Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs GPT-4 Turbo

Side-by-side benchmark comparison across knowledge, coding, math, and reasoning.

Quick Verdict

Claude Sonnet 4.6 wins overall with a score of 80 vs 50 (30 point difference).Claude Sonnet 4.6 wins 4 out of 4 categories.

Knowledge

Claude Sonnet 4.6

Claude Sonnet 4.6

96

GPT-4 Turbo

58.5

99
MMLU
60
97
GPQA
60
95
SuperGPQA
58
93
OpenBookQA
56

Coding

Claude Sonnet 4.6

Claude Sonnet 4.6

93

GPT-4 Turbo

52

93
HumanEval
52

Mathematics

Claude Sonnet 4.6

Claude Sonnet 4.6

97.1

GPT-4 Turbo

59

99
AIME 2023
60
99
AIME 2024
62
98
AIME 2025
61
95
HMMT Feb 2023
56
97
HMMT Feb 2024
58
96
HMMT Feb 2025
57
96
BRUMO 2025
59

Reasoning

Claude Sonnet 4.6

Claude Sonnet 4.6

94

GPT-4 Turbo

57

95
SimpleQA
58
93
MuSR
56

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Claude Sonnet 4.6 or GPT-4 Turbo?

Claude Sonnet 4.6 scores higher overall with 80 vs 50, a difference of 30 points across all benchmarks.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Claude Sonnet 4.6 or GPT-4 Turbo?

Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads in knowledge tasks with an average score of 96 vs 58.5.

Which is better for coding, Claude Sonnet 4.6 or GPT-4 Turbo?

Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads in coding with an average score of 93 vs 52.

Which is better for math, Claude Sonnet 4.6 or GPT-4 Turbo?

Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads in math with an average score of 97.1 vs 59.

Which is better for reasoning, Claude Sonnet 4.6 or GPT-4 Turbo?

Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads in reasoning with an average score of 94 vs 57.