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Claude 3.5 Sonnet vs o4-mini-high

Anthropic Claude 3.5 Sonnet vs OpenAI o4-mini-high — side-by-side specs.

Anthropic
Claude 3.5 Sonnet
OpenAI
o4-mini-high
Overview
CompanyAnthropicOpenAI
Release dateJun 20 2024Apr 16 2025
Model type
Open sourceNoNo
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Coding
SWE-Bench Verified
33.4%
Science
GPQA Diamond
59.4%
Timeline
Release gapClaude 3.5 Sonnet shipped 300 days before o4-mini-high

Which is better: Claude 3.5 Sonnet or o4-mini-high?

Claude 3.5 Sonnet and o4-mini-high don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Claude 3.5 Sonnet shipped 300 days before o4-mini-high, 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 and o4-mini-high don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.

Frequently asked questions

When was Claude 3.5 Sonnet released?
Claude 3.5 Sonnet was released by Anthropic on Jun 20 2024.
When was o4-mini-high released?
o4-mini-high was released by OpenAI on Apr 16 2025.

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