# Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs GPT-5.5 Pro

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Claude Sonnet 4.6 and GPT-5.5 Pro across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/claude-sonnet-4-6-vs-gpt-5-5-pro
- Last updated: September 4, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 3
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Claude Sonnet 4.6 and GPT-5.5 Pro share only 3 sourced benchmark rows.

## Summary

- Only 3 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 Sonnet 4.6 has the lower published output-token price.
- GPT-5.5 Pro has the larger published context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | GPT-5.5 Pro |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Anthropic | OpenAI |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 200K | 1M |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 64.21 | 63.07 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 25 | 6 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $3.00 / $15.00 | $30.00 / $180.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 45 (Supported · #96/151)
- GPT-5.5 Pro public-lane score: 60.6 (Estimated · #24/151)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | GPT-5.5 Pro | 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% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| 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 |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 90.1% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 52.4 (Supported · #55/183)
- GPT-5.5 Pro public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | GPT-5.5 Pro | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 79.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| 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 |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 54.1 (#33/48)
- GPT-5.5 Pro public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | GPT-5.5 Pro | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CharXiv | 77.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 65.8 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- GPT-5.5 Pro public-lane score: Coming soon

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 56.7 (Supported · #51/181)
- GPT-5.5 Pro public-lane score: 61.1 (Estimated · #36/181)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | GPT-5.5 Pro | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 89.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | 95% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | 79.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 49% | 57.2% | GPT-5.5 Pro |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 85.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 87.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 43.1% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 47.9 (#84/120)
- GPT-5.5 Pro public-lane score: Coming soon

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 49 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- GPT-5.5 Pro public-lane score: 70.2 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | GPT-5.5 Pro | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 32.400% | 51.000% | GPT-5.5 Pro |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 8.300% | 39.600% | GPT-5.5 Pro |
| FrontierMath (legacy) | Coming soon | 52.4% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Claude Sonnet 4.6 and GPT-5.5 Pro?

Not yet. The models share only 3 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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