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GPT-5 vs Claude Sonnet 4.5 vs Gemini 2.5 Pro
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Winner summary
GPT-5 wins on 17/23 benchmarks
GPT-5 wins 17 of 23 shared benchmarks. Leads in reasoning · knowledge · math.
Category leads
reasoning·GPT-5knowledge·GPT-5math·GPT-5coding·GPT-5
Hype vs Reality
Attention vs performance
GPT-5
#74 by perf·no signal
Claude Sonnet 4.5
#132 by perf·no signal
Gemini 2.5 Pro
#61 by perf·no signal
Best value
Gemini 2.5 Pro
1.0x better value than GPT-5
GPT-5
9.7 pts/$
$5.63/M
Claude Sonnet 4.5
4.7 pts/$
$9.00/M
Gemini 2.5 Pro
10.0 pts/$
$5.63/M
Vendor risk
Who is behind the model
OpenAI
$840.0B·Tier 1
Anthropic
$380.0B·Tier 1
Google DeepMind
$4.00T·Tier 1
Head to head
23 benchmarks · 3 models
GPT-5Claude Sonnet 4.5Gemini 2.5 Pro
ARC-AGI
GPT-5 leads by +2.0
ARC-AGI · the original Abstraction and Reasoning Corpus, testing whether AI can solve novel visual pattern recognition tasks without memorization.
GPT-5
65.7
Claude Sonnet 4.5
63.7
Gemini 2.5 Pro
41.0
ARC-AGI-2
Claude Sonnet 4.5 leads by +3.8
ARC-AGI-2 · the second iteration of the Abstraction and Reasoning Corpus, testing novel pattern recognition and abstract reasoning without prior training data.
GPT-5
9.9
Claude Sonnet 4.5
13.6
Gemini 2.5 Pro
4.9
Chess Puzzles
GPT-5 leads by +17.0
Chess Puzzles · tests strategic and tactical reasoning by having models solve chess puzzle positions, evaluating lookahead and pattern recognition abilities.
GPT-5
37.0
Claude Sonnet 4.5
12.0
Gemini 2.5 Pro
20.0
DeepResearch Bench
GPT-5 leads by +2.5
DeepResearch Bench · evaluates AI on complex multi-step research tasks requiring information gathering, synthesis, and producing comprehensive analyses.
GPT-5
55.1
Claude Sonnet 4.5
52.6
Gemini 2.5 Pro
49.7
FrontierMath-2025-02-28-Private
GPT-5 leads by +17.2
FrontierMath (Feb 2025) · original research-level math problems created by mathematicians, testing capabilities at the boundary of current AI mathematical reasoning.
GPT-5
32.4
Claude Sonnet 4.5
15.2
Gemini 2.5 Pro
14.1
FrontierMath-Tier-4-2025-07-01-Private
GPT-5 leads by +8.3
FrontierMath Tier 4 (Jul 2025) · the most challenging tier of frontier mathematics, containing problems that push the absolute limits of AI mathematical reasoning.
GPT-5
12.5
Claude Sonnet 4.5
4.2
Gemini 2.5 Pro
4.2
GPQA diamond
GPT-5 leads by +1.2
Graduate-Level Google-Proof QA (Diamond set) · expert-crafted questions in physics, biology, and chemistry that are difficult even for domain PhDs.
GPT-5
81.6
Claude Sonnet 4.5
76.4
Gemini 2.5 Pro
80.4
GSO-Bench
Claude Sonnet 4.5 leads by +7.8
GSO-Bench · evaluates AI models on real-world open-source software engineering tasks, testing the ability to understand and resolve actual GitHub issues.
GPT-5
6.9
Claude Sonnet 4.5
14.7
Gemini 2.5 Pro
3.9
HLE
GPT-5 leads by +3.9
HLE (Humanity's Last Exam) · a reasoning benchmark designed to be the hardest public evaluation of AI. Questions span mathematics, physics, philosophy, and logic · curated to be at or beyond the frontier of human expert capability. Tested with and without tool augmentation. Claude Opus 4.7 scores 46.9% without tools and 54.7% with tools · making it one of the few benchmarks where the top score is below 60%.
GPT-5
21.6
Claude Sonnet 4.5
9.4
Gemini 2.5 Pro
17.7
MATH level 5
GPT-5 leads by +0.4
MATH Level 5 · the hardest tier of the MATH benchmark, featuring competition-level problems from AMC, AIME, and Olympiad-style mathematics.
GPT-5
98.1
Claude Sonnet 4.5
97.7
Gemini 2.5 Pro
95.6
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025
GPT-5 leads by +6.7
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 · simulated American Invitational Mathematics Examination problems testing advanced problem-solving skills.
