Claude Sonnet 5 vs GPT-5
A side-by-side comparison of Claude Sonnet 5 and GPT-5 — intelligence, context, capabilities, and price.
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| Context window | 1M | 400K |
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Claude Sonnet 5 pricing
- Input$2 / 1M tokens
- Cached input$0.2 / 1M tokens
- 5m cache write$2.5 / 1M tokens
- 1h cache write$4 / 1M tokens
- Output$10 / 1M tokens
- From Sep 1, 2026 · Input$3 / 1M tokens
- From Sep 1, 2026 · Cached input$0.3 / 1M tokens
- From Sep 1, 2026 · 5m cache write$3.75 / 1M tokens
- From Sep 1, 2026 · 1h cache write$6 / 1M tokens
- From Sep 1, 2026 · Output$15 / 1M tokens
- Web search (when used)$10 / 1,000 searchs
Provider-equivalent rates. Higher reasoning can use more output tokens. TryAI charges a one-credit minimum and rounds each run's aggregate cost up once.
View Claude Sonnet 5details →GPT-5 pricing
- Input$1.25 / 1M tokens
- Cached input$0.125 / 1M tokens
- Output$10 / 1M tokens
- Web search (when used)$10 / 1,000 calls
Provider-equivalent rates. Higher reasoning can use more output tokens. TryAI charges a one-credit minimum and rounds each run's aggregate cost up once.
View GPT-5details →Claude Sonnet 5 vs GPT-5: FAQ
- Is Claude Sonnet 5 better than GPT-5?
- Anthropic's current fast workhorse — near-Opus quality at much lower latency and cost. OpenAI workhorse — strong general purpose at lower cost than 5.5. The best choice depends on your workload — compare context window, capabilities, and price above, or try both on TryAI.
- Which is cheaper, Claude Sonnet 5 or GPT-5?
- See the pricing rows above for live per-token or per-generation costs. TryAI bills both from one pay-as-you-go balance.