Claude 3.5 Sonnet vs o4-mini Comparison

Comparing Claude 3.5 Sonnet and o4-mini across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

6 benchmarks

Claude 3.5 Sonnet outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while o4-mini is better at 6 benchmarks (GPQA, MathVista, MMMU, SWE-Bench Verified, TAU-bench Airline, TAU-bench Retail).

o4-mini significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

o4-mini costs less

For input processing, Claude 3.5 Sonnet ($3.00/1M tokens) is 2.7x more expensive than o4-mini ($1.10/1M tokens).

For output processing, Claude 3.5 Sonnet ($15.00/1M tokens) is 3.4x more expensive than o4-mini ($4.40/1M tokens).

In conclusion, Claude 3.5 Sonnet is more expensive than o4-mini.*

* 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

o4-mini

Input tokens$1.10

Output tokens$4.40

Best providerOpenAI

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Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Both models have the same input context window of 200,000 tokens. Claude 3.5 Sonnet can generate longer responses up to 200,000 tokens, while o4-mini is limited to 100,000 tokens.

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

Input200,000 tokens

Output200,000 tokens

o4-mini

Input200,000 tokens

Output100,000 tokens

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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Both Claude 3.5 Sonnet and o4-mini 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

o4-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

o4-mini

Proprietary

Closed source

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude 3.5 Sonnet was released on 2024-10-22, while o4-mini was released on 2025-04-16.

o4-mini is 6 months newer than Claude 3.5 Sonnet.

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

Oct 22, 2024

1.4 years ago

o4-mini

Apr 16, 2025

11 months ago

5mo newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

o4-mini has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2024-05-31, while Claude 3.5 Sonnet's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm o4-mini's training data extends to 2024-05-31, but cannot make a direct comparison without Claude 3.5 Sonnet's cutoff date.

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

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o4-mini

May 2024

Provider Availability

Claude 3.5 Sonnet is available from Anthropic, Bedrock, Google. o4-mini is available from OpenAI. The availability of providers can affect quality of the model and reliability.