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Claude Sonnet 4.5 vs GPT-5: costs, context and retirement dates
Compare the exact Sonnet 4.5 and GPT-5 API models, their billing and limits, and the retirement dates that affect existing applications.
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AI-generated editorial illustration. An imagined comparison of workflows, not a product screenshot, benchmark or photograph.
- Image model
- google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image
- Why this image
- I chose an original conceptual illustration of contrasting workflows and a shared review point to support this specific comparison. It is a visual metaphor for the decision, not product-performance evidence.
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A wordless gouache painting on warm ivory paper. Two stairways made of stacked blank books rise to separate small studios; a central low table holds an unmarked notebook and lens. Blank books, plain paper sheets and two equally sized reading lamps suggest comparing approaches. Both sides are equally inviting and equally prominent. Forest green, sage, ocean teal, restrained ochre, fine architectural ink, subtle tactile paper grain. Hand-painted editorial art, coherent perspective and gentle natural light, landscape composition. Absolutely no writing anywhere: no words, letters, numbers, captions, labels, signs, diagrams, arrows, logos, screens, charts, maps or interface. All surfaces and book spines are blank. No people or robots.
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The image-generation model credited above made this illustration. It may differ from the model discussed in the article.
Code-rendered visual summary; AI-designed layout. Text comes from the article headline and summary.
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