# Claude Sonnet 5 vs GPT-5.4

As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Sonnet 5 leads GPT-5.4 in 2 of 6 shared categories: Coding › Web dev and Long context.

Claude Sonnet 5: $4.000000000000001 per 1M blended tokens.

GPT-5.4: $5.625 per 1M blended tokens.

Claude Sonnet 5: closed weights.

GPT-5.4: closed weights.

- Which to pick, General LLM: As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-5.4 leads Claude Sonnet 5 in General LLM at #28 against #39.
- Which to pick, Reasoning: As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-5.4 leads Claude Sonnet 5 in Reasoning at #29 against #34.
- Which to pick, Science: As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-5.4 leads Claude Sonnet 5 in Science at #16 against #32.
- Which to pick, Coding › Web dev: As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Sonnet 5 leads GPT-5.4 in Coding › Web dev at #38 against #55.
- Which to pick, Long context: As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Sonnet 5 leads GPT-5.4 in Long context at #31 against #34.
- Which to pick, Factuality: As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-5.4 leads Claude Sonnet 5 in Factuality at #6 against #47.

As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Sonnet 5 is ranked #19 in Coding (since Oct 14, 2026; sources Terminal-Bench 4.0; methodology v1.0).

As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-5.4 is a former state-of-the-art holder in General LLM (since Apr 10, 2026; sources LMArena Text (style-controlled, overall); methodology v1.0).