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Claude Sonnet 5 (medium) vs GPT-5 Mini (medium)

Claude Sonnet 5 (medium) leads on average score with 8.2 vs 8.1. GPT-5 Mini (medium) has the lower benchmark cost at $0.241 vs $0.922. Claude Sonnet 5 (medium) is faster at 12.54s vs 27.64s, with pass rates of 75.8% vs 65.2%.

Last updated at: 2026-08-29

Rank
#48
Total Output Tokens
63,204
Response Time (avg)
12.54s
Total Cost
$0.922
Rank
#50
Total Output Tokens
108,019
Response Time (avg)
27.64s
Total Cost
$0.241
Recommended model GPT-5 Mini (medium)

Its score stays close to the best score here (8.1 vs 8.2), while costing about 3.8x less than Claude Sonnet 5 (medium).

Detailed comparison

Metric Claude Sonnet 5 Claude Sonnet 5 medium Release: 2026-06-30 GPT-5 Mini GPT-5 Mini medium Release: 2025-08-07
Score 8.2 8.1
Rank #48 #50
Reliability 10.0 10.0
Consistency 9.0 8.4
Attempts 66/66 66/66
Tests Correct
Attempt pass rate 75.8% 65.2%
Flaky tests 3 4
Total Runs 66 66
Cost per result 6.144 2.006
Total Cost $0.922 $0.241
Input Price $2.000 / 1M $0.250 / 1M
Output Price $10.000 / 1M $2.000 / 1M
Total Input Tokens 145,953 98,383
Output Tokens 52,330 14,409
Reasoning Tokens 10,874 93,610
Response Time (avg) 12.54s 27.64s
Response Time (max) 66.71s 111.48s
Response Time (total) 275.90s 608.02s
Parameters ~1T total (~100B active) ~400B total (~17B active)
Availability Closed Closed

Model generation showcase

Hamster playing table tennis

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#48 Claude Sonnet 5

medium
Cost
$0.007
Time
6.4s
Tokens
832 tok

#50 GPT-5 Mini

medium
Cost
$0.007
Time
42.9s
Tokens
3,432 tok

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Category Breakdown

Coding Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Sonnet 5 9.0 7.9 88.9% 1 17.28s 10,590 13,153 2,379
GPT-5 Mini 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 27.63s 7,302 658 17,152

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