmarks
Claude Sonnet 4.5
GPT-5 nano
GPT-5 nano
2024-05-30
Claude Sonnet 4.5
2025-01-31
Available providers and their performance metrics
Claude Sonnet 4.5
Anthropic
ZeroEval
Claude Sonnet 4.5
GPT-5 nano
Claude Sonnet 4.5
GPT-5 nano
GPT-5 nano
OpenAI
ZeroEval