Claude 3.5 Sonnet vs GPT-5 Medium Comparison

Comparing Claude 3.5 Sonnet and GPT-5 Medium across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

1 benchmarks

Claude 3.5 Sonnet outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while GPT-5 Medium is better at 1 benchmark (GPQA).

GPT-5 Medium significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

GPT-5 Medium costs less

For input processing, Claude 3.5 Sonnet ($3.00/1M tokens) is 2.4x more expensive than GPT-5 Medium ($1.25/1M tokens).

For output processing, Claude 3.5 Sonnet ($15.00/1M tokens) is 1.5x more expensive than GPT-5 Medium ($10.00/1M tokens).

In conclusion, Claude 3.5 Sonnet is more expensive than GPT-5 Medium.*

* Using a 3:1 ratio of input to output tokens

Lowest available price from all providers

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Claude 3.5 Sonnet

Input tokens$3.00

Output tokens$15.00

Best providerAnthropic

GPT-5 Medium

Input tokens$1.25

Output tokens$10.00

Best providerOpenAI

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Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

GPT-5 Medium accepts 400,000 input tokens compared to Claude 3.5 Sonnet's 200,000 tokens. Claude 3.5 Sonnet can generate longer responses up to 200,000 tokens, while GPT-5 Medium is limited to 128,000 tokens.

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

Input200,000 tokens

Output200,000 tokens

GPT-5 Medium

Input400,000 tokens

Output128,000 tokens

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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Both Claude 3.5 Sonnet and GPT-5 Medium support multimodal inputs.

They are both capable of processing various types of data, offering versatility in application.

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

Text

Images

Audio

Video

GPT-5 Medium

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 Medium

Proprietary

Closed source

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude 3.5 Sonnet was released on 2024-10-22, while GPT-5 Medium was released on 2025-08-07.

GPT-5 Medium is 10 months newer than Claude 3.5 Sonnet.

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

Oct 22, 2024

1.4 years ago

GPT-5 Medium

Aug 7, 2025

7 months ago

9mo newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

GPT-5 Medium 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 Medium'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 Medium

Sep 2024

Provider Availability

Claude 3.5 Sonnet is available from Anthropic, Bedrock, Google. GPT-5 Medium is available from OpenAI. The availability of providers can affect quality of the model and reliability.