Claude Sonnet 5 (Medium) vs o4-mini (High)

Claude Sonnet 5 (Medium) vs o4-mini (High). A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

AnthropicClaude Sonnet 5 (Medium)Off the frontier
Intelligence
28.10
Total cost
$1218
OpenAIo4-mini (High)Not ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
16.70
Total cost
-
Verdict

Comparison incomplete

A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

MetricClaude Sonnet 5 (Medium)o4-mini (High)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)28.116.7−40.6% o4-mini (High) is 40.6% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$1,218.17Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)9.02s28.44s+215.3% o4-mini (High) is 215.3% slower
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$2.00 / $10.0$1.10 / $4.40
Input modalitiesText, ImageText, Image
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