# Claude 3.5 Sonnet vs o1

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Claude 3.5 Sonnet and o1 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/claude-3-5-sonnet-vs-o1
- Last updated: September 29, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 2
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Claude 3.5 Sonnet and o1 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.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Claude 3.5 Sonnet | o1 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Anthropic | OpenAI |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 200K | 200K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 30 | 37.48 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 4 | 4 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $3.00 / $15.00 | $15.00 / $60.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude 3.5 Sonnet public-lane score: Coming soon
- o1 public-lane score: 30.4 (Estimated · #93/143)

| Benchmark | Claude 3.5 Sonnet | o1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 49% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude 3.5 Sonnet public-lane score: Coming soon
- o1 public-lane score: 67 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude 3.5 Sonnet public-lane score: Coming soon
- o1 public-lane score: 40.7 (Supported · #96/169)

| Benchmark | Claude 3.5 Sonnet | o1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 59.4% | 75.7% | o1 |
| MMLU | Coming soon | 91.8% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude 3.5 Sonnet public-lane score: Coming soon
- o1 public-lane score: 84.5 (#40/124)

| Benchmark | Claude 3.5 Sonnet | o1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | Coming soon | 92.2% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude 3.5 Sonnet public-lane score: 25.6 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- o1 public-lane score: 32.5 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

| Benchmark | Claude 3.5 Sonnet | o1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 2.069% | 9.310% | o1 |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 0.000% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Claude 3.5 Sonnet and o1?

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.

## Related Comparisons

- [Claude 3.5 Sonnet vs o1-preview](/compare/claude-3-5-sonnet-vs-o1-preview)
- [o1 vs o1-preview](/compare/o1-vs-o1-preview)
- [Claude 3.5 Sonnet vs o1-pro](/compare/claude-3-5-sonnet-vs-o1-pro)
- [o1 vs o1-pro](/compare/o1-vs-o1-pro)

## Explore More

- [Claude 3.5 Sonnet profile](/models/claude-3-5-sonnet)
- [o1 profile](/models/o1)
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