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Claude Sonnet 5 vs GPT-5.2
Live matchup data for Claude Sonnet 5 and GPT-5.2: OpenRouter usage, pricing, benchmark scores, and community sentiment, refreshed daily. No verdicts — read the tape.
share of openrouter tokens
as of Jul 15, 2026 · Δ vs ≥7d prior
usage share — openrouter model rankings
Usage crossover
current leader: Claude Sonnet 5
source: OpenRouter model rankings · daily · 90d
through Jul 15, 2026
side by side
Spec & pricing
| Spec | Claude Sonnet 5 | GPT-5.2 |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | Anthropic | OpenAI |
| Homepage | openrouter.ai | openrouter.ai |
| Context window | 1M tokens | 400K tokens |
| Input price | $2.00/MTok | $1.75/MTok |
| Output price | $10.00/MTok | $14.00/MTok |
| Cache read | $0.2/MTok | $0.17/MTok |
| Price as of | Jul 16, 2026 · openrouter | Jul 16, 2026 · openrouter |
sources: provider pages · OpenRouter · GitHub · package registries
— = not tracked / not applicable
head to head
Benchmarks
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5 | GPT-5.2 | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| aa-agentic-index | 46.7 index— · anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 | — | openrouter.ai |
| aa-coding-index | 71.5 index— · anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 | — | openrouter.ai |
| aa-intelligence-index | 53.4 index— · anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 | — | openrouter.ai |
| swe-bench-multilingual | — | 66.7%Feb 13 · mini v2.0.0a0 gpt 5 2 high | github.com |
best tracked score per benchmark · scores are not directly comparable across benchmarks
sources linked per row
community pulse
Reddit sentiment
| Signal | Claude Sonnet 5 | GPT-5.2 |
|---|---|---|
sentiment feed pending — Reddit pulse lands with the daily crawl | ||
source: Reddit mentions, LLM-classified sentiment · trailing 30d
awaiting first crawl
faq
Frequently asked
- Is Claude Sonnet 5 more used than GPT-5.2?
- As of Jul 15, 2026, Claude Sonnet 5 shows 1.6% of OpenRouter token volume and GPT-5.2 shows 0.2% of OpenRouter token volume. The chart above tracks the full daily series with every lead change marked.
- How does Claude Sonnet 5 pricing compare to GPT-5.2?
- Claude Sonnet 5 runs $2.00 per million input tokens and $10.00 per million output tokens (as of Jul 16, 2026). GPT-5.2 runs $1.75 per million input tokens and $14.00 per million output tokens (as of Jul 16, 2026). Full plan and per-token detail is in the spec table above, each with its source and capture date.
- How do Claude Sonnet 5 and GPT-5.2 score on coding benchmarks?
- The tape holds 3 tracked results for Claude Sonnet 5 and 1 for GPT-5.2, but none on a shared benchmark yet — scores are listed side by side without a common baseline.
- Where does this comparison data come from?
- OpenRouter public rankings (usage), provider pricing pages (plans and per-token prices), GitHub and package registries (adoption), public benchmark leaderboards, and Reddit (sentiment). Every stored datum keeps its source URL, and the tape refreshes daily. The Token Tape publishes the data without declaring a winner.
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