Which is cheaper for input tokens: Anthropic: Claude 3.5 Sonnet or OpenAI: GPT-4o (2024-05-13)?
OpenAI: GPT-4o (2024-05-13) is cheaper on input token cost by $1.00 per 1M tokens.
Head-to-Head Pricing Benchmark
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Default Recommendation (120M input + 60M output)
OpenAI: GPT-4o (2024-05-13) is lower-cost for the default monthly workload scenario.
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| Metric | Anthropic: Claude 3.5 Sonnet | OpenAI: GPT-4o (2024-05-13) |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | anthropic | openai |
| Context Window | 200,000 | 128,000 |
| Input Cost / 1M Tokens | $6.00 | $5.00 |
| Output Cost / 1M Tokens | $30.00 | $15.00 |
| Projected Monthly Cost | $2,520 | $1,500 |
| Vision | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes |
| Tool Calling | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes |
| Structured Output | ❌ No | ✅ Yes |
| Reasoning | ❌ No | ❌ No |
| MMLU Score | N/A | 74.0 |
| GPQA | N/A | 52.6 |
Price History
Current Input / 1M
$6.00
Current Output / 1M
$30.00
Price History
Current Input / 1M
$5.00
Current Output / 1M
$15.00
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Anthropic: Claude 3.5 Sonnet
$2,520
per month
OpenAI: GPT-4o (2024-05-13)
$1,500
per month
Lower costLive Recommendation
OpenAI: GPT-4o (2024-05-13) is lower-cost at 120M input + 60M output tokens/month.
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Common questions for Anthropic: Claude 3.5 Sonnet vs OpenAI: GPT-4o (2024-05-13) pricing decisions.
OpenAI: GPT-4o (2024-05-13) is cheaper on input token cost by $1.00 per 1M tokens.
OpenAI: GPT-4o (2024-05-13) is cheaper on output token cost by $15 per 1M tokens.
$1,020 difference for the default scenario (120M input + 60M output tokens/month).
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