GPT-5
91.4
Claude Sonnet 4.5
77.8
Gemini 2.5 Pro
84.7
SimpleBench
Gemini 2.5 Pro leads by +6.8
SimpleBench · tests fundamental reasoning capabilities with straightforward problems designed to expose gaps in basic logical and spatial thinking.
GPT-5
48.0
Claude Sonnet 4.5
45.2
Gemini 2.5 Pro
54.9
SimpleQA Verified
Gemini 2.5 Pro leads by +5.4
SimpleQA Verified · short factual questions with verified answers, measuring factual accuracy and the tendency to hallucinate or provide incorrect information.
GPT-5
50.6
Claude Sonnet 4.5
23.6
Gemini 2.5 Pro
56.0
SWE-Bench verified
GPT-5 leads by +2.3
SWE-bench Verified · 500 human-validated tasks from 12 real Python repositories (Django, Flask, scikit-learn, sympy, and others). Each task requires the model to produce a git patch that resolves a real GitHub issue and passes the test suite. The verified subset eliminates ambiguous tasks from the original SWE-bench. Claude Mythos Preview leads at 93.9%, crossing 90% for the first time in 2026. Opus 4.6 scores 80.8%. The benchmark remains the most-cited evaluation for code-generation capability.
GPT-5
73.5
Claude Sonnet 4.5
71.3
Gemini 2.5 Pro
57.6
Terminal Bench
GPT-5 leads by +3.1
Terminal-Bench 2.0 · evaluates AI agents on real terminal-based coding tasks · writing scripts, debugging, running tests, and managing projects entirely through command-line interaction. Tests both code quality and terminal fluency. Claude Opus 4.7 scores 69.4%, demonstrating significant agentic terminal competence.
GPT-5
49.6
Claude Sonnet 4.5
46.5
Gemini 2.5 Pro
32.6
VPCT
GPT-5 leads by +29.4
VPCT (Visual Pattern Completion Test) · tests visual reasoning and pattern recognition by having models complete visual sequences and transformations.
GPT-5
49.0
Claude Sonnet 4.5
9.7
Gemini 2.5 Pro
19.6
WeirdML
GPT-5 leads by +6.7
WeirdML · tests models on unusual and adversarial machine learning tasks that require creative problem-solving beyond standard patterns.
GPT-5
60.7
Claude Sonnet 4.5
47.7
Gemini 2.5 Pro
54.0
Aider polyglot
GPT-5 leads by +4.9
Aider Polyglot · measures how well AI models can edit code across multiple programming languages using the Aider coding assistant framework.
GPT-5
88.0
Gemini 2.5 Pro
83.1
Balrog
Gemini 2.5 Pro leads by +10.5
Balrog · benchmarks AI agents on text-based adventure games, testing language understanding, strategic planning, and long-horizon reasoning.
GPT-5
32.8
Gemini 2.5 Pro
43.3
Fiction.LiveBench
GPT-5 leads by +5.5
Fiction.LiveBench · a continuously updated benchmark using recently published fiction to test reading comprehension and reasoning, preventing data contamination.
GPT-5
97.2
Gemini 2.5 Pro
91.7
GeoBench
GeoBench · tests geographic knowledge and spatial reasoning across countries, landmarks, coordinates, and geopolitical understanding.
GPT-5
81.0
Gemini 2.5 Pro
81.0
Lech Mazur Writing
GPT-5 leads by +1.2
Lech Mazur Writing · evaluates creative writing ability, assessing prose quality, narrative coherence, and stylistic sophistication.
GPT-5
87.2
Gemini 2.5 Pro
86.0
SWE-Bench Verified (Bash Only)
Claude Sonnet 4.5 leads by +5.6
SWE-Bench Verified (Bash Only) · a curated subset of SWE-bench where models fix real Python repository bugs using only bash commands, no agent frameworks.
