Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Claude Sonnet 4 leads with 15.4% higher average benchmark score. Claude Sonnet 4 offers 134.5K more tokens in context window than o1-mini. o1-mini is $3.00 cheaper per million tokens. Claude Sonnet 4 supports multimodal inputs. Claude Sonnet 4 is available on 4 providers. Overall, Claude Sonnet 4 is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
Anthropic
Claude Sonnet 4 was created as the balanced offering in the Claude 4 family, designed to provide strong intelligence with practical speed and cost efficiency. Built to serve as a versatile workhorse for diverse applications, it balances advanced capabilities with operational considerations for everyday enterprise and consumer use.
OpenAI
o1-mini was created as a faster, more cost-effective reasoning model, designed to bring extended thinking capabilities to applications with tighter latency and budget constraints. Built to excel particularly in coding and STEM reasoning while maintaining affordability, it provides a more accessible entry point to reasoning-enhanced AI assistance.
8 months newer

o1-mini
OpenAI
2024-09-12

Claude Sonnet 4
Anthropic
2025-05-22
Cost per million tokens (USD)

Claude Sonnet 4

o1-mini
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 1 common benchmarks

Claude Sonnet 4

o1-mini
Available providers and their performance metrics

Claude Sonnet 4
Anthropic
Bedrock
ZeroEval

Claude Sonnet 4

o1-mini

Claude Sonnet 4

o1-mini

o1-mini
Azure
OpenAI