Data points: 108
Model compare
The readout for Claude Sonnet 4.6 and O1, before the detailed comparison sheet.
Weighted outcome: Claude Sonnet 4.6. Benchmark capability categories carry 80%, while price, API performance, and availability carry 20%.
Decision read
Claude Sonnet 4.6
Claude Sonnet 4.6 has the higher weighted result; Model A / B score 73.3 to 26.7.
Evidence depth
108 data points
Includes 20 benchmark rows, 1 audit samples, and 7 provider examples.
Selection signal
Start with Claude Sonnet 4.6
The charts below split 28 high-signal samples across speed, scores, and audit health.
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This report only uses LMSpeed data for Claude Sonnet 4.6 and O1: pricing, speed aggregates, third-party benchmark scores, and shared provider samples.
| Model compare | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | O1 |
|---|---|---|
| Overall leader | Leading | Contender |
| Weighted overall score | 73.3 pts | 26.7 pts |
| Benchmark category leads | 4 categories | 2 categories |
| Operational advantages | Cheapest input price, Free providers, Provider coverage | No data |
| Context window | 1M tokens | 200K tokens |
| Max output | 128K tokens | 100K tokens |
| Modalities | Input TextImageFile Output Text |
The overall result weights benchmark capability categories at 80% and price, API speed/latency, and availability at 20%. Recent test volume does not affect the winner, and missing benchmark categories are excluded.
| Model compare | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | O1 |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | Anthropic | OpenAI |
| Released | Feb 2026 | Dec 2024 |
| Parameters | No data | No data |
| Tokenizer | Claude | GPT |
| Knowledge cutoff | No data | 2023-10-31 |
| OpenRouter ID | anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6 | openai/o1 |
| References | No data | No data |
This report only uses LMSpeed data for Claude Sonnet 4.6 and O1: pricing, speed aggregates, third-party benchmark scores, and shared provider samples.
Claude Sonnet 4.6
Claude Sonnet 4.6 is stronger in benchmark categories (Agents, Coding, Knowledge, Math) and operational dimensions (Cheapest input price, Free providers, Provider coverage).
O1
O1 leads these benchmark categories: Reasoning, Instruction following.
Third-party benchmark profile synced into LMSpeed; only metrics available for both models are shown.
Compare benchmark category scores on a 0-100 scale. Select a category to inspect the gap.
Avg. score
Claude Sonnet 4.6
53.2
Avg. score
O1
52.4
Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads by 7.7
Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads by 5.2
O1 leads by 0.7
Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads by 8.1
Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads by 0.6
No data
Claude Sonnet 4.6
O1 leads by 7.9
Metric-level scores with benchmark source, rank depth, confidence, error, and evaluation date where available.
Claude Sonnet 4.6
winner$15.00/M
Rank #136/162 · confidence 4
O1
$60.00/M
Rank #155/162 · confidence 4
Claude Sonnet 4.6
winner$6.00/M
Rank #137/162 · confidence 4
O1
$26.25/M
Rank #155/162 · confidence 4
Claude Sonnet 4.6
winner$3.00/M
Rank #137/162 · confidence 4
O1
$15.00/M
Rank #155/162 · confidence 4
Claude Sonnet 4.6
79.2%
Rank #68/125 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
O1
winner84.1%
Rank #30/125 · confidence 4
Claude Sonnet 4.6
winner87.5%
Rank #31/188 · confidence 4
O1
74.7%
Rank #99/188 · confidence 4
Claude Sonnet 4.6
winner30.0%
Rank #31/187 · confidence 4
O1
7.7%
Rank #108/187 · confidence 4
Claude Sonnet 4.6
winner0.9
Rank #60/73 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
O1
0.3
Rank #68/73 · confidence 1 · eval date 2024-12-01
Claude Sonnet 4.6
57.7
Rank #63/89 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
O1
winner59.3
Rank #61/89 · confidence 1 · eval date 2024-12-01
Claude Sonnet 4.6
winner46.8%
Rank #29/185 · confidence 4
O1
35.8%
Rank #107/185 · confidence 4
Claude Sonnet 4.6
winner46.9
Rank #33/96 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
O1
35.8
Rank #75/96 · confidence 1 · eval date 2024-12-01
Claude Sonnet 4.6
winner32.4
Rank #18/47 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
O1
9.3
Rank #34/47 · confidence 1 · eval date 2024-12-01
Claude Sonnet 4.6
winner49.5
Rank #31/56 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
O1
32.8
Rank #42/56 · confidence 1 · eval date 2024-12-01
Claude Sonnet 4.6
winner76.9
Rank #18/55 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
O1
64.1
Rank #34/55 · confidence 1 · eval date 2024-12-01
Claude Sonnet 4.6
winner38.0
Rank #29/90 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
O1
34.7
Rank #35/90 · confidence 1 · eval date 2024-12-01
Claude Sonnet 4.6
winner35.9
Rank #43/99 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
O1
17.0
Rank #79/99 · confidence 1 · eval date 2024-09-12
Claude Sonnet 4.6
65.9
Rank #57/90 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
O1
winner69.3
Rank #54/90 · confidence 1 · eval date 2024-12-01
Claude Sonnet 4.6
winner79.9
Rank #63/96 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
O1
74.7
Rank #73/96 · confidence 1 · eval date 2024-12-01
Claude Sonnet 4.6
winner13.2
Rank #63/96 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
O1
7.7
Rank #73/96 · confidence 1 · eval date 2024-12-01
Claude Sonnet 4.6
41.2
Rank #69/86 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
O1
winner70.3
Rank #37/86 · confidence 1 · eval date 2024-12-01
Claude Sonnet 4.6
winner79.5
Rank #55/84 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
O1
62.6
Rank #62/84 · confidence 1 · eval date 2024-12-01
Latest completed audits from shared providers, with four safety and integrity score groups plus report links.
| Provider | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | O1 |
|---|---|---|
Winner: Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Claude Sonnet 4.6 claude-sonnet-4-6 Audit score 89 56100100100 | O1 o1 No audit yet |
Speed aggregates and input/output pricing share each provider row for real API selection and migration cost checks.
| Provider | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | O1 |
|---|---|---|
5 tests | Claude Sonnet 4.6 speed / latency 27 tok/s / 11925ms input / output No data | O1 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
5 tests | Claude Sonnet 4.6 speed / latency 55 tok/s / 2094ms input / output No data | O1 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
5 tests | Claude Sonnet 4.6 speed / latency 47 tok/s / 1068ms input / output No data | O1 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
5 tests | Claude Sonnet 4.6 speed / latency 20 tok/s / 8427ms input / output No data | O1 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
0 tests | Claude Sonnet 4.6 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data | O1 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
Claude Sonnet 4.6 claude-sonnet-4-6 speed / latency No data input / output $0/request | O1 o1-preview-2024-09-12 speed / latency No data input / output $5.88/request | |
Claude Sonnet 4.6 claude-sonnet-4-6-c speed / latency No data input / output $0.0082/request | O1 o1 speed / latency No data input / output $13.97/M |
Weighted outcome: Claude Sonnet 4.6. Benchmark capability categories carry 80%, while price, API performance, and availability carry 20%.
Input
Output
| Features | Text inputImage inputFile inputText outputTool callingStructured outputsJSON modeReasoning | Text inputImage inputFile inputText outputTool callingStructured outputsJSON modeReasoning |
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