Compare/Claude 3.7 Sonnet (Reasoning) vs GPT-5.4 (Non-reasoning)

Claude 3.7 Sonnet (Reasoning)vsGPT-5.4 (Non-reasoning)

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

Anthropic

Claude 3.7 Sonnet (Reasoning)

Input
$3/M
Output
$15/M
Speed
TTFT
OpenAI

GPT-5.4 (Non-reasoning)

Input
$2.5/M
Output
$15/M
Speed
61 tok/s
TTFT
0.57s

Winner by Category

Cheaper
GPT-5.4 (Non-reasoning)
Faster (tok/s)
GPT-5.4 (Non-reasoning)
Lower Latency
Claude 3.7 Sonnet (Reasoning)
Benchmarks (6-6)
Tie

Pricing Comparison

MetricClaude 3.7 Sonnet (Reasoning)GPT-5.4 (Non-reasoning)
Input ($/M tokens)$3$2.5
Output ($/M tokens)$15$15
Cost for 1M input + 100K output tokens:
Claude 3.7 Sonnet (Reasoning)$4.50
GPT-5.4 (Non-reasoning)$4.00

Speed Comparison

Output Speed (tokens/s) — higher is better
Claude 3.7 Sonnet (Reasoning)
GPT-5.4 (Non-reasoning)
61 tok/s
Time to First Token (seconds) — lower is better
Claude 3.7 Sonnet (Reasoning)
GPT-5.4 (Non-reasoning)
0.57s

Benchmark Comparison

Data from Artificial Analysis API — 12 benchmarks

Intelligence Index
34.735.4
Coding Index
27.641.0
Math Index
56.3
GPQA Diamond
77.2%74.8%
MMLU-Pro
83.7%
LiveCodeBench
47.3%
AIME 2025
56.3%
MATH-500
94.7%
Humanity's Last Exam
10.3%10.6%
SciCode
40.3%47.1%
IFBench
48.3%48.4%
TerminalBench
21.2%37.9%
Claude 3.7 Sonnet (Reasoning)6 wins
6 winsGPT-5.4 (Non-reasoning)

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is cheaper, Claude 3.7 Sonnet (Reasoning) or GPT-5.4 (Non-reasoning)?

GPT-5.4 (Non-reasoning) is cheaper overall. Its blended price (3:1 input/output ratio) is $5.63/M tokens vs $6.00/M for Claude 3.7 Sonnet (Reasoning).

Which model performs better on benchmarks?

It's a tie — both models win 6 benchmarks each across 12 evaluated categories. See the detailed benchmark chart above for per-category results.

Which is faster for real-time applications?

GPT-5.4 (Non-reasoning) generates tokens faster at 61 tok/s vs 0 tok/s. Claude 3.7 Sonnet (Reasoning) also has lower time-to-first-token (0.00s vs 0.57s).

When should I use Claude 3.7 Sonnet (Reasoning) vs GPT-5.4 (Non-reasoning)?

Choose based on your priorities: GPT-5.4 (Non-reasoning) for lower cost, both perform similarly on benchmarks, and GPT-5.4 (Non-reasoning) for faster generation. For latency-sensitive apps, check the TTFT comparison above.