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Claude Sonnet 5
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GPT-5 vs Claude Sonnet 5
Compare Claude Sonnet 5 vs GPT-5 pricing, benchmarks, context and capabilities side by side.
Claude Sonnet 5
Claude Sonnet 5 is a model from Anthropic, released on June 30, 2026. Its verified profile includes Text Generation, Reasoning, Image Understanding, Code Generation, Func...
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GPT-5
GPT-5 is a model from OpenAI, released on August 7, 2025. Its verified profile includes Text Generation, Reasoning, Image Understanding, Code Generation, Structured Outpu...
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Evidence freshnessSep 2026
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Lower input price
GPT-5
$1.25 / 1MLowest verified input-token price
Lower output price
Claude Sonnet 5, GPT-5
$10.00 / 1MLowest verified output-token price · tie
Larger context
Claude Sonnet 5
1,000,000Largest comparable context window
Newer release
Claude Sonnet 5
Jun 2026Most recent listed release date
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| Metric | Claude Sonnet 5 | GPT-5 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | OpenAI |
| Context window | 1,000,000 | 400,000 |
| Input / 1M tokens | $2.00 | $1.25 |
| Output / 1M tokens | $10.00 | $10.00 |
| Status | Active | Active |
| Release date | Jun 2026 | Aug 2025 |
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Shared benchmark head-to-head
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Software Engineering1 shared benchmark
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5 | GPT-5 |
|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified Verified Methodology | 85.20% Lead Verified · Aug 2026 | 74.90% Verified · Aug 2025 Source |
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Additional one-sided benchmark evidence 12
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GPT-5MMMU84.20%
GPT-5GPQA Diamond85.70%
GPT-5Aider Polyglot (Diff)88.00%
GPT-5SWE-bench Verified (OpenAI 477 Tasks)74.90%
GPT-5ERQA65.70%
GPT-5VideoMMMU (Max 256 Frames)84.60%
GPT-5CharXiv Reasoning (Python Enabled)81.10%
GPT-5MMMU-Pro (Average Standard + Vision)78.40%
GPT-5HMMT 202593.30%
GPT-5Humanity's Last Exam (No Tools)24.80%
GPT-5FrontierMath (Python tool only)26.30%
GPT-5AIME 202594.60%
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CLAUDE SONNET 5
Distinct use-case matches
No unique structured use-case match is verified for this comparison yet.
GPT-5
Distinct use-case matches
No unique structured use-case match is verified for this comparison yet.
Evidence & freshness
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Claude Sonnet 5Review soon
- Verified benchmark results
- 1
- Benchmark evidence
- Aug 22, 2026
- Pricing evidence
- Not dated
- Profile review
- Not dated
GPT-5Review soon
- Verified benchmark results
- 13
- Benchmark evidence
- Sep 3, 2026
- Pricing evidence
- Not dated
- Profile review
- Not dated
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How do Claude Sonnet 5 and GPT-5 compare?
Compare the side-by-side pricing, benchmark, capability and product data on this page. The better fit depends on your use case and the verified evidence available for each product.
How is this comparison kept current?
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Which is cheaper for API use: Claude Sonnet 5 or GPT-5?
GPT-5 has the lower listed per-million-token rate on both input and output in the current verified pricing data.
How much shared benchmark evidence is available for Claude Sonnet 5 vs GPT-5?
AI Orbit currently shows 1 shared verified benchmark where both products have comparable results. One-sided benchmark evidence is shown separately and is not counted as a head-to-head win.
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