GPT-5
65.0
Claude Sonnet 4.5
70.6
Full benchmark table
| Benchmark | GPT-5 | Claude Sonnet 4.5 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
|---|---|---|---|
ARC-AGI ARC-AGI · the original Abstraction and Reasoning Corpus, testing whether AI can solve novel visual pattern recognition tasks without memorization. | 65.7 | 63.7 | 41.0 |
ARC-AGI-2 ARC-AGI-2 · the second iteration of the Abstraction and Reasoning Corpus, testing novel pattern recognition and abstract reasoning without prior training data. | 9.9 | 13.6 | 4.9 |
Chess Puzzles Chess Puzzles · tests strategic and tactical reasoning by having models solve chess puzzle positions, evaluating lookahead and pattern recognition abilities. | 37.0 | 12.0 | 20.0 |
DeepResearch Bench DeepResearch Bench · evaluates AI on complex multi-step research tasks requiring information gathering, synthesis, and producing comprehensive analyses. | 55.1 | 52.6 | 49.7 |
FrontierMath-2025-02-28-Private FrontierMath (Feb 2025) · original research-level math problems created by mathematicians, testing capabilities at the boundary of current AI mathematical reasoning. | 32.4 | 15.2 | 14.1 |
FrontierMath-Tier-4-2025-07-01-Private FrontierMath Tier 4 (Jul 2025) · the most challenging tier of frontier mathematics, containing problems that push the absolute limits of AI mathematical reasoning. | 12.5 | 4.2 | 4.2 |
GPQA diamond Graduate-Level Google-Proof QA (Diamond set) · expert-crafted questions in physics, biology, and chemistry that are difficult even for domain PhDs. | 81.6 | 76.4 | 80.4 |
GSO-Bench GSO-Bench · evaluates AI models on real-world open-source software engineering tasks, testing the ability to understand and resolve actual GitHub issues. | 6.9 | 14.7 | 3.9 |
HLE HLE (Humanity's Last Exam) · a reasoning benchmark designed to be the hardest public evaluation of AI. Questions span mathematics, physics, philosophy, and logic · curated to be at or beyond the frontier of human expert capability. Tested with and without tool augmentation. Claude Opus 4.7 scores 46.9% without tools and 54.7% with tools · making it one of the few benchmarks where the top score is below 60%. | 21.6 | 9.4 | 17.7 |
MATH level 5 MATH Level 5 · the hardest tier of the MATH benchmark, featuring competition-level problems from AMC, AIME, and Olympiad-style mathematics. | 98.1 | 97.7 | 95.6 |
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 · simulated American Invitational Mathematics Examination problems testing advanced problem-solving skills. | 91.4 | 77.8 | 84.7 |
SimpleBench SimpleBench · tests fundamental reasoning capabilities with straightforward problems designed to expose gaps in basic logical and spatial thinking. | 48.0 | 45.2 | 54.9 |
SimpleQA Verified SimpleQA Verified · short factual questions with verified answers, measuring factual accuracy and the tendency to hallucinate or provide incorrect information. | 50.6 | 23.6 | 56.0 |
SWE-Bench verified SWE-bench Verified · 500 human-validated tasks from 12 real Python repositories (Django, Flask, scikit-learn, sympy, and others). Each task requires the model to produce a git patch that resolves a real GitHub issue and passes the test suite. The verified subset eliminates ambiguous tasks from the original SWE-bench. Claude Mythos Preview leads at 93.9%, crossing 90% for the first time in 2026. Opus 4.6 scores 80.8%. The benchmark remains the most-cited evaluation for code-generation capability. | 73.5 | 71.3 | 57.6 |
Terminal Bench Terminal-Bench 2.0 · evaluates AI agents on real terminal-based coding tasks · writing scripts, debugging, running tests, and managing projects entirely through command-line interaction. Tests both code quality and terminal fluency. Claude Opus 4.7 scores 69.4%, demonstrating significant agentic terminal competence. | 49.6 | 46.5 | 32.6 |
VPCT VPCT (Visual Pattern Completion Test) · tests visual reasoning and pattern recognition by having models complete visual sequences and transformations. | 49.0 | 9.7 | 19.6 |
WeirdML WeirdML · tests models on unusual and adversarial machine learning tasks that require creative problem-solving beyond standard patterns. | 60.7 | 47.7 | 54.0 |
Aider polyglot Aider Polyglot · measures how well AI models can edit code across multiple programming languages using the Aider coding assistant framework. | 88.0 | — | 83.1 |
Balrog Balrog · benchmarks AI agents on text-based adventure games, testing language understanding, strategic planning, and long-horizon reasoning. | 32.8 | — | 43.3 |
Fiction.LiveBench Fiction.LiveBench · a continuously updated benchmark using recently published fiction to test reading comprehension and reasoning, preventing data contamination. | 97.2 | — | 91.7 |
GeoBench GeoBench · tests geographic knowledge and spatial reasoning across countries, landmarks, coordinates, and geopolitical understanding. | 81.0 | — | 81.0 |
Lech Mazur Writing Lech Mazur Writing · evaluates creative writing ability, assessing prose quality, narrative coherence, and stylistic sophistication. | 87.2 | — | 86.0 |
SWE-Bench Verified (Bash Only) SWE-Bench Verified (Bash Only) · a curated subset of SWE-bench where models fix real Python repository bugs using only bash commands, no agent frameworks. | 65.0 | 70.6 | — |
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
| Model | Input | Output | Context | Projected $/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $1.25 | $10.00 | 400K tokens (~200 books) | $34.38 | |
| $3.00 | $15.00 | 1.0M tokens (~500 books) | $60.00 | |
| $1.25 | $10.00 | 1.0M tokens (~524 books) | $34.38 |