# Claude 3.5 Sonnet vs GPT-5.5 Pro

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Claude 3.5 Sonnet and GPT-5.5 Pro across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/claude-3-5-sonnet-vs-gpt-5-5-pro
- Last updated: September 4, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 2
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Claude 3.5 Sonnet and GPT-5.5 Pro share only 2 sourced benchmark rows.

## Summary

- Only 2 shared sourced benchmark rows are available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- Claude 3.5 Sonnet has the lower published output-token price.
- GPT-5.5 Pro has the larger published context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Claude 3.5 Sonnet | GPT-5.5 Pro |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Anthropic | OpenAI |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 200K | 1M |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 31.93 | 63.07 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 4 | 6 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $3.00 / $15.00 | $30.00 / $180.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude 3.5 Sonnet public-lane score: Coming soon
- GPT-5.5 Pro public-lane score: 60.6 (Estimated · #24/151)

| Benchmark | Claude 3.5 Sonnet | GPT-5.5 Pro | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 90.1% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude 3.5 Sonnet public-lane score: Coming soon
- GPT-5.5 Pro public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude 3.5 Sonnet | GPT-5.5 Pro | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 49% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude 3.5 Sonnet public-lane score: Coming soon
- GPT-5.5 Pro public-lane score: 61.1 (Estimated · #36/181)

| Benchmark | Claude 3.5 Sonnet | GPT-5.5 Pro | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 59.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | Coming soon | 57.2% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 43.1% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude 3.5 Sonnet public-lane score: 25.7 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- GPT-5.5 Pro public-lane score: 70.2 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Claude 3.5 Sonnet | GPT-5.5 Pro | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 2.069% | 51.000% | GPT-5.5 Pro |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 0.000% | 39.600% | GPT-5.5 Pro |
| FrontierMath (legacy) | Coming soon | 52.4% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Claude 3.5 Sonnet and GPT-5.5 Pro?

Not yet. The models share only 2 sourced benchmark rows, so this mirror reports the available measurements and metadata without naming a broad winner.

### What can I compare safely on this page?

Published pricing, context windows, model type, and individual shared benchmark rows are directly comparable. Independent overall scores and non-overlapping benchmark coverage are labeled separately and should not be read as a controlled head-to-head result.

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- [Claude 3.5 Sonnet profile](/models/claude-3-5-sonnet)
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