Compare/Claude 3.7 Sonnet (Reasoning) vs GPT-5.4 nano (xhigh)

Claude 3.7 Sonnet (Reasoning)vsGPT-5.4 nano (xhigh)

Side-by-side comparison of pricing, 12 benchmarks, and generation speed.

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Claude 3.7 Sonnet (Reasoning)

Input
$0/M
Output
$0/M
Speed
TTFT
OpenAI

GPT-5.4 nano (xhigh)

Input
$0.2/M
Output
$1.25/M
Speed
149 tok/s
TTFT
3.70s

Winner by Category

Cheaper
Claude 3.7 Sonnet (Reasoning)
Faster (tok/s)
GPT-5.4 nano (xhigh)
Lower Latency
Claude 3.7 Sonnet (Reasoning)
Benchmarks (5-7)
GPT-5.4 nano (xhigh)

Pricing Comparison

MetricClaude 3.7 Sonnet (Reasoning)GPT-5.4 nano (xhigh)
Input ($/M tokens)$0$0.2
Output ($/M tokens)$0$1.25
Cost for 1M input + 100K output tokens:
Claude 3.7 Sonnet (Reasoning)$0.00
GPT-5.4 nano (xhigh)$0.33

Speed Comparison

Output Speed (tokens/s) — higher is better
Claude 3.7 Sonnet (Reasoning)
GPT-5.4 nano (xhigh)
149 tok/s
Time to First Token (seconds) — lower is better
Claude 3.7 Sonnet (Reasoning)
GPT-5.4 nano (xhigh)
3.70s

Benchmark Comparison

Data from Artificial Analysis API — 12 benchmarks

Intelligence Index
34.744.0
Coding Index
27.643.9
Math Index
56.3
GPQA Diamond
77.2%81.7%
MMLU-Pro
83.7%
LiveCodeBench
47.3%
AIME 2025
56.3%
MATH-500
94.7%
Humanity's Last Exam
10.3%26.5%
SciCode
40.3%46.9%
IFBench
48.3%75.9%
TerminalBench
21.2%42.4%
Claude 3.7 Sonnet (Reasoning)5 wins
7 winsGPT-5.4 nano (xhigh)

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is cheaper, Claude 3.7 Sonnet (Reasoning) or GPT-5.4 nano (xhigh)?

Claude 3.7 Sonnet (Reasoning) is cheaper overall. Its blended price (3:1 input/output ratio) is $0.00/M tokens vs $0.46/M for GPT-5.4 nano (xhigh).

Which model performs better on benchmarks?

GPT-5.4 nano (xhigh) wins 7 out of 12 benchmarks compared to 5 for Claude 3.7 Sonnet (Reasoning). See the detailed benchmark chart above for per-category results.

Which is faster for real-time applications?

GPT-5.4 nano (xhigh) generates tokens faster at 149 tok/s vs 0 tok/s. Claude 3.7 Sonnet (Reasoning) also has lower time-to-first-token (0.00s vs 3.70s).

When should I use Claude 3.7 Sonnet (Reasoning) vs GPT-5.4 nano (xhigh)?

Choose based on your priorities: Claude 3.7 Sonnet (Reasoning) for lower cost, GPT-5.4 nano (xhigh) for stronger benchmark performance, and GPT-5.4 nano (xhigh) for faster generation. For latency-sensitive apps, check the TTFT comparison above.