Claude Sonnet 5.5 vs GPT-4.1
As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads GPT-4.1 in 6 of 6 shared categories: General LLM, Reasoning, Math, Science, Long context, and Factuality.
Claude Sonnet 5.5
Yes. SOTA in co-SOTA in Coding, co-SOTA in Coding › Agentic and co-SOTA in Vision.
GPT-4.1
It used to be. Was SOTA in Long context.
| Category | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | GPT-4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| General LLM | #27 · #27 in General LLM Margin 18.367346938775512 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 | #101 · #101 in General LLM Margin 68.70748299319727 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 |
| Reasoning | #18 · #18 in Reasoning Margin 13.013698630136986 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 | #102 · #102 in Reasoning Margin 70.54794520547945 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 |
| Math | #4 · #4 in Math Margin 6.666666666666671 Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Sep 28, 2026 | #39 · #39 in Math Margin 86.66666666666667 Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Apr 14, 2025 |
| Science | #3 · #3 in Science Margin — Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Sep 28, 2026 | #96 · #96 in Science Margin — Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Apr 14, 2025 |
| Coding | #1 · Co-SOTA · Coding Margin 0 Terminal-Bench Harbor Hub · Oct 6, 2026 | #— · Not enough data Margin — Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Apr 14, 2025 |
| Coding › Agentic | #1 · Co-SOTA · Coding › Agentic Margin 0 Terminal-Bench Harbor Hub · Oct 6, 2026 | — |
| Coding › Web dev | #3 · Near-SOTA · Coding › Web dev Margin 1.8691588785046775 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 | — |
| Long context | #11 · #11 in Long context Margin 7.482993197278915 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 | #95 · Was SOTA · Long context Margin 64.62585034013605 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 |
| Vision | #1 · Co-SOTA · Vision Margin 0 Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Sep 28, 2026 | #— · Not enough data Margin — LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 9, 2026 |
| Factuality | #16 · #16 in Factuality Margin 12.68656716417911 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 | #103 · #103 in Factuality Margin 77.61194029850746 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 |
| Abstraction (ARC) | — | #85 · #85 in Abstraction (ARC) Margin — Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Apr 14, 2025 |
Claude Sonnet 5.5: $4.000000000000001 per 1M blended tokens.
GPT-4.1: $3.5 per 1M blended tokens.
Claude Sonnet 5.5: closed weights.
GPT-4.1: closed weights.
General LLM: As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads GPT-4.1 in General LLM at #27 against #101.
Reasoning: As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads GPT-4.1 in Reasoning at #18 against #102.
Math: As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads GPT-4.1 in Math at #4 against #39.
Science: As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads GPT-4.1 in Science at #3 against #96.
Long context: As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads GPT-4.1 in Long context at #11 against #95.
Factuality: As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads GPT-4.1 in Factuality at #16 against #103.
Claude Sonnet 5.5 or GPT-4.1?
As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads GPT-4.1 in 6 of 6 shared categories: General LLM, Reasoning, Math, Science, Long context, and Factuality.
Claude Sonnet 5.5 or GPT-4.1 for General LLM?
As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads GPT-4.1 in General LLM at #27 against #101.
Claude Sonnet 5.5 or GPT-4.1 for Reasoning?
As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads GPT-4.1 in Reasoning at #18 against #102.
Claude Sonnet 5.5 or GPT-4.1 for Math?
As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads GPT-4.1 in Math at #4 against #39.