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GPT Mini Latest vs Claude Sonnet 5

Side-by-side API pricing and Artificial Analysis performance for GPT Mini Latest (~openai) and Claude Sonnet 5 (Anthropic). Green cells mark the better value in each row.

Prices updated Sep 16, 2026, 12:43 AM UTC · refreshed hourly

GPT Mini Latest

~openai

Claude Sonnet 5

Anthropic

Pricing
Input $/1M$0.75$2.00
Output $/1M$4.50$10.00
Blended $/1M (3:1)$1.69$4.00
RAG example (30K in / 2K out)$0.0315$0.08
Quality & speed
Intelligence Index38.4
Coding Index71.5
Agentic Index44.3
Output speed (tok/s)84
Time to first token108.32s
Specs
Context window400K1M
Input modalitiesfile, image, texttext, image, file

FAQ

Which is cheaper, GPT Mini Latest or Claude Sonnet 5?

GPT Mini Latest has the lower blended API price at $1.69 per 1M tokens (3:1 input:output mix), versus $4.00 for the other model. Prices are live from OpenRouter and refresh about hourly.

Which is better for RAG workloads?

For a typical RAG request (30K input / 2K output tokens), GPT Mini Latest costs about $0.0315 per request versus $0.08. Also compare context windows: GPT Mini Latest offers 400K and Claude Sonnet 5 offers 1M.

Which scores higher on Artificial Analysis benchmarks?

Claude Sonnet 5 leads on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index (38.4 vs —). Check coding and agentic indices on this page for workload-specific tradeoffs.