Reference specs for planning — verify context limits, pricing, and features with each provider before shipping.
| Attribute | GPT-4oOpenAI | Claude 3.5 SonnetAnthropic |
|---|---|---|
| Providerdiffers | OpenAI | Anthropic |
| Context windowdiffers | 128K | 200K |
| Max output tokensdiffers | 16K | 8K |
| Input modalities | text, image | text, image |
| Output modalities | text | text |
| Tool / function calling | Yes | Yes |
| Structured output | Yes | Yes |
| Streaming | Yes | Yes |
| Open weights | No | No |
| Latency profile | Balanced | Balanced |
| Relative costdiffers | High ($$$) | Medium ($$) |
| Knowledge cutoffdiffers | Oct 2023 (varies by deployment) | Apr 2024 |
| Best fordiffers | General reasoning; Vision; Tool use; Structured outputs | Long context; Writing; Code; Instruction following |
| Notesdiffers | Strong default for multimodal apps and agents. | Often preferred for long documents and careful reasoning. |