Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs GPT-5.4
Pricing, benchmarks, and use case comparison
Quick take
- •Claude Sonnet 4.6 is meaningfully stronger at speed (83 vs 66 on our capability index).
- •Claude Sonnet 4.6 has a 1M context window vs 1,050,000 tokens (128,000 max output) - better for whole-repo or long-document work.
Specs comparison
| Claude Sonnet 4.6 | GPT-5.4 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | OpenAI |
| Type | Closed source | Closed source |
| Context window | ✓1M | 1,050,000 tokens (128,000 max output) |
| Input / 1M tokens | $3.00 | ✓$2.50 |
| Output / 1M tokens | $15.00 | $15.00 |
| Release date | 2026-02 | 2026-03 |
Benchmarks
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | GPT-5.4 |
|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified | 79.6% | - |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 59.1% | - |
| OSWorld-Verified | 72.5% | - |
| GPQA | 79.7% | - |
Scores sourced from official provider release posts and independent benchmark aggregators.
Which should you choose?
Choose Claude Sonnet 4.6 if...
- →You have an existing integration pinned to Sonnet 4.6 and want stability
- →You need a proven mid-tier model with 1M context at $3/$15
- →You want predictable behavior without the new-tokenizer/thinking changes in Sonnet 5
- →You are cost-sensitive and don't need Sonnet 5's incremental gains
Choose GPT-5.4 if...
- →Large-context tasks where GPT-5.5-level frontier reasoning is not required
- →Cost-conscious production workloads that still need strong capability
- →Migrating from GPT-5.4-based systems where behavior is already tuned