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Claude Sonnet 4 vs o4-mini
Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
o4-mini leads with 1.9% higher average benchmark score. Claude Sonnet 4 offers 28.0K more tokens in context window than o4-mini. o4-mini is $12.50 cheaper per million tokens. Claude Sonnet 4 is available on 4 providers. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
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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.
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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
o4-mini
OpenAI
2025-04-16
Claude Sonnet 4
Anthropic
2025-05-22
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Pricing Comparison
Cost per million tokens (USD)
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Claude Sonnet 4
Input:$3.00
Output:$15.00
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o4-mini
Input:$1.10
Output:$4.40($12.50 cheaper)
Performance Metrics
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 6 common benchmarks
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Claude Sonnet 4
Average Score:72.3%
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o4-mini
Average Score:74.1%(+1.9%)
Performance comparison across key benchmark categories
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Claude Sonnet 4
Coding72.7%(+4.6%)
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o4-mini
Coding68.1%
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Knowledge Cutoff
Training data recency comparison
o4-mini
2024-05-31
More recent knowledge cutoff means awareness of newer technologies and frameworks
Provider Availability & Performance
Available providers and their performance metrics
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Claude Sonnet 4
4 providers
Anthropic
Throughput: 42 tok/s
Latency: 0.4ms
Bedrock
Throughput: 101 tok/s
Latency: 0.5ms
Throughput: 42 tok/s
Latency: 0.4ms
ZeroEval
Throughput: 42 tok/s
Latency: 0.4ms
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Claude Sonnet 4
Avg Score:72.3%
Providers:4
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o4-mini
Avg Score:74.1%(+1.9%)
Providers:1