GPT-5.2 vs Claude 4.6 Sonnet

1. Advanced Reasoning for Diverse Domains

• Built to tackle coding and agentic workflows across multiple industries, with configurable reasoning support.

2. Multi-Modal & Long-Form Capabilities

• Handles both text and image inputs, producing text output.
• Allows up to 128 k output tokens for lengthy responses.

3. Large Context & Updated Knowledge

• 400 k token context window accommodates extensive codebases or documents.
• Knowledge cut-off of Aug 31 2025 keeps it current with recent developments.

1. Most capable Sonnet model yet

• Anthropic describes Sonnet 4.6 as its most capable Sonnet model.
• It is a full upgrade across coding, computer use, long-context reasoning, agent planning, knowledge work, and design.

2. Stronger coding and professional task performance at Sonnet pricing

• Pricing remains at $3/M input and $15/M output, matching Sonnet 4.5.
• Anthropic says early-access developers strongly preferred it to Sonnet 4.5, and often even to Opus 4.5 for practical work.

3. Long-context, agent-friendly reasoning

• Supports up to a 1M token context window in beta.
• Anthropic reports better consistency, fewer false claims of success, fewer hallucinations, and more reliable follow-through on multi-step tasks.

4. Modern API controls for adaptive work

• Supports adaptive thinking and the effort parameter for balancing speed, cost, and depth.
• Gains dynamic filtering for web search and web fetch, helping agent workflows keep only relevant information in context.