# Claude 3 Sonnet vs GPT-5.3 Chat

> GPT-5.3 Chat is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.8 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/claude-3-sonnet-vs-gpt-5-3-chat
- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Shared benchmarks: 17

## Summary

- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude 3 Sonnet scores higher in 0 categories and GPT-5.3 Chat in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where GPT-5.3 Chat leads 38.2 to 10.7.

## Snapshot

| | Claude 3 Sonnet | GPT-5.3 Chat |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | OpenAI |
| Noometry Index | 29.0 | 42.8 |
| Rank | 319 | 109 |
| Context | — | 128K |
| Input $/M | — | $1.75 |
| Output $/M | — | $14 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Claude 3 Sonnet: 29.6 (#302)
- GPT-5.3 Chat: 41.4 (#124)

| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | GPT-5.3 Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1223 | 1408 |
| WeirdML | 10.2% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 42.7% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 53.8% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 64% | — |
| MBPP+ | 69.3% | — |

## Reasoning

- Claude 3 Sonnet: 20.5 (#237)
- GPT-5.3 Chat: 28.5 (#102)

| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | GPT-5.3 Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1197 | 1399 |
| DTBench | 53.6% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 120.7 | — |
| WinoGrande | 75.1% | — |

## Math

- Claude 3 Sonnet: 10.7 (#310)
- GPT-5.3 Chat: 38.2 (#142)

| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | GPT-5.3 Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1213 | 1389 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 2.5% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 18.2% | — |

## Knowledge

- Claude 3 Sonnet: 21.1 (#276)
- GPT-5.3 Chat: 38.8 (#140)

| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | GPT-5.3 Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1173 | 1397 |
| GPQA Diamond | 40.6% | — |
| MMLU | 75.9% | — |

## Multimodal

- Claude 3 Sonnet: 25.2 (#125)
- GPT-5.3 Chat: —

| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | GPT-5.3 Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 984 | — |

## Multilingual

- Claude 3 Sonnet: 37.8 (#234)
- GPT-5.3 Chat: 50.3 (#124)

| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | GPT-5.3 Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1205 | 1382 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1189 | 1432 |
| LMArena French | 1229 | 1397 |
| LMArena German | 1204 | 1384 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1131 | 1352 |
| LMArena Korean | 1128 | 1346 |
| LMArena Russian | 1227 | 1400 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1204 | 1371 |

## Instruction Following

- Claude 3 Sonnet: 62.8 (#235)
- GPT-5.3 Chat: 72.8 (#129)

| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | GPT-5.3 Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1199 | 1378 |

## Long Context

- Claude 3 Sonnet: 36.7 (#228)
- GPT-5.3 Chat: 42.6 (#120)

| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | GPT-5.3 Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1211 | 1396 |

## Writing & Preference

- Claude 3 Sonnet: 42.1 (#238)
- GPT-5.3 Chat: 63.1 (#68)

| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | GPT-5.3 Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1218 | 1389 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1186 | 1355 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1227 | 1412 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1690 |

## FAQ

### Is Claude 3 Sonnet better than GPT-5.3 Chat?

GPT-5.3 Chat is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.8 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Claude 3 Sonnet or GPT-5.3 Chat better for coding?

GPT-5.3 Chat scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.4 versus 29.6 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Claude 3 Sonnet and GPT-5.3 Chat share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 3 Sonnet has 30 scored results on Noometry and GPT-5.3 Chat has 18.