Anthropic vs OpenAI comparison
It's a true tie - Claude excels at writing and long documents, GPT-4 excels at coding and tools. Choose based on your use case.
Choose Claude for writing, analysis of long documents, and when you need nuanced, thoughtful responses.
Choose GPT-4 for coding, when you need the broader ecosystem, or for more direct/concise responses.
Claude and GPT are the two leading commercial AI assistants. Both are excellent, but excel in different areas.
| Specification | Claude 3.5 Sonnet | GPT-4 Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | Anthropic | OpenAI |
| Parameters | Undisclosed | Undisclosed (~1.8T rumored) |
| Context Length | 200K | 128K |
| VRAM (Minimum) | API only | API only |
| VRAM (Recommended) | API only | API only |
| Release Date | June 2024 | November 2023 |
| License | Proprietary (API access) | Proprietary (API access) |
| Category | Claude 3.5 Sonnet | GPT-4 Turbo | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Writing Quality | Excellent | Very Good | Claude 3.5 Sonnet |
| Coding (HumanEval) | 84.9% | 87.1% | GPT-4 Turbo |
| Context Length | 200K | 128K | Claude 3.5 Sonnet |
| Tool Ecosystem | Limited | Extensive | GPT-4 Turbo |
| API Cost | $3-15/1M | $10-30/1M | Claude 3.5 Sonnet |
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