GPT-5.4 vs Claude Sonnet 4.6
Side-by-side comparison of API pricing, specs, benchmarks, and capabilities
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by OpenAI
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by Anthropic
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| Overview | ||
| Status | Current flagship | Current mid tier |
| Released | Aug 15, 2025 | Jan 15, 2026 |
| Pricing per million tokens | ||
| Input | $2.50/Mtok | $3.00/Mtok |
| Output | $15.00/Mtok | $15.00/Mtok |
| Blended avg | $8.75/Mtok | $9.00/Mtok |
| Cached input | $0.250/Mtok | $0.300/Mtok |
| Specifications | ||
| Context window | 1M tokens | 200K tokens |
| Parameters | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Speed (TPS) | — | — |
| Modalities | ||
| Input |
textimage
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textimage
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| Benchmarks from Vellum LLM Leaderboard | ||
| Avg benchmark score | 78.7 | 73.8 |
| Perf / dollar | 9 | 8.2 |
| GPQA Diamond | 88 | — |
| SWE-Bench | 75 | — |
| HumanEval | 94.5 | — |
| MATH 500 | 92 | — |
| Providers | ||
| Available from |
OpenAI — $2.50/$15.00/Mtok
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Anthropic — $3.00/$15.00/Mtok
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Cost at scale — 1M tokens (50/50 input/output)
| Volume | GPT-5.4 | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Savings |
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| 1M tokens | $8.75 | $9 | $0.25 (2.8%) |
| 10M tokens | $87.5 | $90 | $2.5 (2.8%) |
| 100M tokens | $875 | $900 | $25 (2.8%) |
| 1000M tokens | $8750 | $9000 | $250 (2.8%) |
Summary
GPT-5.4 by OpenAI costs $2.50/Mtok input and $15.00/Mtok output, with a 1M-token context window. It supports text, image input.
Claude Sonnet 4.6 by Anthropic costs $3.00/Mtok input and $15.00/Mtok output, with a 200K-token context window. It supports text, image input.
On a blended cost basis, GPT-5.4 is 2.9% cheaper than Claude Sonnet 4.6. It also has a larger context window.
On benchmarks, GPT-5.4 scores higher (78.7 vs 73.8) on average. In terms of value, GPT-5.4 has better performance per dollar (9 vs 8.2).
Note: Pricing is per million tokens. Actual costs vary with usage patterns, prompt caching, and batch discounts. Always verify against official provider pricing pages.