Claude Sonnet 3.6 (2022-10-22) vs GPT-5
Compare Claude Sonnet 3.6 (2022-10-22) by Anthropic against GPT-5 by OpenAI, context windows of 200K vs 400K, tested across 52 shared challenges. Updated May 2026.
Which is better, Claude Sonnet 3.6 (2022-10-22) or GPT-5?
Claude Sonnet 3.6 (2022-10-22) and GPT-5 are both competitive models. Claude Sonnet 3.6 (2022-10-22) costs $3/M input tokens vs $1.25/M for GPT-5. Context windows: 200K vs 400K tokens. Compare their real outputs side by side below.
Key Differences Between Claude Sonnet 3.6 (2022-10-22) and GPT-5
Claude Sonnet 3.6 (2022-10-22) is made by anthropic while GPT-5 is from openai. Claude Sonnet 3.6 (2022-10-22) has a 200K token context window compared to GPT-5's 400K. On pricing, Claude Sonnet 3.6 (2022-10-22) costs $3/M input tokens vs $1.25/M for GPT-5.
Per 1M tokens
GPT-5 is cheaper on both — 2.4× input, 1.5× output
No community votes yet. On paper, GPT-5 has the edge — bigger model tier, newer, bigger context window.
Style Comparison
Claude Sonnet 3.6 (2022-10-22) uses 5.6x more sentence length
