Which is cheaper, Claude Sonnet 5 and GPT-6 Astra?

Claude Sonnet 5 has the lowest input price. Per 1M input tokens: Claude Sonnet 5 from $2.00 and GPT-6 Astra from $10.00.

Which has the larger context window, Claude Sonnet 5 and GPT-6 Astra?

GPT-6 Astra has the largest context window: Claude Sonnet 5 1,000,000 tokens and GPT-6 Astra 1,050,000 tokens.

Which is better for coding, Claude Sonnet 5 and GPT-6 Astra?

GPT-6 Astra scores highest on the Artificial Analysis Coding Index: Claude Sonnet 5 71.5 and GPT-6 Astra 77.1.

Can I switch between Claude Sonnet 5 and GPT-6 Astra without changing my code?

Yes. All of them are served through FastRouter's OpenAI-compatible API, so switching is a change of the model parameter (anthropic/claude-sonnet-5, openai/gpt-6-astra).

Claude Sonnet 5 vs GPT-6 Astra

Side-by-side pricing per provider, context window, benchmark scores and speed, all on one OpenAI-compatible API.

Claude Sonnet 5 Anthropicanthropic/claude-sonnet-5

GPT-6 Astra OpenAIopenai/gpt-6-astra

Creator

Anthropic

OpenAI

Released

Jul 1, 2026

Sep 4, 2026

Context window

1.05M

Max output

128K

Input / 1MLowest provider price

$2.00

$10.00

Output / 1MLowest provider price

$10.00

$50.00

Providers

IntelligenceArtificial Analysis index

38.2

50.9

CodingArtificial Analysis index

71.5

77.1

LatencyMedian time to first token

4.4s

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ThroughputMedian tokens per second

<1 t/s

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Accepts

Text, Image

Produces

Text

Tool calling

Yes

Structured output

Yes

Reasoning

Yes

Claude Sonnet 5 vs GPT-6 Astra: summary

Claude Sonnet 5 and GPT-6 Astra are both available through FastRouter's OpenAI-compatible API, so switching between them is a change of model id, not a new integration.

Claude Sonnet 5, from Anthropic, has a 1,000,000-token context window, costs from $2.00/1M input and $10.00/1M output tokens across 2 providers and scores 38.2 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index.

GPT-6 Astra, from OpenAI, has a 1,050,000-token context window, costs $10.00/1M input and $50.00/1M output tokens and scores 50.9 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index.

Claude Sonnet 5 is the cheapest on input, 5× cheaper than the next model, GPT-6 Astra has the largest context window, GPT-6 Astra scores highest for intelligence and GPT-6 Astra leads on coding.

Switch with one line

client = OpenAI(base_url="https://api.fastrouter.ai/api/v1", api_key="<FASTROUTER_API_KEY>") client.chat.completions.create(model="anthropic/claude-sonnet-5", messages=[...]) # or client.chat.completions.create(model="openai/gpt-6-astra", messages=[...])

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