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Claude Sonnet 4 vs Claude 4 Sonnet

Claude 4 Sonnet is cheaper on output tokens. Choose Claude Sonnet 4 or Claude 4 Sonnet based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

SpecClaude Sonnet 4Claude 4 Sonnet
ProviderAnthropicNanoGPT
Input / 1M tokens$3.00$2.99
Output / 1M tokens$15.00$14.99
Context window200K200K
Parameters——
Open weightsNoNo
ReleasedMay 2025Sep 2025
SWE-bench Verified score76.876.4
Aider Polyglot score61.3—
LMArena (Chatbot Arena) Elo score1351—
LMArena Vision Elo score1191—
GPQA Diamond score78.3—
FrontierMath score4.1—
Epoch Capabilities Index score142—
LiveBench score—60.6
SWE-bench Multimodal score—35.6

FAQ

Is Claude Sonnet 4 or Claude 4 Sonnet cheaper?

Claude 4 Sonnet is cheaper on output tokens ($14.99 vs $15.00 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Claude Sonnet 4 or Claude 4 Sonnet?

Both models offer a similar context window.

Pricing is indicative — confirm with the provider before production use. Highlighted values indicate the better figure for that row.