# Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs GPT-4.1

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Claude Sonnet 4.6 and GPT-4.1 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/claude-sonnet-4-6-vs-gpt-4-1
- Last updated: September 29, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 5
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

Pick Claude Sonnet 4.6 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. GPT-4.1 only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads overall 56.13 to 39.74.
- The clearest category separation is in mathematics, where the averages are 48.8 for Claude Sonnet 4.6 and 28 for GPT-4.1.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Gert Labs in Agentic, with scores of 62.92% and 25.65%.
- GPT-4.1 is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- GPT-4.1 also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | GPT-4.1 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Anthropic | OpenAI |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Non-Reasoning |
| Context | 200K | 1M |
| Overall Score | 56.13 | 39.74 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 26 | 7 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $3.00 / $15.00 | $2.00 / $8.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 43.1 (Supported · #51/117)
- GPT-4.1 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | GPT-4.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 59.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | 72.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | 67.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CyberGym | 65.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | 62.92% | 25.65% | Claude Sonnet 4.6 |
| OSWorld 2.0 | 8.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| JobBench | 36.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 57.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ApprenticeBench | 2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 47 (Supported · #48/143)
- GPT-4.1 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | GPT-4.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 79.6% | 54.6% | Claude Sonnet 4.6 |
| SWE-Rebench | 60.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| React Native Evals | 80.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Vibe Code Bench | 51.48% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| cursorBench31 | 48.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierCode 1.1 Main | 24.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 82.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 77.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 69.2 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- GPT-4.1 public-lane score: 69.2 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 55.1 (#35/50)
- GPT-4.1 public-lane score: 51.3 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | GPT-4.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CharXiv | 77.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Claude Sonnet 4.6
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 52.8 (Supported · #54/169)
- GPT-4.1 public-lane score: 35.5 (Supported · #116/169)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | GPT-4.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 89.9% | 66.3% | Claude Sonnet 4.6 |
| SuperGPQA | 95% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | 79.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 49% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 85.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 87.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU | Coming soon | 90.2% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Directional only
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 46.6 (#88/124)
- GPT-4.1 public-lane score: 48.9 (#83/124)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | GPT-4.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | Coming soon | 87.4% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 48.8 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- GPT-4.1 public-lane score: 28 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | GPT-4.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 32.400% | 5.517% | Claude Sonnet 4.6 |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 8.300% | 0.000% | Claude Sonnet 4.6 |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Claude Sonnet 4.6 or GPT-4.1?

Claude Sonnet 4.6 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Claude Sonnet 4.6 and GPT-4.1?

The widest category gap is in mathematics, where the averages are 48.8 for Claude Sonnet 4.6 and 28 for GPT-4.1.

### How many benchmarks does Claude Sonnet 4.6 cover on BenchLM?

Claude Sonnet 4.6 currently has 26 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does GPT-4.1 cover on BenchLM?

GPT-4.1 currently has 7 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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