Compare Claude Sonnet 4 by Anthropic against OpenAI o4-mini by OpenAI, in 11 community votes, claude sonnet 4 wins 67% of head-to-head duels, tested across 26 shared challenges. Updated April 2026.
Claude Sonnet 4 is the better choice overall, winning 67% of 11 blind community votes on Rival. Claude Sonnet 4 costs $3/M input tokens vs $1.1/M for OpenAI o4-mini. Compare their real outputs side by side below.
Claude Sonnet 4 is made by anthropic while OpenAI o4-mini is from openai. On pricing, Claude Sonnet 4 costs $3/M input tokens vs $1.1/M for OpenAI o4-mini. In community voting, In 11 community votes, Claude Sonnet 4 wins 67% of head-to-head duels.
In 11 community votes, Claude Sonnet 4 wins 67% of head-to-head duels. Claude Sonnet 4 leads in Image Generation, Web Design. Based on blind community voting from the Rival open dataset of 11+ human preference judgments for this pair.
Pick Claude Sonnet 4. In 11 blind votes, Claude Sonnet 4 wins 67% of the time. That's not luck.
Claude Sonnet 4 particularly excels in Image Generation, Web Design. OpenAI o4-mini is 3.4x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Claude Sonnet 4 uses 503.7x more bold
vsAsk them anything yourself
279 AI models invented the same fake scientist.
We read every word. 250 models. 2.14 million words. This is what we found.
26 fights queued
Tests an AI's ability to solve a simple but potentially confusing logic puzzle
I need to think through this step-by-step.
Given information:
Let me work out how many sisters are in the family total.
If each of Sally's 3 brothers has 2 sisters, and all the brothers are in the same family, then there must be 2 sisters total in the family.
Since Sally is one of those sisters, and there are 2 sisters total, Sally must have 1 sister.
Therefore, Sally has 1 sister.
Sally has exactly one sister. Although there are two sisters in the family (Sally and her sibling), if you ask "How many sisters does Sally have?" the answer is 1.
Tests an AI's understanding of number representation
Tests an AI's randomness and creativity
Tests an AI's ability to generate vector graphics
Tests an AI's ability to create detailed SVG illustrations of gaming hardware
Tests an AI's humor and creative writing ability
Recreate an interactive, nostalgic Pokémon battle UI in a single HTML file.
Recreate an interactive, classic Mario level in a single HTML file.
Tests an AI's ability to replicate an existing UI with Tailwind CSS
Tests an AI's ability to create interactive web elements
Tests an AI's ability to create a detailed world map in SVG format
Generate a single-page, self-contained HTML webapp using Tailwind CSS for a randomly chosen category/industry/niche.
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