Model Comparison

Claude 3.5 Sonnet vs GPT-5 Codex

GPT-5 Codex significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

1 benchmarks

Claude 3.5 Sonnet outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while GPT-5 Codex is better at 1 benchmark (SWE-Bench Verified).

GPT-5 Codex significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Cost data unavailable.

Lowest available price from all providers
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Anthropic
Claude 3.5 Sonnet
Input tokens$3.00
Output tokens$15.00
Best providerAnthropic
OpenAI
GPT-5 Codex
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
Best providerUnknown Organization
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Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Claude 3.5 Sonnet specifies input context (200,000 tokens). Only Claude 3.5 Sonnet specifies output context (200,000 tokens).

Anthropic
Claude 3.5 Sonnet
Input200,000 tokens
Output200,000 tokens
OpenAI
GPT-5 Codex
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Claude 3.5 Sonnet supports multimodal inputs, whereas GPT-5 Codex does not.

Claude 3.5 Sonnet can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

Text
Images
Audio
Video

GPT-5 Codex

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Both models are licensed under proprietary licenses.

Both models have usage restrictions defined by their respective organizations.

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

Proprietary

Closed source

GPT-5 Codex

Proprietary

Closed source

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude 3.5 Sonnet was released on 2024-10-22, while GPT-5 Codex was released on 2025-09-15.

GPT-5 Codex is 11 months newer than Claude 3.5 Sonnet.

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

Oct 22, 2024

1.5 years ago

GPT-5 Codex

Sep 15, 2025

7 months ago

10mo newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

GPT-5 Codex has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2024-09-30, while Claude 3.5 Sonnet's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm GPT-5 Codex's training data extends to 2024-09-30, but cannot make a direct comparison without Claude 3.5 Sonnet's cutoff date.

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

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GPT-5 Codex

Sep 2024

Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Anthropic
Larger context window (200,000 tokens)
Supports multimodal inputs
OpenAI
Higher SWE-Bench Verified score (74.5% vs 49.0%)

Detailed Comparison

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Feature
Anthropic
Claude 3.5 Sonnet
OpenAI
GPT-5 Codex

FAQ

Common questions about Claude 3.5 Sonnet vs GPT-5 Codex

GPT-5 Codex significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. Claude 3.5 Sonnet is made by Anthropic and GPT-5 Codex is made by OpenAI. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their benchmark scores, pricing, and capabilities above.
Claude 3.5 Sonnet scores GSM8k: 96.4%, DocVQA: 95.2%, AI2D: 94.7%, HumanEval: 93.7%, BIG-Bench Hard: 93.1%. GPT-5 Codex scores SWE-Bench Verified: 74.5%.
Claude 3.5 Sonnet supports 200K tokens and GPT-5 Codex supports an unknown number of tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.
Key differences include multimodal support (yes vs no). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.
Claude 3.5 Sonnet is developed by Anthropic and GPT-5 Codex is developed by OpenAI.