Claude Sonnet 5 vs GPT-5.4
Anthropic against OpenAI, costed on the same three workloads. Claude Sonnet 5 is cheaper on all three workloads.
Monthly bill, side by side
| Workload | Claude Sonnet 5 | GPT-5.4 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Support chatbot 2,500 six-turn conversations a day |
$8,055 | $11,081 | $3,026 (+38%) |
| Document summariser 1,000 single-shot summaries a day |
$972 | $1,275 | $303 (+31%) |
| Coding agent 200 twelve-turn sessions a day |
$5,616 | $7,470 | $1,854 (+33%) |
No prompt caching and no batch discount on either side, so the comparison is like for like. Both figures assume 30 days a month.
The rate cards
| Claude Sonnet 5 | GPT-5.4 | |
|---|---|---|
| Input, per 1M tokens | $3 | $2.5 |
| Output, per 1M tokens | $15 | $15 |
| Cached input | $0.3 | $0.25 |
| Context window | 1M | 1.05M |
| Maximum output | 128K | 128K |
| Reasoning model | yes | yes |
| Vision | yes | yes |
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Full detail: Claude Sonnet 5 pricing · GPT-5.4 pricing