Claude 3 Sonnet vs GPT-5 Codex
Anthropic vs OpenAI — benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities side by side.
- •GPT-5 Codex has the higher intelligence index (87.1 vs 45.8)
- •GPT-5 Codex is cheaper ($1.25 vs $3.00 per 1M input)
- •GPT-5 Codex is faster
- •GPT-5 Codex has a larger context window (400K)
| Claude 3 Sonnet | GPT-5 Codex | |
|---|---|---|
| Intelligence index | 45.8 | 87.1 |
| Developer | Anthropic | OpenAI |
| Type | Multimodal | Multimodal |
| Access | API only | API only |
| Context window | 200,000 tokens | 400,000 tokens |
| Input price | $3.00 / 1M | $1.25 / 1M |
| Output price | $15.00 / 1M | $10.00 / 1M |
| Speed | 120 tok/s | 180 tok/s |
| Released | February 29, 2024 | September 23, 2025 |
| Parameters | — | — |
| Input modalities | — | Text, Image |
| Output modalities | — | Text |
Shared benchmarks
Claude 3 Sonnet
GPT-5 Codex
GPQA Diamond
40.4
83.7
Humanity’s Last Exam
3.8
25.6
LiveCodeBench
17.5
84
MMLU-Pro
56.8
86.5