Claude 3.5 Sonnet (upgraded) vs o3
Anthropic Claude 3.5 Sonnet (upgraded) | OpenAI o3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Company | Anthropic | OpenAI |
| Release date | Oct 22 2024 | Apr 16 2025 |
| Access | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Benchmarks | ||
Nonsense detection BullshitBench v2Given a confidently-worded but nonsensical prompt, does the AI spot that it makes no sense and push back — instead of playing along and inventing an answer? The score is how often it clearly called out the nonsense. Higher is better. | — | 26% |
Coding SWE-Bench VerifiedReal coding tasks pulled from open-source projects — the AI has to find and fix actual bugs. A human-checked version of the original SWE-Bench. Higher is better. | 49% | — |
| Timeline | ||
| Release gap | Claude 3.5 Sonnet (upgraded) shipped 176 days before o3 | |
Which is better: Claude 3.5 Sonnet (upgraded) or o3?
Claude 3.5 Sonnet (upgraded) and o3 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Claude 3.5 Sonnet (upgraded) shipped 176 days before o3, 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 3.5 Sonnet (upgraded) and o3 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.
Frequently asked questions
Claude 3.5 Sonnet (upgraded) was released by Anthropic on Oct 22 2024.
o3 was released by OpenAI on Apr 16 2025.
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