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GPT-4o vs Claude Sonnet 4.6

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OpenAI · 128k context  |  Anthropic · 1M context

Pricing Comparison

MetricGPT-4oClaude Sonnet 4.6
Input / 1M tokens$2.5$3
Output / 1M tokens$10$15
Cached input / 1M$1.25$0.3
Context window128k1M
ProviderOpenAIAnthropic

Cost Calculator

💰 GPT-4o saves $900.00/month (29% cheaper)
OGPT-4oCHEAPER
Per request$0.007500
Daily$75.00
Monthly$2,250.00
Yearly$27,375.00
AClaude Sonnet 4.6
Per request$0.0105
Daily$105.00
Monthly$3,150.00
Yearly$38,325.00
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Choose GPT-4o when…

  • ✓ Cheaper for RAG & document retrieval (lower input cost)
  • ✓ 17% cheaper per input token
  • ✓ Cheaper for generation-heavy workloads (lower output cost)
  • ✓ Optimized for: Multimodal tasks
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Choose Claude Sonnet 4.6 when…

  • ✓ Larger context window (1M vs 128k) — better for long documents
  • ✓ Cheaper cached price ($0.3 vs $1.25/1M)
  • ✓ Optimized for: Balanced performance

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