Claude 3 Sonnet vs GPT-4o mini Comparison

Comparing Claude 3 Sonnet and GPT-4o mini across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

6 benchmarks

Claude 3 Sonnet outperforms in 1 benchmarks (GPQA), while GPT-4o mini is better at 5 benchmarks (DROP, HumanEval, MATH, MGSM, MMLU).

GPT-4o mini significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

GPT-4o mini costs less

For input processing, Claude 3 Sonnet ($3.00/1M tokens) is 20.0x more expensive than GPT-4o mini ($0.15/1M tokens).

For output processing, Claude 3 Sonnet ($15.00/1M tokens) is 25.0x more expensive than GPT-4o mini ($0.60/1M tokens).

In conclusion, Claude 3 Sonnet is more expensive than GPT-4o mini.*

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

Lowest available price from all providers

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Claude 3 Sonnet

Input tokens$3.00

Output tokens$15.00

Best providerAnthropic

GPT-4o mini

Input tokens$0.15

Output tokens$0.60

Best providerAzure

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Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Claude 3 Sonnet accepts 200,000 input tokens compared to GPT-4o mini's 128,000 tokens. Claude 3 Sonnet can generate longer responses up to 200,000 tokens, while GPT-4o mini is limited to 16,384 tokens.

Claude 3 Sonnet

Input200,000 tokens

Output200,000 tokens

GPT-4o mini

Input128,000 tokens

Output16,384 tokens

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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Both Claude 3 Sonnet and GPT-4o mini support multimodal inputs.

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

Claude 3 Sonnet

Text

Images

Audio

Video

GPT-4o 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 Sonnet

Proprietary

Closed source

GPT-4o mini

Proprietary

Closed source

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude 3 Sonnet was released on 2024-02-29, while GPT-4o mini was released on 2024-07-18.

GPT-4o mini is 5 months newer than Claude 3 Sonnet.

Claude 3 Sonnet

Feb 29, 2024

2.0 years ago

GPT-4o mini

Jul 18, 2024

1.7 years ago

4mo newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

GPT-4o mini has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2023-10-01, while Claude 3 Sonnet's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm GPT-4o mini's training data extends to 2023-10-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without Claude 3 Sonnet's cutoff date.

Claude 3 Sonnet

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GPT-4o mini

Oct 2023

Provider Availability

Claude 3 Sonnet is available from Anthropic, Bedrock, Google. GPT-4o mini is available from Azure. The availability of providers can affect quality of the model and reliability.