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Updated Dec 2025

Claude 3 SonnetvsGPT-5.1 Codex Max

GPT-5.1 Codex Max is the newer model, released after Claude 3 Sonnet.

Claude 3 Sonnet and GPT-5.1 Codex Max compared across 13 shared prompts
SpecClaude 3 SonnetGPT-5.1 Codex Max
Input price$3/M tokens—
Output price$15/M tokens—
Weights—Closed
Free API (OpenRouter)NoNo
ReleasedMar 2024Dec 2025
Our Verdict
GPT-5.1 Codex Max
GPT-5.1 Codex Max
Claude 3 Sonnet
Claude 3 SonnetRunner-up

Not enough votes to call it. On the specs, GPT-5.1 Codex Max has the edge: bigger model tier, newer.

Too close to call
API pricing

Cost per 1M tokens

Claude 3 Sonnet
Input
$3.00
Output
$15.00
GPT-5.1 Codex Max
Input
—
Output
—
Where to run it

1 host

Claude 3 Sonnet

No hosts listed on OpenRouter.

GPT-5.1 Codex Max1 host
HostInOutContextUptime
Azure AI Foundry$1.25 in·$10.00 out·400k·100% up

Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 9 Sep 2026.

Writing DNA

Style Comparison

Similarity
68%

GPT-5.1 Codex Max uses 225.1x more bold

Claude 3 Sonnet
GPT-5.1 Codex Max
48%Vocabulary60%
14wSentence Length16w
0.32Hedging0.36
0.0Bold2.3
3.6Lists4.2
0.00Emoji0.00
0.00Headings0.12
0.38Transitions0.03
Based on 4 + 13 text responses
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