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Claude Sonnet 4 vs GPT-4o

Anthropic Claude Sonnet 4 vs OpenAI GPT-4o — side-by-side specs.

Anthropic
Claude Sonnet 4
OpenAI
GPT-4o
Overview
CompanyAnthropicOpenAI
Release dateMay 22 2025May 13 2024
Model type
Open sourceNoNo
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Coding
SWE-Bench Verified
72.7%
Science
GPQA Diamond
75.4%
Timeline
Release gapGPT-4o shipped 374 days before Claude Sonnet 4

Which is better: Claude Sonnet 4 or GPT-4o?

Claude Sonnet 4 and GPT-4o don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. GPT-4o shipped 374 days before Claude Sonnet 4, 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 Sonnet 4 and GPT-4o don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.

Frequently asked questions

When was Claude Sonnet 4 released?
Claude Sonnet 4 was released by Anthropic on May 22 2025.
When was GPT-4o released?
GPT-4o was released by OpenAI on May 13 2024.

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