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Claude Sonnet 4.5 (batch) vs GPT-5.4 Mini

List-price comparison ·Claude Sonnet 4.5 (batch) details ·GPT-5.4 Mini details

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For a typical workload (100,000 requests / mo), GPT-5.4 Mini is the cheapest — 44% less than the priciest here ($270.00/mo vs $480.00/mo).

 Claude Sonnet 4.5 (batch)GPT-5.4 Mini
Input / 1M tokens$1.50$0.750
Output / 1M tokens$7.50$4.50
Typical request (1,200 in + 400 out)$0.0048$0.0027
Context window1M tokens400k tokens
Max output64k tokens128k tokens
Quality score90/10080/100
TierBalancedBalanced
ProviderAnthropicOpenAI

Projected monthly cost

Requests / moClaude Sonnet 4.5 (batch)GPT-5.4 Mini
1,000$4.80$2.70
10,000$48.00$27.00
100,000$480.00$270.00
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Claude Sonnet 4.5 (batch)

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GPT-5.4 Mini

Good default for everyday chat, summarization, and lightweight agent steps where GPT-5.4-level reasoning isn't required.

Quality gap widens on long, multi-hop reasoning tasks — needs careful prompt design to avoid silent failures on edge cases.

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