Claude 3 SonnetvsGPT-4 Turbo
Claude 3 Sonnet | GPT-4 Turbo | |
|---|---|---|
| Specifications | ||
Context windowHow much text the model can hold in mind at once — your question, any documents you attach, the conversation so far, and its own reply. Go past it and the earliest part falls out of view. | — | 128k |
| API pricingUSD per 1M tokens · lower wins | ||
Input priceWhat you pay for everything you send the model — your question, plus any documents or earlier conversation you include with it. | — | $10.00 |
Output priceWhat you pay for the text the model writes back. It is normally the dearer half: producing an answer costs more than reading one. | — | $30.00 |
| Benchmarks | ||
GPQA DiamondScience — Graduate-level science questions in biology, physics, and chemistry — hard enough that subject-matter PhDs score around 65%. Higher is better. | 40.4% | 42.5% |
| Overview | ||
| Company | Anthropic | OpenAI |
| Release date | Mar 4 2024 | Nov 6 2023 |
| Access | Proprietary | Proprietary |
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Frequently asked questions
GPT-4 Turbo leads Claude 3 Sonnet on 1 of the 1 benchmark they both report (GPQA Diamond). Only GPT-4 Turbo has a verified first-party API price: $10.00 per million input tokens and $30.00 per million output tokens. No pay-as-you-go API rate is tracked for Claude 3 Sonnet. GPT-4 Turbo shipped 119 days before Claude 3 Sonnet, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.
Published specifications for these two models are limited — see each model page for the latest details.
On GPQA Diamond, GPT-4 Turbo leads at 42.5% vs Claude 3 Sonnet at 40.4%.
Claude 3 Sonnet was released by Anthropic on Mar 4 2024.
GPT-4 Turbo was released by OpenAI on Nov 6 2023.
GPT-4 Turbo leads on GPQA Diamond — Claude 3 Sonnet 40.4% vs GPT-4 Turbo 42.5%.
Only GPT-4 Turbo has a verified first-party API price: $10.00 per million input tokens and $30.00 per million output tokens. No pay-as-you-go API rate is tracked for Claude 3 Sonnet. Rates are pay-as-you-go API prices verified on August 18, 2026.