Model Comparison

Claude 3.5 Sonnet vs o1-mini

Claude 3.5 Sonnet significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

3 benchmarks

Claude 3.5 Sonnet outperforms in 3 benchmarks (GPQA, HumanEval, MMLU), while o1-mini is better at 0 benchmarks.

Claude 3.5 Sonnet 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$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
Best providerUnknown Organization
OpenAI
o1-mini
Input tokens$3.00
Output tokens$12.00
Best providerOpenAI
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Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only o1-mini specifies input context (128,000 tokens). Only o1-mini specifies output context (65,536 tokens).

Anthropic
Claude 3.5 Sonnet
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
OpenAI
o1-mini
Input128,000 tokens
Output65,536 tokens
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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Claude 3.5 Sonnet supports multimodal inputs, whereas o1-mini 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

o1-mini

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

o1-mini

Proprietary

Closed source

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude 3.5 Sonnet was released on 2024-10-22, while o1-mini was released on 2024-09-12.

Claude 3.5 Sonnet is 1 month newer than o1-mini.

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

Oct 22, 2024

1.5 years ago

1mo newer
o1-mini

Sep 12, 2024

1.6 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.

Unable to compare the recency of their training data.

No cutoff dates available

Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Anthropic
Supports multimodal inputs
Higher GPQA score (67.2% vs 60.0%)
Higher HumanEval score (93.7% vs 92.4%)
Higher MMLU score (90.4% vs 85.2%)
OpenAI
Larger context window (128,000 tokens)

Detailed Comparison

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Feature
Anthropic
Claude 3.5 Sonnet
OpenAI
o1-mini

FAQ

Common questions about Claude 3.5 Sonnet vs o1-mini

Claude 3.5 Sonnet significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. Claude 3.5 Sonnet is made by Anthropic and o1-mini 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%. o1-mini scores HumanEval: 92.4%, MATH-500: 90.0%, MMLU: 85.2%, SuperGLUE: 75.0%, GPQA: 60.0%.
Claude 3.5 Sonnet supports an unknown number of tokens and o1-mini supports 128K 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 o1-mini is developed by OpenAI.