Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs OpenAI o4 Mini High
Compare Claude Sonnet 4.6 by Anthropic against OpenAI o4 Mini High by OpenAI, context windows of 1.0M vs 200K, tested across 53 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Claude Sonnet 4.6
OpenAI o4 Mini HighRunner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, Claude Sonnet 4.6 has the edge — bigger model tier, newer, bigger context window.
OpenAI o4 Mini High is 3.4x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Slight edge
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Claude Sonnet 4.6
Input
$3.00
Output
$15.00
OpenAI o4 Mini High
Input
$1.10
2.7× cheaper
Output
$4.40
3.4× cheaper
OpenAI o4 Mini High is cheaper on both — 2.7× input, 3.4× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
38%
Claude Sonnet 4.6 uses 507.4x more bold
Claude Sonnet 4.6
OpenAI o4 Mini High
56%Vocabulary70%
36wSentence Length18w
0.53Hedging0.33
5.1Bold0.0
3.4Lists1.3
0.19Emoji0.02
2.10Headings0.00
0.02Transitions0.04
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Research
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