Claude 3 Sonnet vs GPT-5-Codex-Mini
Anthropic Claude 3 Sonnet | OpenAI GPT-5-Codex-Mini | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Company | Anthropic | OpenAI |
| Release date | Mar 4 2024 | Nov 8 2025 |
| Access | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Benchmarks | ||
Science GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions in biology, physics, and chemistry — hard enough that subject-matter PhDs score around 65%. Higher is better. | 40.4% | — |
| Timeline | ||
| Release gap | Claude 3 Sonnet shipped 614 days before GPT-5-Codex-Mini | |
Which is better: Claude 3 Sonnet or GPT-5-Codex-Mini?
Claude 3 Sonnet and GPT-5-Codex-Mini don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Claude 3 Sonnet shipped 614 days before GPT-5-Codex-Mini, 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.
Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Claude 3 Sonnet and GPT-5-Codex-Mini don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.
Frequently asked questions
Claude 3 Sonnet was released by Anthropic on Mar 4 2024.
GPT-5-Codex-Mini was released by OpenAI on Nov 8 2025.
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