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GPT-5.4 Mini vs Claude Sonnet 4.6
Side by side · benchmarks, pricing, and signals you can act on.
Winner summary
Claude Sonnet 4.6 wins on 2/3 benchmarks
Claude Sonnet 4.6 wins 2 of 3 shared benchmarks. Leads in speed.
Category leads
speed·Claude Sonnet 4.6
Hype vs Reality
Attention vs performance
GPT-5.4 Mini
#160 by perf·no signal
Claude Sonnet 4.6
#102 by perf·#18 by attention
Best value
GPT-5.4 Mini
2.7x better value than Claude Sonnet 4.6
GPT-5.4 Mini
14.1 pts/$
$2.63/M
Claude Sonnet 4.6
5.3 pts/$
$9.00/M
Vendor risk
Who is behind the model
OpenAI
$840.0B·Tier 1
Anthropic
$380.0B·Tier 1
Head to head
3 benchmarks · 2 models
GPT-5.4 MiniClaude Sonnet 4.6
Artificial Analysis · Agentic Index
Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads by +7.3
GPT-5.4 Mini
55.7
Claude Sonnet 4.6
63.0
Artificial Analysis · Coding Index
GPT-5.4 Mini leads by +0.5
GPT-5.4 Mini
51.5
Claude Sonnet 4.6
50.9
Artificial Analysis · Quality Index
Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads by +3.6
GPT-5.4 Mini
48.1
Claude Sonnet 4.6
51.7
Full benchmark table
| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 Mini | Claude Sonnet 4.6 |
|---|---|---|
Artificial Analysis · Agentic Index | 55.7 | 63.0 |
Artificial Analysis · Coding Index | 51.5 | 50.9 |
Artificial Analysis · Quality Index | 48.1 | 51.7 |
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
| Model | Input | Output | Context | Projected $/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPT-5.4 Mini | $0.75 | $4.50 | 400K tokens (~200 books) | $16.88 |
| Claude Sonnet 4.6 | $3.00 | $15.00 | 1.0M tokens (~500 books) | $60.00 |