Claude Sonnet 3.6 (2022-10-22) vs GPT-5 Mini
Compare Claude Sonnet 3.6 (2022-10-22) by Anthropic against GPT-5 Mini by OpenAI, tested across 54 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Claude Sonnet 3.6 (2022-10-22)
GPT-5 Mini
No community votes yet. On paper, these are closely matched - try both with your actual task to see which fits your workflow.
GPT-5 Mini is 7.5x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Claude Sonnet 3.6 (2022-10-22)
Input
$3.00
Output
$15.00
GPT-5 Mini
Input
$0.25
12× cheaper
Output
$2.00
7.5× cheaper
GPT-5 Mini is cheaper on both — 12× input, 7.5× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
54%
Claude Sonnet 3.6 (2022-10-22) uses 33.5x more bold
Claude Sonnet 3.6 (2022-10-22)
GPT-5 Mini
66%Vocabulary62%
74wSentence Length21w
0.72Hedging0.16
0.3Bold0.0
8.9Lists3.4
0.00Emoji0.00
0.06Headings0.00
0.09Transitions0.05
Based on 21 + 15 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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